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Introduce /ph/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice using /ph/ as it makes the /f/ sound. In this /ph/ lesson, students examine the /ph/ combination when it is written on the board. They identify items and words that contain the /f/ sound that is spelled using the /ph/...
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Poetry Beyond Words: Creating Poetry with Linguistically Diverse Students

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Models of and directions for how to write 20 different types of poems are featured in an NCTE resource. The introduction to each form highlights the embedded concepts. For example, tongue twisters encourage poets to use alliteration and...
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Matching Ending Consonants Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this consonant sounds worksheet, students look at the first picture in each row and circle the picture below it that has the same ending consonant sound.
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Matching Ending Consonants Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ending consonants worksheet, students look at the first picture in each row and circle the picture below it that has the same ending consonant sound.
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School-Home Links 34

For Students 1st
In this middle sounds in words worksheet, 1st graders circle the words that have the same middle sound as the first word in each row.
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Language Arts: Rhyming Words

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover words that rhyme and how to recognize them. After reading a book and singing a song, they identify the rhyming words in each. Students add their own rhyming words and complete a worksheet.
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School-Home Links: Same and Different Words

For Students K - 1st
In this words worksheet, students learn that some words are alike and some are different. Students say the three words in each row and use a pencil to circle the word that is different.
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Aaaa! It's A!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Exercise phonemic awareness of the vowel /a/ to help children become successful readers. They connect spoken phonemes to written grapheme's and create a relationship between the vocal gesture of /a/ and its grapheme map in text and words.
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Spelling Exercise: -ible or -able

For Students 5th - 9th
From the Purdue Online Writing Lab, an editing practice exercise that focuses on the correct spelling of words that end in -ible or -able. Young authors proofread a paragraph about a date gone awry (high interest content). Onscreen it...
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"A" What Did You Say?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound represented by the /ay/ correspondence. They spell different words containing the /ay/ correspondence using letter manipulatives, and identify words they hear the...
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Signs and Symbols to Acquire Language

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars utilize deductive reasoning to decipher unfamiliar words and sounds. They acquire high-frequency words by viewing street signs and playing phonics games. Students This lesson is intended for young scholars acquiring a...
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Homophones

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this homophones worksheet, students review 14 examples of homophones and then complete the sentences with the correct homophone.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet Set 3

For Students K - 1st Standards
Bird starts with B and so does banana! Being able to identify beginning letter sounds takes early readers one step closer to reading complete words. They say the name of the items in each row, and then circle the letter that makes the...
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EEEEEK! Long Vowel E (e)

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this long vowel E instructional activity, students help a mouse find some hiding places for his food particles that won't be swept up by a broom. Student's then color in all the things they see in the kitchen that sound the same as...
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Complete the Sentences 5

For Students 4th - 5th
In this complete sentences activity, students improve their reading skills by reading the sentences and select the word that best completes the 10 examples.
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Sounding Out the Symbols

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the Mississippi state quarter and the Magnolia blossom. They discuss the "m" sound and other words that begin with "m". They discuss symbols that could represent their school and design a school quarter.
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What words sound like rice?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students experiment with sounds of words. In this word comparison lesson, students complete a series of games to assist them in hearing and sounding out the letters in the word rice.  Students use this information to find or think...
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I Say You Say

For Teachers K
Students practice switching initial consonant sounds to make rhyming words. They identify the difference between rhyming words is in the initial sound. Students practice various rhyming phrases and create their own rhyming pairs.
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Excellent Ehhhh

For Teachers K - 1st
Students make the different e sounds and practice a chant about the e sounds. They use a letterbox to write different words utilizing the e sounds. They listen to a story about a dog named Red that emphasizes the e sound. They write a...
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Pronunciation Practice: /th/ sound

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this th sound worksheet, students read words, read sentences, categorize words, write words they hear, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 1: Short E

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of six words that all contain the sound of short vowel E. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities.
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Weekly Reading Test

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students write the words that their teacher says out loud. Students find the word by reading it, and then write it down. They also write a sentence.
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Rhyme Rally

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to rhyming words and practice identifying them in a story or poem. In this rhyming words lesson, students listen to a story while paying listening for rhyming words in the story. Students then replace rhyming...
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Complete the Sentences 5: Intermediate Level

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this complete the sentence learning exercise, students read 10 sentences and select the appropriate sight words to complete each of the sentences.