Do you like music? Have your youngsters read We Play Music, practicing select reading strategies, like using picture clues to determine new words. Then, after their first independent read, have them re-read the story to a...

Spanish learners can start with uno, dos, y tres and move all the way up into the millions and trillions on their way to learning all the numbers. The webpage includes information on cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers, fractions, and...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify words that contain the long /a/ sound. Students spell words containing the long /a/ sound using letter...

In this literacy activity, students practice writing the letter a and color in the pictures related to it. Then students write a sentence.

For this printing worksheet, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter A's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two rows of A's on their own.

Practice decoding au words with your first and second graders. They state the sound of au when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination, and remain silent when any other letter combination is displayed. Complete...

Students listen to the different sounds that the letter U can make. They practice finding the letter u in written words. They write the letter u. They say a tongue twister about the letter u and its sounds. They write different words...

Kindergarteners and first graders discover the /u/ sound! After practicing making the sound with the funny tongue twister, youngsters use their Elkonin letterboxes to divide a set of words into their phonemes. Then pairs read Bud...

Kids practice saying and identifying words that have irregular spellings. They consider the words said, come, and does by breaking them down into how they are commonly pronounced versus how they "should" be pronounced given their spelling.

Students practice the wh- sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students read the letters "wh" from the board and practice the sound of the letters. Students repeat the sound after the teacher and continue to practice using this sound by...

Students practice the soft letter sound "c" and build letter accuracy. In this soft letter "c" lesson, students are introduced to how the soft letter "c" sometimes borrows the same sound of another letter "s."  Students...

Students are reintroduced to the letter sound combination "ir" and review a mix of 12 letter  combinations on the board. In this "ir" lesson, students take turns practicing the pronunciation of the letter combination "ir" out...

Students review the letter combination "ph" and its pronunciation. For this "ph" letter combination lesson, students practice a mix of 12 letter combinations on the board then take turns recognizing the proper sounds of the "ph" letter...

Young scholars study how a type of product is advertised. In this product advertisement lesson plan, students research a specific product and its advertisement. Young scholars create a market research survey based on their peers...

How do nineteenth-century texts by African American and Native American writers contribute to the country's ideals of freedom and individuality? Learners explore the topic by watching and discussing a video, reading biographies, writing...

Pupils identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...

Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.

First graders recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Students practice recognizing and blending letters together to create new and unique words in the process of decoding text. They play a game where they roll dice to help blend a variety of words together and create new ones to analyze...

Young scholars distinguish the difference between the short and long vowel sounds. They practice correspondences that are spelled and pronounced differently working with a_e=/A/ vowel sounds. Elkonin Letter boxes and class set of books...

There are actually two Independence-Day-themed worksheets in this resource. Patriots solve three-digit addition and subtraction problems, then find the letter from the key that corresponds to each of their answers. As they place each...

Students study discrimination in the workplace. In this discrimination instructional activity, students define the term 'fair' and work in groups to find ways all people are alike and different. Students write sentences defining a fair...

Students explore phonemes in spoken words. They discuss the correspondence u=/u/. Students identify a meaningful representation for the phoneme and practice identifying /u/ in both written and spoken words. Students learn a tongue...

In this letter worksheet, students practice writing uppercase and lowercase Tt by tracing and writing on their own. Students write words beginning with 't' and a sentence with 't' words.