Curated OER
Homophones-Grade 3
Third graders engage in a discussion of homophones with the teacher. In this homophone lesson, 3rd graders read "The King Who Rained" and circle homophones used in sentences taken from the book. Students share their work and play a game...
Curated OER
Jobs
Students discuss jobs that could make you happy or unhappy and read articles about people who are happy and unhappy in their jobs. In this jobs lesson plan, students also match jobs to things they work with.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sort It Out Vowels: Mixed Vowels List 1
Label one-syllable words as having short or long vowel sounds in this sorting game.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sort It Out Vowels: Mixed Vowels List 2
Label one-syllable words as having short or long vowel sounds in this online sorting game.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sort It Out Vowels: Mixed Vowels List 3
Label one-syllable words as having short or long vowel sounds in this online sorting game.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sort It Out Vowels: Mixed Vowels List 4
Label one-syllable words as having short or long vowel sounds in this online sorting game.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Sort, Hunt, Write a Weekly Spelling Program
Contains plans for five lessons that provide a spelling program where students categorize spelling words before using them in context. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Word Detective
In this activity, students will become word detectives to find spelling patterns in a story, and then sort the words they find according to the patterns. This "word detective" will become a favorite independent activity throughout the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Two Voices of the Ow Spelling Pattern
Variable vowels are the focus of this lesson; students use nursery rhymes and ow to study how vowels can change their sounds according to different spelling patterns.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Spelling and Vocabulary Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] Various activities to build spelling and vocabulary comprehension. Includes unscrambling spelling words, matching vocabulary with definition, context sentences, ABC order, word sort, and word order.
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source: Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness
Key to learning how to read is the ability to identify the different sounds that make words and to associate these sounds with written words. There are 44 phonemes in the English language, including letter combinations such as /th/,...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: High Frequency Words Singular or Plural Game 3
An interactive game to help student practice with singular and plural forms of words. Sort words into singulars and plurals, and then choose an item to give Lucy the elephant to help he decorate her new home.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: High Frequency Words Singular or Plural Game 1
Sort words into singulars and plurals to help Lucy the elephant decorate her new home in this interactive game.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Two Sounds of G
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is correlated to Houghton Mifflin Grade 2 reading series. It reviews words with soft and hard g sounds, and includes a song, sound clips, interactive sorting, and classifying, spelling...