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Uh...I Don't Know!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They practice writing lower and uppercase U's. In pairs, they create and recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words.
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Beginning to Read

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 as...
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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...
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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...
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Open Wide and Say Ahh

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Open Up and Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Hi, My Name is A

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars 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...
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Short E Word Search

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy worksheet, learners find the words that are in the word search puzzle. The emphasis is upon vocabulary and spelling.
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Short e, Long e Spelling Activity

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this spelling activity worksheet, students rewrite the words with short e and long e sounds on the lines. Students spell 20 words.
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Bo Knows "O"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel o and long vowel o. Students practice reading and spelling words with the...
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Boom Chicka Boom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students 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, students identify the phoneme and letter combination through listening and matching...
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize and spell sets of words with r-controlled vowels. They become familiar with r-controlled spelling patterns.
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Does It Have Long U or Short U?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this long U worksheet, students say the name of 12 pictures. Students circle the symbol for long or short U to match the sound that the vowel in the word makes.
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Punch in the Stomach

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel U in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Vowel Sounds - Short Aa Words

For Students 1st
In this short "Aa" instructional activity, 1st graders use the number code and find the letters for each number to spell out the small words. Students spell 20 words.
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He punched me

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel U in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Fuzz Gets a Big Buzz

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in a decodeable story they read...
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Fuzz Gets an Unpleasant Buzz

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
Worksheet
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Rhyming Words: Fox and Socks

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
What rhymes with the word fox? Actually there are quite a few words that contain the short o vowel sound and rhyme with fox. Pre-readers find, color, and circle the objects in the picture that rhyme with the sly looking fox. They also...
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Short U Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this short u word worksheet, students Use numbers that correspond to letters, using a "secret code" to spell short u words, 4 words total.
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Uh, I'm Confused!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel U in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
Worksheet
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Vowel Sounds - Short i Words Anagram

For Students 2nd
In this vowel sound worksheet, 2nd graders complete 20 number/letter problems. They match the numbers to the corresponding letters to write 20 words that contain the short i sound.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short A, Long A

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have both long and short sound of vowel A. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Does it Have a Long I or a Short I

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this phonics learning exercise, students say the name of each of twelve pictures. They identify circle either the long i or short i symbol to tell which sound is in the picture.