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Introduce the VCe rule (Long u, o)
Learners say the word "dime" as the teacher writes it on the board and reviews the silent e/long vowel rule. In this phonics lesson, students say other words and review the rule as words are written on the board, first without the ending...
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Introduce the VCe rule (Long i)
Students sound out the word "made" as the teacher reviews the rule for silent e making vowels say their names. For this phonics lesson, students continue to sound out words with other long vowels and the silent e, with teacher guidance.
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Pete's Sheep
In this reading activity, learners assemble an 8 page beginning reading book with controlled vocabulary. The story is about a boy who cannot sleep and resorts to counting sheep. Students color and read.
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Jake's Tale
In this reading learning exercise. learners assemble an illustrated 8 page beginning reader booklet. The story is about a sea bird who meets a whale with the same idea for playing in the waves.
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"Aaaaaa!!!!" It's Okay, Baby!!
Your kindergarten or first grade class works on recognizing the /a/ sound in spoken words. Use the fun tongue twister to help remember the target sound, and practice writing the letter a. Then have them write words that use this target...
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The Doctor Sound
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from other short vowel sounds. They associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Reading Recall
Second graders review the vowe-consonant-e pattern in association with reading fluently. After identifying the changes made to a phoneme when the letter e is added at the end of the word, 2nd graders practice reading a phonetically...
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A-Okay
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the a_e vowel correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ae/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students...
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I Hear an "A"
Students explore the long "a" sound. Using the Michigan quarter reverse design, students say the words aloud to discover the long "a" sound. Students read given words and identify the long "a."
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Catchin' Air
For this identifying words with -air sound worksheet, learners observe rows of balls with words and color the balls with the same vowel sound as chair. Students color 5 balls.
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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...
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Reading and Writing in the Right Direction
Beginning writers practice writing and reading from left to right using green and red dots. You'll need notecards with a green dot on the left side and a red dot on the right side. Do your learners understand that print moves from left...
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Minimal Pair Pronunciation Lesson
Students distinguish minor differences between English vowel sounds.
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The Scary, Creaky Door
Pupils recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a worksheet.
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Letter Hunt
Students search for and find certain letters, blends, or vowel combinations in words, sentences and paragraphs. They investigate how these letters, blends or combinations are used in "every day" writing.
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Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel worksheet, students read words found inside a picture of a cow, then use a color key to color words with given short vowel sounds their assigned colors.
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Abigail Ant
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Pronunciation of Regular Past Tense Verbs
In this pronunciation worksheet, students learn how to pronounce a long list of regular past tense verbs. The list is broken into 3 sections based on the sound of the past tense verb ending: /t/, /d/, or/id/.
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Closed Syllables
Second graders, given 5 elephant words, divide the words into syllables by underlining the talking vowels, swooping, and pulling down consonants to find cutting pattern, and to explain that a single vowel represents the short vowel sound.
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No Pain, No Brain!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ai/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the /ai/ digraph using letter manipulatives. Students listen to the book "The Long Long...
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students cut Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students match Xs and Os to short vowel words on the game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, students practice reading a group of words with short vowel sounds while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out x's and o's to match with the words on the game board.