Just like scholars plug something in to close a circuit, they must plug a consonant onto a word to make closed syllables. Help learners distinguish between open and closed syllables with a series of activities that emphasize open...

Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate...

Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...

Young readers are exposed to the vowel-consonant-e rule in reading. They see how, by adding an e to the end of a word, a vowel sound changes from a short sound to a long sound. This clear presentation should be helpful to your young...

In this short i sound worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 words that have the short i sound in the word search puzzle.

In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of short or long vowel U. Students write the words one time. There are additional suggestions on the page for at-home activities.

In this short a and short o instructional activity, students match pictures to words that have the short a and short o in them. Students complete 15 matches total.

In this spelling learning exercise, learners learn to spell a list of 20 words that have short or long vowel I. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities as well.

First graders successfully build words containing the short "u" vowel. They connect letter cards with an accuracy of 90%. Students build on phonics as well. They encounter within this instructional activity sequencing.

In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of either short O or long O. Students write the words one time each. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.

In this short a, short i, and short o worksheet, students match words to pictures, complete the sentences, label pictures, and more with the short vowels. Students complete 4 activities.

Learners recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.

Ninth graders examine a character from the short story, John Steinbeck's, "Flight." students respond to questions about the story and illustrate the character's journey.

Students make magic wands to become word wizards who add the magic "e" to word with cvc patterns. They make reading cards, and a multimedia presentation show the use of the word patterns.

In this short vowel review worksheet, students fill in the blank next to each picture the short vowel that completes each word correctly.

In this short a vocabulary building worksheet, students write the short a spelling words, unscramble the words, find the words written incorrectly and rewrite with the correct spelling.

In this short vowel sound activity, students fill in the correct short vowel sound that is missing in different words. Students fill in 10 short vowel sounds.

For this vocabulary building for short "u" worksheet, students write the words after hearing them, unscramble the words and rewrites misspelled words.

Learners read short stories containing Dolch sight words and describe the scenes and answer comprehension questions. After relating the stories to their own experiences or observations, they draw pictures illustrating a scene from the...

Tenth graders write an original story using a picture of a scene inspiration. In this short story lesson, 10th graders write short stories using a picture.

In this long e reading activity, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.

Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 

Study the short and long sounds of the letter e. Learners will practice words and tongue twisters using both the short and long vowel /e/. They use letter boxes and letter tiles to spell words containing the target sound. To close the...

Review compound words, onomatopoeia, prefixes, and suffixes with your fifth and sixth graders. Each of the six exercises is short and simple, and the final exercise gives learners three options too choose from. They can use their weekly...