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Oooohhhh Nooo, My Nose!
First graders relate the long o sound to the sound you make when you finally understand something and say, "Oohhh". They practice the tongue twister for the day saying it together holding out the /O/ sound as it appears and practice...
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Baseball Blending
First graders practice blending sounds into words for reading decoding. Through guided practice, they recognize how they can blend together three phonemes to make one word. Students read a passage from a decodable reader with the...
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Ch Ch Ch Ch ....Here Comes the Train!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the digraph /ch/. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then listen to different words and identify the words containing /ch/. Students then listen to the book "Chicka Chicka Boom...
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Hard and Soft C
In this phonics worksheet, students read about the sounds made by the hard and soft c. They cut out 16 words at the bottom of the page and place them in the chart under the proper heading; either soft c or hard c.
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Spelling Practice
In this spelling activity, students practice writing their spelling words containing the long i and long o sounds. Students write 24 spelling words.
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My Family
For this literacy worksheet, students practice using the words that end with the letter y. Pupils color words with the long /i/ sound and long /e/ different colors.
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Eggs Filled With Sound-Five Senses
Young scholars use their five senses to examine an eggs with objects inside them. They use their hearing to identify the object in the egg and open them to see if their guess was correct. They end the lesson by discussing their sense of...
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Short O and Digraph SH
First graders practice the short o and sh sound. In this phonics lesson, 1st graders listen to the stories Hot Pot: The Sound of Short O by Alice K. Flanagan and Shoes: The Sound of SH by Peg Ballard. They create word webs with...
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Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Hop Scotch
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the letter sound of o=/o/. They encounter Elkonin Boxes to assist them with their task as well as the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave...
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Howwwwl At The Moon
Students explore vowel digraphs. They discuss what a vowel digraph is and discuss the vowel digraph ou=/ow/. Students read "The Napping House." They practice spelling words with the /ow/ sound in them. Students read words with the /ow/...
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Sound- Alike Words 5- Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills
In this literacy worksheet, students read the definition of homophones at that top of the page before reading 15 sentences. They underline the incorrect word in each sentence and write the proper homophone on the line next to each sentence.
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Long Vowel U
In this long u learning exercise, students read about the long u sound, then circle those pictures in a set whose name has the sound. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Guess the Secret Code
Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...
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Word Building
For this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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Phonics: Short E
In this short E worksheet, students say what each of the nine pictures are, trace and write in the e in each of the nine words and then read out loud each one.
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Long O Trace the Words
In this letter o worksheet, 1st graders will read words that have the letter o sound. Students will then trace 8 words and draw a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.
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Initial Sound Recognition Activity for "o" as a Short Vowel
In this initial sound recognition worksheet, students circle the pictures that begin with the short "o" vowel sound. They place an X on the pictures that do not. They examine a total of 11 pictures on the page.
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ow, ou, or oa
In this ow-sounds spelling worksheet, 3rd graders complete 14 fill in the blank questions with missing spelling word letters. each blank gives a few letter clues in addition to a picture clue. Students must identify the "ow" sounding...
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Spelling: 1st Grade Short u
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice worksheet, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the short u sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Word Match: Initial Digraphs with R
In this initial digraphs worksheet, students finish the potion poem using the initial r digraph words. Students cut out the r words and paste them to complete the poem.
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Word Stress
For this word stress worksheet, students listen to the teacher say twenty words out loud and then underline the stressed syllable in each one.
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Alphabet Dominoes
In this early childhood alphabet practice worksheet, students cut out the 19 letter and picture dominoes. Students use the dominoes to match beginning letters with initial sounds in the pictured words.
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Vowel Sounds and Spellings
In this vowel worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions, selecting the word that comes next in a rhyming sequence. Answers and explanations are given.