Many words in the English language use the long e sound. Learners will match the words leaf, meal, feet, deer, team, and peel to their correct illustration. They practice reading and printing the word before illustrating a combination of...

Put on your pirate hat and get ready to teach r-controlled syllables. Learners practice using words that contain ar, or, er, ir, and ur. Instructors model how to decode words to isolate vowel teams, as well as combine r-controlled sounds...

Help your kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a...

Fourth graders practice using vowel teams and pronunciations. In this language lesson, 4th graders complete visual, auditory, and phonemic drills, review spellings of words, and echo dictated words. Students also read chorally and...

Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...

Young readers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words that...

First graders distinguish between the different ways to create the sound for long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words containing the...

First graders are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, 1st graders apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/...

Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....

Drill and practice the /ow/ sound! Kids practice recognizing pictures that begin with the ou=/ou/ correspondence. They experience a letterbox lesson to help implement this task before them as well as reading the story, The Napping House,...

First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.

Students practice decoding r-controlled vowels. Through various activities, they identify the change made to a vowel sound by adding "r." They decode words and spell them using Elkonin boxes. To conclude the instructional activity,...

Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a lesson that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar words and use oral...

Students explore how to spell words with the vowel digraph /oa/. They read and spell words containing the oa digraph. Students read Toad Makes a Road. They clap their hands when they hear the /O/ sound in the story. Students practice...

First graders listen to the story, "The War Between the Vowels and the Consonents" by Prescilla Turner and create words using letter tiles.

First graders identify letters and sounds associated with -ew and -oo sounds. Each learner receives a stack of cards containing these sounds, and they must determine whether the word uses the -ew or the -oo sound. This could easily...

Students explore English by completing an interactive language history activity. In this word recognition lesson plan, students discuss word formations and the phonetic relationship between letters. Students identify the origin of...

Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one. 

Students practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary lesson, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, students organize their vocabulary words into an online "Alphabet Organizer"...

Present information about the classification of animals. After participating in the teacher-led discussion about scientific names, small groups devise their own way of classifying everyday objects present in the classroom, developing...

Students study the formation of metamorphic rock. In this metamorphic rock lesson plan, students examine how metamorphic rock forms as part of the rock cycle. They review the rock cycle using chocolate chips, conduct Internet research,...

Young scholars understand the parts of the terrarium and why they are important in establishing an ecosystem. In this ecosystem instructional activity, students recall background information on aquariums, terrariums and the water cycle....

Third graders write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it. They take pictures with a digital camera, scan pictures, and add them to a document.

First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. For this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...