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Henry Howls
Let's learn the letter h! Elementary learners will hear the sound, learn a catchy tongue twister, and identify the sound in different words the teacher says. After some writing practice, read A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle,...
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Amazing As
Help young readers recognize the short vowel /a/ in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Learners associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Lesson 11 BL Group
Three different groups work simultaneously in this activity. One group works on sight word review by holding up common words on flashcards and passing them around in a circle. Another group reviews word blending by pulling graphemes out...
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Under the Umbrella
The unicorn uses Uncle's underwear! Practice saying this tongue twister with your young learners to illustrated the /u/ sound. After comparing pairs of similar words (like cut and cat) and their sounds, learners will read Fuzz and...
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Blending Buddies
Learners put word cards together and use the word parts to create correct words. In this phonics lesson plan, students practice pronouncing consonant blends and vowel sounds, demonstrating an awareness of beginning, middle, and ending...
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Icky Sticky Fingers
Practice recognizing the short vowel /i/ in written and spoken language. Introduce the target sound with a fun tongue twister about Lizzy the lizard. Through matching and listening activities, learners discriminate the vowel sound /i/...
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Letter Recognition and Sound Review
Students practice the sounds of the letters A-L. In this literacy lesson, the teacher demonstrates the letter sounds, then the students practice and complete a worksheet to demonstrate understanding.
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Icky Sticky Inchworm
Use the meaningful example "Icky Sticky Inchworm" to demonstrate the /i/ sound. Then have learners take out letter boxes and spell simple words like six, lip, him, pin, slim, grin, etc.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 2 - Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words
Closed syllable words contain short vowel sounds. A phonics lessons introduces readers to consonant-vowel-consonant words. Guided instruction introduces the words with a series of dictation activities, and then learners practice reading...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Colors All Around: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)
Learners that need extra support will benefit from this packet of materials that provide differentiated instructional materials designed for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's thematic unit study of color.
Kelly's Kindergarten
April Daily Resources
Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics.
Kiz Club
Long Vowel "E"
Explore the ea and ee digraphs with a worksheet full of images. For each drawing, kids choose between these two digraphs to complete the matching word and master the long /e/ sound.
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Sentence (Structure) Recognition Practice
In this sentence clauses worksheet, sixth and seventh graders read ten sentences and write down whether the sentence is: simple, compound, complex or compound-complex.
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Letter Mm: Beginning Sounds
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students color pictures beginning with the sound of M. Students are given twelve pictures and must decide if the word begins with M. They are asked to color only the ones beginning with the Mm sound.
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Introduce Double-Letter Words
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to form double letter words.
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Letters U/V: Initial Sounds
In this letters U and V activity activity, students examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letters U or V. A word bank is provided.
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Words and Pictures: Scrapbook O
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and identify the words that represent them that have the o sound.
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Color, Cut, and Paste: M
In this alphabet worksheet, students color and cut out pictures that begin with the "M" sounds. Students paste the pictures inside the "M" and then with a partner, say and touch the name of the letter and the name of each picture.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet Set 3
Bird starts with B and so does banana! Being able to identify beginning letter sounds takes early readers one step closer to reading complete words. They say the name of the items in each row, and then circle the letter that makes the...
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Z pictures and words
For this word recognition worksheet, students participate in matching up pictures to words that begin with the upper and lower case letter sounds of Zz.
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Play I Spy
Pre-readers examine a rainy-day picture with many details to find words beginning with either p, u, w, or l. They tally the number of objects they find and write the numbers beside each letter. To help kids stay organized and meet...
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Blast-Off to Blending
Practice working with different phonemes in consonants and vowels. Sounds are written on squares that get put on a rocket to "blast off" and meet other sounds. The teacher first models blending, then reads the new words. Young readers...
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Initial P: Word Match
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.
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Alexander said Achoo
Alexander asked for ashy amber apples! Have your young learners practice the /a/ sound with this tongue twister. Then learners will write the letter and participate in a book talk for A Cat Nap. Can they identify the target...