August House
The Ghost Catcher
Delve into a Bengali folktale with a series of reading comprehension activities. Before kids read The Ghost Catcher, they discuss the concept of reflections and mirrors. They then answer comprehension questions about the characters and...
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Vowels and Consonants
Now that your scholars know the alphabet, make sure they understand that not all letters are the same! Explore the difference between vowels and consonants...not to mention that pesky y. Learners say the alphabet out loud and...
Progressive Phonics
Short Vowel “A”
Support your phonics instruction with this beginner reading book that focuses on the short vowel /a/. The book is divided into four chapters based on the word families at, ad, an, and am. Letters and words used are c, a, t, s, m, n,...
Kelly's Kindergarten
Kelly's Kindergarten: Words that End in T
From hat and hut to rat and cat, youngsters review consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words that end in the letter t. They first cut out and paste provided images, and then categorize them based on their end sound...
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Word and Letter Practice
In this word and letter practice activity, students name letters, say sounds, read simple sentences, and practice a set of sight words.
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Letter Recognition - o
For this letter recognition worksheet, 1st graders examine 15 words in a box at the top of the page. They circle the words that begin with o. They read about the sounds that o makes, and examine 5 black line pictures before coloring the...
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Sound Search (Elementary, Reading/Writing)
Pupils learn initial sound recognition by walking through the school and its grounds looking for items that begin with the same sound as their first name.
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Dd Letter Recognition
For this letter recognition worksheet, 1st graders circle the words that begin with the letter d out of the 15 words shown in a box at the top of the page. They circle the pictures that start with the letter D and then color the 2 pictures.
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The Secret Garden - Punctuation 2
The second in a brief series of worksheets that focus on punctuating paragraphs about Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden, this resource requires learners to add in capital letters and periods. Pupils will need to read...
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Spelling Success; Vowel Sounds
There is a big difference between the words bit and bite. Learners begin to understand how to differentiate between short and long vowel sounds as they are given a word with a short vowel sound, and then are asked to add a letter to make...
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Common Sounds in Words
In this identifying one common sound in pairs of words, learners write the letter in the box and fill in the three boxes with the corresponding graphemes for each phoneme. Students write 6 answers.
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Sound and Hearing
In this sounds worksheet, learners will review how sound is created by vibrations. Students will understand what creates vibrations and how the ear receives those sound waves. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank, 9 multiple choice, 1...
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Letter Tag
Students play a chasing, fleeing, dodging freeze tag game while practicing identifying words that begin with a specific letters.
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Identifying Sounds in Words with Elkonin Boxes
Students examine words. In this letter sounds lesson, students use Elkonin boxes to identify the beginning, medial, or final sound of a word. They work in small groups with picture cards and an instruction of where to put a marker in...
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Upper and Lower Case Oo Printing Practice and Initial Sound Recognition
In this upper and lower case Oo worksheet, students practice printing one row of each letter. They follow the directional arrows and dotted lines as they form the letters. They write the letter o next to 7 pictures and draw an item that...
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Upper and Lower Case Qq- Printing Practice and Initial Sound Recognition
In this Qq printing practice and initial sound recognition learning exercise, students practice printing 1 row each of Q and q. They follow the directional arrows and dotted lines to form the letters. They write the letter q next to 7...
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Upper and Lower Case Nn- Printing Practice and Initial Sound Recognition
In this upper and lower case Nn printing practice and initial sound worksheet, students print 1 row of each letter. They follow the directional arrows and dotted lines as they form the letters. They write an n next to 7 pictures that...
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Letter and Word Recognition
First graders read an ABC pop-up book. They identify the sounds of each letter. students draw pictures of letters and words that begin with a specific letter. They write letters in upper case and lower case. They create their own...
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Fire Safety Letter Shapes
In this fire safety vocabulary worksheet, learners fill in the letter shapes with fire safety vocabulary words that they get from solving the clues. Students complete 15 letter shapes.
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Introduce Silent-letter Words
First graders are introduced to silent letter words and practice their silent sound. In this silent letter words activity, 1st graders take turns reading words with silent letters. Students sound out words and recognize the silent...
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Sesame Street Letter Recognition
Students study the letters of the alphabet, explore different shapes, rhyme, and listen to the different sounds of the alphabet to help them sound out words and begin elementary level reading.
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School-Home Links: Putting Sounds Together to Make Words
In this word sounds worksheet, 1st graders look at each letter in each word. Students say all of the sounds the letters make in the word. Students repeat the sounds and then say the word.
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Under the Umbrella
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short...
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Final - E Rule
In this phonics activity, students look at 20 pictures and then say each picture out loud. Students circle the letters that make the beginning, middle and final sound of each picture underneath each picture. Students spell out each word...