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Texas Center for Learning Disabilities

First-Grade Intervention

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Learning how to read is a big challenge for young learners, but this series of lessons provides them with the extra support they need to succeed. With each lesson following the a clearly outlined format, children are introduced...
Activity
University of Texas

Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
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...
Unit Plan
University of Texas

Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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...
PPT
Curated OER

Letters and Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Use this resource to review letters and sounds with your class. This presentation featuring a list of vowels and consonants could be used in a variety of ways. It could be used to review letters and sounds, have learners name words that...
PPT
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Phonics

For Teachers K - 1st
This short, 6-slide presentation provides practice for very young readers in decoding simple words that utilize the short vowel sounds. Words such as cat, sit, hop, and dog are read by pupils.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ew...That's Iiiicky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Tin Man...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beginning to Read

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They identify short /u/ words...
Lesson Plan
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"Ahhh" Says the Doc

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters, practice writing 'o' words using letterboxes, and listen to stories, identifying...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Uhhh...Did I Do That?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners complete a variety of activities as they explore the letter u as it makes the short /u/ sound. They recite short /u/ tongue twisters and using Elkonin letter boxes, they spell words with the letter u. They also practice writing...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Awesome A

For Teachers 1st
In this short a worksheet, 1st graders read a story using the high frequency words come, here, is, an, are, and some as well as words with the short a sound. Students create a student made book of the story and the pictures that accompany.
Worksheet
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Weekly Reading Test

For Students 1st
In this reading worksheet, 1st graders are tested on short o words.  Students read and write 10 words and choose 2 words to write three times each.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Love to Eat Apples!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the a=/a/ correspondence by first examining how they hold their mouths when biting into an apple. They practice the sound while reciting a tongue twister and making a gesture each time they hear the /a/. While looking at...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"The Scary Letter...aaaaaaaaaa!!!"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ using the hand gesture and 'aaa' sound as if they were seeing a ghost. Next, they recite a tongue twister and make words using letter boxes using different numbers of phonemes. Next, they read "Pat's Jam" out loud...
Lesson Plan
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Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They identify names of items with the short /i/ sound in them and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Uh??? I Don't Know

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They recite tongue twisters and read with a partner, 'Fuzz and the Buzz.' They practice writing 'u' words and draw a circle...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Icky Sticky Inchworm

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter Ee

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this letter e worksheet, students pronounce short e picture words and trace and print the lower case letter e. Students complete two activities.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity: Short e

For Students 3rd
In this short e vocabulary worksheet, 3rd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their knowledge of the vowel short e.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity: Short u

For Students 2nd
For this short u vocabulary worksheet, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short u.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a

For Students 2nd
In this short a vocabulary worksheet, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short a.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity: Short o

For Students 2nd
In this short o vocabulary worksheet, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short o.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Beginning and Ending Sounds Springtime Bouquet

For Students K
In this beginning and ending sound instructional activity, students use magnetic or plastic letters to fill in the letters that make the beginning and ending sounds so that each word matches the picture that is shown on a flower shape.
Worksheet
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Gus the Duck

For Students K - 2nd
For this daily activities activity, students cut out the short book Gus the Duck, read each page, and then color each page appropriately for visual authenticity.
Lesson Plan
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Spinning Short Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in pairs, use spinners to experiment with different combinations of letters. They combine letters and determine whether they have produced a word or not. They construct and record words choosing letters from designated tiles.

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