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University of Texas

Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Advanced Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Homophone Bingo!

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Phonics doesn't just have to be a daily routine for class members. Spruce up their phonemic awareness with an exciting game of Bingo! Young grammarians select cards, locate their matching homophones, spell the pairs, and identify how...
PPT
Curated OER

Oy or Oi

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This simple presentation has pupils choose between the "oy" and "oi" vowel blends when spelling. Each of the slides has a picture that uses the sound, and the learners must choose the correct vowel blend to appropriately spell the word.
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Consonants Blended with Vowel Digraphs and Endings

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore words. In this blending syllables lesson, 1st graders practice voiced and unvoiced phonic sounds. They follow the teachers lead in practicing various sounds and then try to come up with cvvc words.
Lesson Plan
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Letter Hunt

For Teachers K - 1st
Students search for and find certain letters, blends, or vowel combinations in words, sentences and paragraphs. They investigate how these letters, blends or combinations are used in "every day" writing.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Words With 'oo': Read and Draw

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this words with 'oo':  read and draw instructional activity, students read six 'oo' words, then draw a picture to go with the word.
PPT
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ee Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Words with the letter ee in them are displayed in this PowerPoint. Each word is also portrayed with a colorful image. There are seven words total. After showing this presentation, ask your class to share more examples!  
Worksheet
Curated OER

'EE' Anagrams

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this anagram worksheet, students unscramble and read the 'ee' words. Students are given 30 words to unscramble and read.
Worksheet
Curated OER

'EA' Anagrams

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this 'ea' anagram worksheet, students unscramble and read the 'ea' words. Students are given thirty words to unscramble.
PPT
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Sounds and Letters: ai

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Review reading skills with your class using this colorful presentation. Learners read a series of words missing the letter i. They add the letter and read the new word. It is a quick and simple review of the topic. Note: The...
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K5 Learning

The Parade

For Students 1st Standards
Parades are a joy to watch and learn about. Class members read about a child who attended a parade with her mother and brother, match past tense verbs from the reading, identify and fill in blanks for sight words candy,...
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K12 Reader

The Note Was in Code!

For Students 1st Standards
While it's quite an ode, this short poem uses the long /o/ sound repeatedly in words like code, note, alone, and phone. Kids read the selection and answer three comprehension questions about the text.
Lesson Plan
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No Pain, No Brain!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ai/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the /ai/ digraph using letter manipulatives. Students listen to the book "The Long Long...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Review of "-ea-"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sentence writing worksheet, students read 5 words that contain the vowel pattern "-ea". Students write a sentence using each word. Note: The words are capitalized even though they are common nouns.
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Looking Good

For Students K - 1st
In this Language Arts worksheet, students write 7 words for each different vowel sound. For example, under "ai" students could write, "pain" and "rain."
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Icky Fingers

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...
Worksheet
Curated OER

CVC Matching

For Students K - 1st
In this matching pictures and words worksheet, students cut out the pictures and the word boxes and then match each picture with the consonant vowel consonant word.
Worksheet
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"ow" Spelling Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet learners will use the composed list for mastery of the "ow" digraph sound. Students will study 26 words with "ow" as in "clown" as well as the "ow" sound as in "row."
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"Loud Cows All Around"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice with vowel digraphs and how letters can correspond with phonemes. The lesson plan consists of students learning the ou=/ow/ correspondence in which they will learn in both spoken and written words through reading and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

EA Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine if the "e" sound is long or short in words. In this language arts lesson, students practice discriminating between the long and short "e" sounds by practicing with word cards that are embedded in the lesson. This...
Worksheet
Curated OER

'EE' Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search worksheet, students find the hidden 'ee' words within the word search puzzle. Students use the word bank to help them find the 30 words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

'EE' Crossword

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this crossword puzzle activity, students solve the clues to complete the crossword puzzle with 'ee' words. Students spell 8 'ee' words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

'EA' Crossword

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students solve the clues to complete the 'ea' words. Students solve 9 clues to spell the 'ea' words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

'EA' Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search worksheet, students find the hidden 'ea' words in the word search puzzle. Students use the word bank to help them find the 30 words.

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