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Uhhh..What?

For Teachers K
Students identify and become competent and in reading the letter u, pronounced /uh/. They also use and spell words with the correspondance u = /uh/ by the use of a letterbox lesson, reading a short story, and writing a message.
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Eddie the Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students need to practice sight words to become proficient readers. So it is very important for children to learn common correspondences. The phoneme for the letter "e" is practiced in this activity.
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Around the World with Bud the Sub

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study the u=/u/ correspondence. They explore words with /u/ in them, read a book focusing on /u/ and complete a worksheet. The Play Around the World with flashcards with /u/ words and words that are not /u/ words on them.
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Hurry Hurry!

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the fact that groups of phonemes form spoken and written words. They practice working with identifying words that have the letter "h" and point to its position in words.
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Read

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of their words read...
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I Can Read With Expression

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading fluently and expressively through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. They create a deck of expression cards to...
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Introduce the VCe rule (Long i)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students sound out the word "made" as the teacher reviews the rule for silent e making vowels say their names. In this phonics lesson, students continue to sound out words with other long vowels and the silent e, with teacher guidance.
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Introduce the VCe rule (Long u, o)

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners say the word "dime" as the teacher writes it on the board and reviews the silent e/long vowel rule. In this phonics instructional activity, students say other words and review the rule as words are written on the board, first...
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Wash Your Hands...they are icky sticky!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness and they practice corresponding the letter "i" to its long or short sound. This type of recognition has been found to be essential to reading development.
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"Whaaa" Said The Baby"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize phonemes that correspond with the letters in the alphabet. They focus on identifying the short a, /a/ sound. They examine the way their mouths move when making the short a sound mimicking a baby's cry. In given...
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Shiny Shells on the Shore

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate how: A single phoneme, which is a vocal gesture in spoken words, can be represented by more than one grapheme. Also how a digraph is the combination of two letters that make one sound (there are both vowel and...
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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...
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Izzie's Igloo

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students must be phonemically aware to both read and write. This means that the student must understand phonemes and the relationship between letters and sounds. In this lesson, students work on the phoneme i=/i/. Since vowels are the...
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Ellen the Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students build their sight vocabulary. They study the short vowel correspondence e. They practice pronouncing the /e/ phoneme when shown the grapheme e in written words. They read e = /e/ and write words that contain the e...
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Spelling Practice - Yawn!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in oral activities to remember spelling words. In this spelling instructional activity, 3rd graders participate in orally spelling the words using different sounds for consonant and vowels. Students repeat...
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Grandpa Ed

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. For practice they become more comfortable with a short vowel phoneme, which can often be the most difficult to identify, by learning it in isolation.
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E-E-E-E-Extra E-E-E-E-Effort

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to a tongue twister emphasizing the short e sound. They practice writing the letter e and attaching different words with that sound to it. They listen to a book about a dog that enhances the letter e. They write a...
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Ta-Ta- Timer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify a letter of the alphabet. They recognize this letter in print and in spoken language. The letter and phoneme chosen is the letter t and /t/. They write the letter in both lower and upper case. They read 'One Tiny...
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Sammy the Slimy Snake

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in a emergent literacy lesson with the intention of improving reading comprehension. The goals of the lesson include recognizing both upper and lower case S, to create an awareness of the mouth movement and the phoneme...
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I Feel the Need....The Need for Speed!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students first learn to decode when learning to read. Decoding each letter and phoneme in a sentence or even a short text takes a considerable amount of time. Students must drill to progress in the pace and level of their reading. In...
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Adding e

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this adding e worksheet, students add the letter e to the end of words to make new words. Students add e to 20 different words.
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Speedy Monkeys

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing crosschecking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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I'm Bananas for Faster, Fluent Reading!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students review the way to use cover-ups to focus on vowels and decoding. They listen as the teacher demonstrates reading a sentence slowly like a robot, and then a little faster each time, adding feeling and expression. They then read a...
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Take Me to Your Reader

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read different sentences with and without expression and discuss the differences. Next, in pairs they take turns reading...