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CVC Words

For Teachers K - 1st
The -ap word family includes many members. This colorful PowerPoint shows five words ending in -ap; each slide also includes a great image to match the word. After viewing this slide show, ask your class to share more examples of -ap words.
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Short a - Short e – Short i – Short o

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short vowels practice instructional activity, students listen for the short a, short e, short i, and short o sounds in 22 groups of words as they read them.
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short a Sound

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this easy reading activity, students read a list of short a words and a story that includes the words. They circle the words cat, mad, hat, and sad before answering three questions about the story.
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Short Vowel Word Building

For Teachers K - 1st
In this short vowel word building worksheet, students will choose a vowel from the letter bank to complete a 3-letter short vowel word.
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Vocabulary Words With Short i 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words with the short i pronunciation activity, students write from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words sink, cliff, ribbon, listen, build, and written. Students write eighteen answers.
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Vocabulary Building: Short e Words III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words with short e worksheet, students write them from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words dent, kettle, excellent, cent, ready, and heavy. Students complete eighteen activities.
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My Short Oo Book

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics instructional activity, students create a short Oo book by stapling the 15 pages together. Students examine each labeled picture, then pronounce the short O word. Words included are high-interest: ocelot, omelet,...
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Short A Vowel Sound

For Students 1st
In this short a sound instructional activity, 1st graders say the word for each picture and circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students then write the word in the provided space. Students read...
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Finish the Word

For Students 2nd
For this missing vowels worksheet, 2nd graders fill in the missing vowels to the words and then write the words on the lines. Students do this for 5 words and fill in the blanks to 2 sentences.
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Vowel Sounds -- Short Oo Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short Oo vowel sound word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 short Oo words in the word search puzzle.
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Vowel Sound -- Short Ee

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short Ee vowel sound word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 short Ee words in the word search puzzle.
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Phonics: Build-a-Word With U

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this build-a-word worksheet, learners look at six pictures, connect the letters that spell each picture and then write the word connected on the lines provided.
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Match the Rhymes

For Students Pre-K - K
Focus on the short u sound in this rhyme worksheet for emergent readers. Learners examine images surrounding a jug, drawing lines to connect it to those that rhyme (bug, rug, mug). Then, they practice their printing by tracing the...
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Surprise!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Cover an array of topics such as where we live, different times of day, shapes, the city and the country, what we do for fun, jobs, and games, all while practicing how...
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All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and...
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Family and Friends: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Family and Friends is the theme of a unit offering extra support lessons. Follow each lesson plan's teach, blend, guided practice or practice/apply routine to reinforce concepts such as clusters, responding to reading, drawing...
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Family and Friends: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Family and Friends is the theme of a unit consisting of English language development lessons. Reinforce language proficiency, particularly in family vocabulary, basic needs, feelings, short vowel sounds, blending, reading high frequency...
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Short Vowel Word Building: O E I

For Teachers K - 1st
In this short vowel word building worksheet, students will add O, E, or I to each word to create a 3-letter short vowel word.
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Short Vowels 1

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students study each picture and circle the images with names that have short A words. Students put an 'x' on the images with names that have short I words.
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How to Write a Tongue Twister

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Betty Botter and Theophilus Thistle provide models for willy writers to wrestle words into tricky tongue twisters. 
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Short Vowels

For Students 1st
In this short vowels worksheet, 1st graders write the letter that stand for the beginning sound of each picture. Students then draw a picture in the box.
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Short A Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
For this writing worksheet, learners write the words of 6 pictures. All of the words have a short A vowel sound. Students also draw a picture using 2 of the words.
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Secret Code Short E Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short E word learning exercise, students use the secret code box to decode a number puzzle and make a short E word. Students then draw a picture of the word. There are four words to decode.
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Words With Short "a"

For Students 2nd
In this recognizing words pronounced with short "a" learning exercise, 2nd graders spell, unscramble, and create sentences using the short "a" vocabulary words add, land, shall, glass, wrap, and catch. Students complete eighteen activities.