A short animation that explains the role that vowels play in making words. With reinforcement for pronouncing select vowels and consonants.

A reading game based on "Connect 4" that will build student's abilities to say the name and sound of a letter and find a word beginning with that sound.

A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Students pull cards with word parts printed on them out of a hat and if they can put it together and sound it out accurately they keep the card.

A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Students are divided into two teams and when "up to bat" sound out a word on a card accurately, and then pick a card from the baseball plays in a bucket.

A game where students distinguish between real words and "alien" or nonsense words.

This resource has two sections: Overview of Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words/Closed Syllables and video Demonstrations. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plan, lesson materials, word list, and video transcript. This section...

This resource has two sections: Vowel-Consonant-e Syllables and video demonstrations. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plan, lesson materials, word list, and video transcript.

This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will view pictures and identify the words that contain the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) spelling pattern. An...

Grammar rules taught through song. A familiar tune helps to teach the E and O at the end of the word that make a long vowel sound. There are opportunities to demonstrate understanding by identifying words that that follow the rule.

Syllable division rules show us how to break up a multi-syllable word into its syllable parts. There are six main syllable division rules to guide us. It all starts with the vowels. Find the vowels in the word. It helps to underline or...

Six written syllable-spelling conventions are used in English spelling. The conventions are useful to teach because they help students remember when to double letters in spelling and how to pronounce the vowels in new words. The...

This printable phonics worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will fill in words to complete sentences with words that end with -al or -all. Then students will complete a word...

Practice spelling common Consonant Vowel Consonant words in this game-style interactive activity.

Help Belinda the Chicken collect her fruit by clicking on the apples, finding the ones that rhyme with cat, and dragging them to her house. Links to lesson plans and printable materials are available.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Spelling rules with examples for words that contain the letter "u."

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Information and examples of words containing the vowels "a", "e", "I", and "o."

A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Students receive a card with a word part on it. The instructor plays music and when the music stops, the students "mix" and put their cards with another student.

A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Young scholars play tic tac toe with partners, but before they can take a turn they must pick a work from a pile on their desk and sound it out. Their partner gives...

In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ge", "dge", etc. Students will choose to sound out words, see words sounded out, see words with pictures with and without sounds, and see...

This English pronunciation guide is useful for young English speakers, as well as English language learners of all ages. It offers practice in reading, pronunciation, and writing of vowels and consonants and of vowel and consonant...

This interactive Super Why! game features a BINGO game. Students listen to Princess Pea read aloud the following: initial vowel sounds, initial consonant sounds, and/or words with emphasized initial vowel or consonant sounds. Then...

A comprehensive site on English pronunciation for English language learners and their teachers. It offers explanations and activities for pronunciation of specific sounds, of letter combinations, of word stresses, and of phrasal words....

This article focuses on teaching 3rd grade spelling including Dolch sight words for 3rd grade and the weird spelling patterns that 3rd graders face such as the letter Y, diphthongs, double consonants, and homophones.

A fun activity for kinesthetic learners! Students learn motions to go along with letter sounds. This site includes a link to a building fluency site.