Eleventh graders explore a variety of different cultures and their traditions. They complete an evaluation and short reflection of the day on the following prompts: I learned I... and I wish I... Each student then observes and talks with...

Students participate in an emergent literacy lesson based upon the skill of phonemic awareness. They recognize the grapheme p in text, hear the phoneme /p/ in spoken words, and write the upper and lower case form of p by my modeling.

Drill and practice the /ow/ sound! Kids practice recognizing pictures that begin with the ou=/ou/ correspondence. They experience a letterbox lesson to help implement this task before them as well as reading the story, The Napping House,...

Emerging speakers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise the long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and spelling a variety...

The book Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia, is read with quickness and fluency in this lesson. The teacher models slow, choppy oral reading, and then smooth, quick, and fluent oral reading. Then, students read orally with a partner, encouraging...

Learners participate in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme chosen is the letter "a". They need to correlate the sound to the letter.

Learners are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...

Students practice recognizing the connection between phonemes and letters with an emphasis on finding the short vowel /i/ in words. They each receive a Elkonin letterbox and a picture card with icky-sticky gum on it and the letter i.

Students investigate the phoneme, a meaningful representation, and the letter symbol for /o/ (short o). This lesson helps students recognize the /o/ in spoken words and begin to spell words with the assistance of letter boxes. Students...

First graders recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and sentences they write.

Students observe that sometimes the letter "c" is a copycat letter and sometimes acts like a "k" or an "s" like in the words "cat" and "race". They use Elkonin letter boxes and letters to spell words as they are called out by the...

Students read and spell words via alphabetic insight that letters stand for phonemes and spelling. They map out the phonemes in spoken words. This instructional activity will help students identify the letters s and h, along with the...

Students decode correspondence in order to become better, fluent readers. When the letters e and a are put together they make the E sound. They become more fluent readers through listening for a correspondence in speech, in text, and...

First graders identify the fact that groups of phonemes form spoken and written words. They practice working with identifying words that have the letter "h" and point to its position in words.

In this recognizing hazardous waste worksheet, students observe hazard signs, read informational passages, and unscramble the words to identify hazardous waste products. Students unscramble 4 words.

Students examine classical music and the "Art Rock" of 1967. They review classical themes in their original genre and discuss/analyze how pop musicians incorporate theses themes into a variety of pop music genres.

Students listen to books and answer questions using reading skills. In this reading lesson, students develop reading strategies such as decoding, understanding characters, and comprehension. Students relate characters and events in the...

Students, assessing how to read and write, join together grapheme's and the phonemes that make up words. They practice recognizing in oral and written form the vowel /a/. The book, "Matt and Rags," is introduced to the students in this...

Students listen to a tongue twister emphasizing the short e sound. They practice writing the letter e and attaching different words with that sound to it. They listen to a book about a dog that enhances the letter e. They write a...

Students experience the phonemes and map spellings of the short vowel /o/ sounds in spoken words. They practice matching letters to phonemes to identify the /o/ representations and letter symbols in words. Students work with the Dr....

Young scholars 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. Young scholars learn a...

In this recognizing alphabetical order worksheet, students use words in a word bank to alphabetize words about Rhode Island to the first, second, and third letters. Students write 10 answers.

First graders discuss how t and h together make one sound and then make the sound while examining the mouth movement associated with it. They listen for the sounds in sentences that are read to them before making words with the Elkonin...

First graders discover that letters are used to write words and that they have different sounds. They pronounce the word, "pig" emphasizing the /i/ sound. They say a tongue twisters that features the /i/ sound in each word. They then...