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Creating Sentences with Onomatopoeia Words
Third graders create sentences. In this sentences lesson students use onomatopoeia words to write sentences. They make a movement to match their onomatopoeia word. The students discuss why an author might use onomatopoeia in their writing.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: short i
In this short i worksheet, 2nd graders list seven vocabulary words as they are called out, unscramble seven vocabulary words and then use each one in a complete sentence. Students deal with the words if, it, his, will, with, this and wish.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find Out What is Means To Us!
Students, while discussing and brainstorming all they already know about the concept of respect, create and illustrate the concept of respect through an acrostic poem. They assess what respect looks and sounds like at school and then...
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Delicious Words
Fifth graders work together to make simple menus more interesting by adding descriptive words. This plan works well with the Six Traits of Writing as it covers the trait of word choice. This is a really fun way for students to practice...
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Short Vowel Sounds
In this short vowel activity, 1st graders will focus on reading CVC words. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the correct word from the word box to write on the dotted lines beneath each picture.
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Guess The Word
In this interactive sentence completion worksheet, 2nd graders complete 15 sentences by selecting the appropriate word from the drop-down menu.
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Indiana Igloo
Your young charges practice identifying the /i/ sound in this lesson. The class looks at words on cards and identifies which word has the target sound. They continue their practice using Elkonin letterboxes to spell words with the /i/...
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Everybody Get Ready
Learners identify and spell words containing the short /e/ sound. They rehearse a fun tongue twister which contains words emphasizing the short /e/ sound. They then read Red Gets Fed as a class. Have your group clap every time they hear...
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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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Finding Your Big Voice
Students use their diaphragm to create vocal vibrations, vocal sounds, and project sounds through an open space. In this sounds lesson plan, students learn how to use their voices to project through an auditorium.
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Science, Sounds And Hearing
Students examine various sounds that are played on musical instruments. They conduct an experiment to listening to different instruments. They define significant vocabulary like "vibration" and "oscillation". Students suggest ways that...
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Home-School Links: Reading Sight Words
In this sight word worksheet, students practice reading 10 sight words. Students are instructed to cut out both word lists [5 words each] and practice reading. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and child when completed.
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Rhyming Words
In this rhyming worksheet, students read groups of rhyming words. The first list included words with the sound you hear in by. A second list has rhyming words with the sound you hear in cow.
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Phonemic Awareness, Say It and Move It
Students clap and count sounds when saying different words. In this phonemic awareness lesson plan, students move bingo chips around when hearing a certain number of sounds in words.
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Picture Hunt: R Control O
Students use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. In this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.
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Beginning Sounds
Students find the beginning letters of words. In this alphabet lesson, students sound out words to find the beginning sound and the beginning letter. They play a game to mark these letters on a card.
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Put Out the Fire
In this phonics practice learning exercise, students examine 10 words and then follow the directions to identify the words that have the same vowel sound as the word fire.
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Check It Out!
For this phonics crossword instructional activity, students are given 6 fill-in-the-blanks clues for words in a crossword puzzle. All the words contain the diphthongs ou or ow.
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Introduce -ed = /d/, -ed = /t/ words
First graders are introduced to word endings and sounds. In this word accuracy lesson, 1st graders practice identifying, writing, and saying -ed words.
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Introduce -ed = /d/, -ed = /t/ Words
First graders explore word structure by participating in a phonics activity. For this word ending lesson, 1st graders discuss the -ed endings to many words and practice sounding out words with that ending. Students identify the changes...
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Letter Sounds
Young scholars orally say the sounds of the letters A, G, H, L, N, R, W, and J at the beginning of words when given a list of words that start with these letters. They use at least two of these words effectively in a sentence. Students...
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Vowel Sounds - Short O Sounds
In this short o sounds worksheet, 1st graders use the alphabet and number code box to help them spell out the words. Students use the word bank to help them spell the short 'o' sound words.
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Vowel Sounds - Short Aa Words
In this short "Aa" worksheet, 1st graders use the number code and find the letters for each number to spell out the small words. Students spell 20 words.