Greed is the theme of the West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch and this multidisciplinary collection of lessons. First, scholars listen to a read aloud and participate in a grand conversation about the book's key details and...

Combine art, math, language arts, drama, and delicious Jell-o with a instructional activity based on the African folktale Anansi and the Tug o' War. Kids make predictions and discuss plot points of the story before joining in...

This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...

In this alphabet and phonics worksheet, students draw a continuous line following the alphabet from the letters A to Z avoiding obstacles that lead to dead ends and write the letters of the alphabet to complete the maze.

In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders draw a continuous line sequencing the alphabet from A to Z and write the letters along the way to complete the maze.

In this phonics worksheet, 2nd graders draw a continuous line connecting letters to form words of actions represented in the pictures to complete the maze. Then, they write all of the words at the end on the lines provided.

In this phonics worksheet, students view 6 pictures of different objects, each of which ends in -ail. Next to each picture is a blank with -ail. The students fill in the first half of the word to complete it. For example, if there is a...

In this short A words worksheet, students read 15 words that have the letter A. Students circle the words that have a long vowel sound and write them on the lines.

In this short A words worksheet, students read 15 words in a box that all have the letter A. Students circle all the short vowel words and write them on the lines.

In this word sound worksheet, students practice different word and letter sounds. They repeat rhymes, name letters, review letter sounds, review similar word sounds and complete an activity where they use a word bank to fill in the...

Assess the spelling skills of your beginning readers with a simple worksheet. Looking at a list of five CVC words, children must correctly match each one to another word with exactly the same spelling. An easy way...

In this phonics worksheet, students think of words that contain the -ow sound and list them in a box below the cow sketching on the paper provided.

Students use letter cards in order to practice blending consonants with the letter a. In this blending with a worksheet, students practice the word "at" for the a-t sound.

In this phonics worksheet, students identify where they hear the sound of the letter N in 6 words. Students examine the pictures of words containing letter N (at the beginning, middle or end) on a drawing of a ship. Beside each picture...

Practice thirty-three different consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs with your emergent readers! Each letter combination has its own column in which you and your learners can write down five different words that demonstrate the...

Write it. Read it. Find it. That's the name of the game here! Elementary learners trace basic words, say them aloud, and find the matching picture. All words on this worksheet end with the letter g. 

Need some fun activities to augment your lessons on vowel patterns and phonemic awareness? Peruse a series of worksheets designed to help little ones with their early reading skills.

The snake goes sssss and the plane goes nnnnn! Practice letters and their sounds with a collection of activities. For each letter, kids get to color, practice the sound, and practice writing the letter. This is group one. See the...

Practice initial consonant blends with a fun, interactive game! Choose the sounds you'd like to practice, and then have kids place the appropriate pictures for their brick breaker boards. Spin the spinner to select a blended sound, and...

In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case S and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.

In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case R and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.

In this phonics worksheet, learners respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case F and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.

In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case H and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.

Students practice working with beginning letter sounds.  In this phonics instructional activity, students state the letter sound that their name starts with, read a book about beginning letter sounds and complete a worksheet.