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Oscar says Ahhh

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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It's Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they decode.
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Doctor Check-Up

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Olly Octopus

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in...
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The Crying Baby Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ in words and sentences. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read sentences...
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It's Icky Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they decode.
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Don't Punch Too Hard

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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I'm Thinking

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in...
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Icky "I"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Tricky Nicky

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words they decode with...
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How 'Bout Them Apples?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and phrases.
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Patty the Pretty Pig

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme /p/. Through listening, writing, and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /p/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /p/ with its letter representation and...
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Free Printables: Alphabet Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
In this alphabet worksheet, students cut out the alphabet cards, which have words and pictures to go along with each letter. This worksheet generator can print off 2 different sets of cards for the alphabet so that students can match up...
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We Want W!

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the phoneme /w/. Through listening and matching activities, 1st graders discriminate the phoneme /w/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate /w/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in...
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The Whining Child

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Picture Fists Full of Kisses

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Ease children's back-to-school jitters with this primary grade lesson based on the book The Kissing Hand by Ruth E. Harper. Starting off with a singing of the song "I Wish I Had a Little Red Box", children go on to discuss and...
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Shout Out Loud

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the /ow/ sound using the 'ou' digraph. They recite an /ow/ tongue twister and participate in a letterbox instructional activity to gain understanding of the ou = /ow/ concept. They read 'The Napping House' to practice...
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Got the Giggles

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Method for Teaching the Blending of Sounds: Train Technique

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the blending of individual sounds to make words and, using visuals and manipulatives, equate this process to the hooking up of railroad cars to make a train. They link individual letters/sounds to make short words.
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Describing Motion

For Students 5th - 12th
In this motion worksheet, students will review Newton's three laws of motion. This worksheet has 1 word puzzle, 1 short answer, and 3 matching questions.
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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I Ate Grape Cake

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading and...
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Elmer the Elephant

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...
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Surprise Object

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this addition practice worksheet, students solve 12 problems that require them to add using 2 and 3-digit numbers. Students use their answer to reveal a mystery word and respond to a questions regarding grouping.