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Use Common Roots and Affixes When Attached to Known Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After a brief review of roots and affixes, partners are asked to choose a root, find words built on that root, and create a Christmas ornament decorated with these words. Beware the typos!
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Phonics Instruction: Long Vowel Sound, Silent E

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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...
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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'

For Teachers 1st
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...
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Irregular Word Accuracy, Class Challenge

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Irregular words are so...irregular! Participate in an activity to reinforce the reading of these tricky words. They take turns reading an irregular word card and then attempt to read the word in their head and say it out...
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Phonics

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this writing exercise worksheet, students sound out 6 pictures containing words with a long i with a silent e in them. Students write each word our or use them in a sentence. Students create one example on their own.
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Word-building

For Students 3rd - 4th
Practice changing verb tenses and adverbs with a worksheet on vocabulary. A word bank at the top of the page instructs third and fourth graders to add -ing, -s, and -ful to different words. Great for reinforcing vocabulary rules! Use the...
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How to Make Plurals of Words That End In "f" or "fe": A "F"able

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Identify nouns that end in "f" or "fe." Review how to make words plural and the specific rules for words that end in "f" or "fe." Complete the fable activity sheet and find and write the plurals for words they find that end in "f" or...
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A Model Lesson Plan for Teaching Phonics

For Teachers 1st
First graders decode words containing the letter o when it is followed by a consonant and silent e.
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San Francisco Unified School District

Silent Ball

For Teachers K - 8th
Just as you've lined up the class to go to recess, it begins pouring rain and all chaos breaks loose. What do you do? It's time for silent ball! The rules include no talking, and you must catch the ball. If you talk, drop the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Onset and Rime, Quick Pick

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
What does it begin with? In this engaging phonics game, small groups study onset and rime using picture cards. Groups take turns as one player draws three cards from an overturned pile, placing them face-up on the table. They silently...
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Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words, Body

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Can you tell which words rhyme? Choose a body part as a starting word (i.e. head) and begin saying words to see if learners can identify those that rhyme. Does red rhyme with head? Continue giving examples, some...
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Stackers Game for word fluency

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create three letter words and decode for fluency and accuracy.  In this fluency lesson, students use alphabet tiles to build words with the CVC pattern and read the word aloud.  Students alternate turns by stacking one...
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The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts and spelling worksheet, students learn that the English language contains words with letters that are spelled but not pronounced. Students analyze 30 words and fill in the missing silent letters.
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Silent Letters

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this silent letters worksheet, learners add one or more silent letters to thirty words to help them to be pronounced correctly in the English language.
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Spelling List 17: Sight Words, Double "w/-ing," and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, double with -ing, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Sounding Out CVCE Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Starfall

Make a Word—Long /i/ Words

For Students K - 2nd
Students study four words with the long /i/ sound in this language arts worksheet. Students trace the words and then form them on the lines. Students then write two sentences, choosing from the words they wrote.
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Starfall

Make a Word—Long /o/

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students write the words that are part of this activity. They write a new sentence and draw a picture for it.
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Word families accuracy

For Teachers 1st
First graders read new words that share the same rime as a word they already know.  In this word families instructional activity, 1st graders read words on index cards with the teacher, play a matching game with different rimes, and...
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Word Families Accuracy

For Teachers 1st
First graders work to build word family accuracy. In this word family lesson, 1st graders practice matching words with the same rime to words that they know. They play a matching game using words with the same rimes.
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Long Vowel Words 2

For Students K - 1st
In this recognizing words with long vowel sounds worksheet, students read the words and color the letters with long a and silent e patterns. Students color 8 words.
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Long Vowel U Sounds

For Students 1st - 3rd
This worksheet is straight-forward and easy to follow. Have your young learners look at the words below and place them in the correct category. Does the word have the ew letter combination or a u and silent e combination? For you very...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Words in Context, Meaning Maker

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Support children with finding meaning in unknown words using this graphic organizer. While reading a piece of writing, learners identify unfamiliar words, using context clues and reference materials to find and record definitions before...
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Silent Consonants

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling activity, learners learn to spell a list of 20 words that have silent consonants. Students write each word one time. There are at-home spelling activities listed that learners may complete.

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