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Where is the Sound of - g ?
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the g sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Initial Sounds Mixed 4s
In this beginning sounds recognition worksheet, students say the words for the pictures of the gloves, tiger, balloon, and mushroom, and identify the letter that begins each word.
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Ii- Beginning and Middle Sounds; Printing Practice
In this phonics and printing practice worksheet, young scholars color outlines of the letters I and i. They same the names of 3 pictures while listening for the sound of the I at the beginning of the word. They say the name of three...
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Vowel Sounds
This plan aims to increase the reading proficiency of your fourth grade class. While no materials are provided, a list of activities to practice are included. Various activities include creating songs for short vowel sounds, using cue...
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Tips for Teaching: Word Recognition
Learning to read can be exhilarating for some pupils, but for others, it's difficult to get past the frustration of not knowing how to read a particular word. A tutoring resource provides several ways to guide class members into...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting and Blending, Picture Slide
A hands-on activity challenges young scholars to name a picture, segment its phonemes, then blend those sounds to make the word.
Kinder Corner
Alphabet Cards
The learning opportunities are endless with a set of alphabet cards! The set comes equipped with both uppercase and lowercase letters printed in an engaging font upon a colorful background.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...
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Circle the Word That Has the Same Ending Sound as in the Picture
In this letter and word recognition learning exercise, students examine 6 words and determine the ending sound in the name for each. Students circle the words that have the same ending sound as the pictures.
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Loving Letter "L"
Young scholars identify the grapheme and phoneme for L. They practice writing the letter L and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /l/. They associate the phoneme /l/ with its letter representation and identify it in...
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Short i Sound Words
If you are teaching your young readers about the short vowel sounds, this presentation could be for you! Sixteen simple, 3-letter words appear in this basic PowerPoint. The i's are colored differently than the other two letters in each...
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I Can Make New Words
A fun rhyming song written out on these slides help learners comprehend what word families consist of in order to make their own new words! For example, they first see tan, can, fan, and ran with the initial different letters in a...
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Word Recognition, initial sounds, Letter U, V Sound, letter V, U sound
In this letter H activity worksheet, students examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letter H. A word bank is provided.
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Letter O
In this printing learning exercise, students write 2 lines of lower and uppercase O's. Students also form the words orange, open and octopus and color in a related illustration.
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Letter L
In this printing worksheet, students write 2 lines of lower and uppercase L's. Students also form the words lamp, lamb, and letter and color in a related illustration.
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Letter Ff
In this printing activity, learners write 2 lines of lower and uppercase F's. Students also form the words fence, fox, and flowers and color in a related illustration.
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Letter R
In this printing worksheet, students write 2 lines of lower and uppercase R's. Students also form the words rain, raincoat, and rabbit and color in a related illustration.
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An Alphabet Book
Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. For this letter recognition lesson plan, students produce sounds associated with given letters and identify pictures that begin with given letters using "Kid's Pix Deluxe 3".
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Reintroduce an Irregular Word
Some words are tricky. Can your scholars quickly recognize irregularly spelled words? Write the word was on the board (or any irregular word you'd like to practice), touching each letter as scholars segment the phonemes....
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Animated Alphabet
Students explore English by completing an interactive language history activity. In this word recognition lesson plan, students discuss word formations and the phonetic relationship between letters. Students identify the origin of...
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Language Arts: Scavenger Word Hunt
Participate in a scavenger hunt to find objects beginning with a particular letter sound and take digital photos of them with your scholars. Using software, they find word pictures beginning with particular letters and locate picture...
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Find the Pictures
Uncover the hidden pictures. There are two sets of shapes here, and each has a CVC word inside. Beginning readers follow directions by coloring all the shapes with words that rhyme with a given sound (in for the first and ug for the...
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Paper Bag Butterfly Puppets
Whether you're using it to tell stories, explore the letter b, or during a life science lesson, these butterfly puppets will be a hit. Youngsters use crayons, tissue paper, and paper bags to create butterfly puppets.
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Reading
Primary readers read books in order to practice word recognition, rhyming, and play reading games. They will "read" simple books to reinforce basic reading skills in order to create a foundation. Readers are available to print out along...