Curated OER
CVC Pattern with "o" as a Short Vowel- Picture/Word Identification
For this CVC short "o" spelling pattern worksheet, 1st graders say the name of each black line picture. They write the names using the 10 words that are listed in the word bank at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...
Curated OER
Aches and Pains
Being able to distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds is an important skill for young readers. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading...
Curated OER
A-Okay
Learners distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. Then they practice identifying words with the vowel-consonant-e...
Curated OER
We Flew With a Baboon
More vowels? Elementary schoolers recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, kids identify the phoneme and letter combination through...
Curated OER
Uh Oh!
Help your elementary learners distinguish between short and long vowel /o/ sounds. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. Then they practice reading and spelling words...
K12 Reader
Long Vowels
Keep things short and sweet for your young learners with a simple long vowel worksheet. Presented with four long vowel words with the vowels missing, children must correctly identify and write in the letters that complete each word.
Starfall
The Amazing Silent E—Changing Short /a/ Words
In this language arts instructional activity, students learn the amazing power of the silent E to change short vowel /a/ words to long sounds. Students change two words and then write sentences for each.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a
In this vocabulary skills learning exercise, students examine the words damp, match, track, trap, pattern, insects, and travel. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a sentence writing activity.
Magic Light Pictures
Room on the Broom Word Scramble
Develop young readers' spelling and vocabulary skills with a simple word scramble worksheet. Complementing a reading of the children's book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, this resource helps to reinforce students' understanding of...
Curated OER
Odd One Out
There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice, tracing...
K12 Reader
Ride a Broom to the Moon
Your class can practice words that contain the long oo sound. Cool! Learners read a short poem that includes many examples of the oo digraph and then respond to three reading comprehension questions.
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Bright Mice
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Canned Sort
Give your budding readers practice with vowel sounds using a sorting activity which will especially appeal to kinesthetic learners. They examine two cans, each with a header card attached. The header card words have the same vowel...
K12 Reader
The Note Was in Code!
While it's quite an ode, this short poem uses the long /o/ sound repeatedly in words like code, note, alone, and phone. Kids read the selection and answer three comprehension questions about the text.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice the beginning and ending sounds of words. In this phonological awareness lesson, 1st graders use picture cards for one syllable words and pronounce each word. Students match other picture cards with the same...
K12 Reader
Tap on the Map
Work on -ap words with a straightforward exercise. Class members read a short poem that includes plenty of -ap words and respond to three included reading comprehension questions.
Curated OER
Bee a Good Reader
Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...
Essential Skills Software
Worksheet Set: Super Phonics Level 2
Supercharge beginning readers phonics skills with this extensive collection of worksheets. With exercises on long and short vowels, consonant blends, rhyming words, word endings, and much more, this resource is a primary grade teacher's...
American English
Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart
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 where to put the...
Lerner Publishing
Teaching Vowel Combinations
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.
Kansas Music Educators Association
Games for the Elementary Music Classroom
Perfect for music specialists, classroom teachers, and substitutes, a packet of 18 games includes complete lessons as well as short activities for when you have some extra time at the end of class.
University of Texas
Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
Curated OER
Phonics Instruction: Long Vowel Sound, Silent E
Students explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Students complete a...