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Mini-Book of Words With Short A
In this phonics and spelling worksheet, students make a cut out and construct a mini-book of short a words. They work with words such as cap, can, map, and mat.
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...
Curated OER
Short Vowels
In this short vowel worksheet, learners sort words in a word box, placing them in the short e, short o or short u category, 18 words total.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables
Put on your pirate hat and get ready to teach r-controlled syllables. Learners practice using words that contain ar, or, er, ir, and ur. Instructors model how to decode words to isolate vowel teams, as well as combine r-controlled sounds...
K12 Reader
Mom Will Find the Fox
Fox, box, shop, got... what do all of these words have in common? The short /o/ sound! Give your class some practice with the short /o/ poem by reading the poem on this learning exercise. Learners also answer three included reading...
National Institute for Literacy
Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
Curated OER
Find the Rhyme
Which of these objects rhymes? There are four starter pictures here, each heading rows of three objects. Learners determine and circle the row object that rhymes with the first one. Then, they connect two of the CVC words with printing...
Curated OER
The ea and ear sounds
Focus on the /ea/ and /ear/ sounds. Learners complete three sentences by adding the appropriate ea word from a word bank, re-writing each sentence. Then, they read an excerpt from Little Red Riding Hood and find all the...
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
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...
Curated OER
Upper And Lower Case Ee- The Short E Sound
In this phonics and printing practice worksheet, students analyze 3 pictures in each row. Students circle each picture that begins with short E sound, and make an X on each picture that does not. Students make 1 example of upper and...
Curated OER
Make a Word: Long U by Starfall
Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson plan, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel....
Curated OER
Icky Fingers
Which i sound is used in the word icky? Kindergarteners and first graders listen to the short /i/ sound. They practice shaking their fingers to indicate icky when they hear the target sound. Then they practice reading a poster with the...
Curated OER
"A" All Around
Spell and read words containing ai and ay. First and second graders identify vowel digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, they practice reading and...
Achieve3000
Discriminating Phonemes
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice...
Curated OER
Old Ladies Say A?
The letter a produces so many sounds! Increase your class's awareness of concepts related to reading and spelling. They identify the digraphs /ea/ and /ai/ in spoken language and spelling as a long vowel sound. After a brief discussion,...
Curated OER
Iggy the Penguin
Take your young word detectives on a hunt for the /i/ sound. Use the tongue twister about Iggy the penguin to help learners identify the target sound. Then learners are given several words, and they have to use their detective skills to...
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Long -oo and Short -oo
When two Os are put together in a word, a long -oo or a short -oo sound are produced. Learners examine two slides that have pictures and decide if the word depicted has the long -oo or short -oo sound. Examples are: football, hood, and...
Curated OER
Hi, My Name is A
Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice decoding pseudo words with the vowel-consonant-e...
Rock ’N Learn
Ann and Abe – Long A and Short A Vowel Sounds
In this long and short vowel A worksheet, students analyze a puzzle picture in which each piece has a word. Students color the long vowel A words blue and the short vowel A words gray. A secret picture will be revealed.
Curated OER
Short Vowel I Activity #2
In this short i worksheet, students circle the word in a pair that has the short i sound, then write the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Starfall
Short A Word Search
For this literacy worksheet,learners look for the words in the word search that focus upon three letter words. The words come with a picture for vocabulary help.
Curated OER
To Make a Cake you must say /A/
Here is a great way for learners to practice identifying sounds made by both short and long vowels. This lesson stresses the a_e=/A/ correspondence along with letterboxes. They read their spelled words, whole text selection and...
Curated OER
Short Vowels
In this short vowels worksheet, 1st graders listen for the short vowel sounds by saying the picture word slowly and listening for the sounds. Students circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound....
Curated OER
Consonant Blends Blended with Short Vowels
Here is a simple, yet effective lesson on consonant blends. Young readers watch as the teacher demonstrates voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds, and voiced vowel sounds. They practice rhyming consonant blends and trigraphs.