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Rain Rain Go Away

For Teachers K - 2nd
Complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound with a focus on words containing the ai and ay correspondence with your readers. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing ay and ai...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
The four worksheets here are provided to introduce your learners to new vocabulary on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each list contains seven vocabulary words focused on a specfic vowel pair. First the learner hears the word,...
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Ohhhh Me, Ohhhhh My!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice identifying phonemes and recognizing letters in written words to become fluent readers. They study the phoneme /O/ in the tongue twister, "Oh No, my Nose needs an operation in October." Each student also interacts with...
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We All Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words that contain the ee and ea correspondence. Students then read the book "Tea For Three" with a...
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Long And Short E Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary activity, students examine 4 picture clues which depict long and short vowel e words. There is a primary writing line and the direction "write," but it is unclear if students are to write a sentence or just the word.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Skills Necessary to Listen, Speak, Read and Write Effectively

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, using a basic word picture dictionary, review the vocabulary terms on the board in conjunction with the picture dictionary and tie the two together for placement association. In addition, they practice using key grammar words...
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short A, Long A

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling instructional activity, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have both long and short sound of vowel A. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Introduce the VCe rule (Long u, o)

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars say the word "dime" as the teacher writes it on the board and reviews the silent e/long vowel rule. In this phonics lesson, students say other words and review the rule as words are written on the board, first without the...
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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 instructional activity, students continue to sound out words with other long vowels and the silent e, with...
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Animal Alphabet

For Teachers K
Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.
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Rock ’N Learn

Bud And June

For Students 1st
In this letter u worksheet, 1st graders will focus on both the long and short vowel sound. Students will study 8 pictures and write the word below each picture on the lines provided.
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Kelly's Kindergarten

March Daily Activities

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
There's a pot of gold at the end of the school year! Use a month's worth of reading, writing, and counting activities to keep kids learning through the month of March.
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Alphabet Organizer

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, learners organize their vocabulary words into an online...
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Writing With Environmental Print

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students develop literacy skills by exploring street signs, cereal boxes, and billboards. In this writing with environmental print lesson, students build word recognition in every day print. Students decode words and discover new words.
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All Day

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this identifying -all and -al words instructional activity, students use words from a word box to fill in the blanks in sentences and find them in a word search. Students write 12 answers.
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The Hole Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this filling in the blanks and sequencing learning exercise, learners use words from the word box to complete the sentences and number the pictures to show the order of events in the short story. Learners write 8 answers.
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Adding -est Practice Sheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite the 35 words by adding the -est suffix ending to each word on the provided lines.
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Starfall

My Family

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy instructional activity, students practice using the words that end with the letter y. Pupils color words with the long /i/ sound and long /e/ different colors.
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A Race to Place

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students 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 spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Spooky Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the concept of vowel digraphs. They distinguish between the sound made by one vowel and two vowels. Through listening, matching, and writing activities, 1st graders identify the sound in words and sentences they...
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Fun Fonix: Say it. Build it. Write it. Read it.

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students demonstrate their knowledge of the concept by responding to 12 fill in the blank questions. Students say the word represented in the picture, build new words using the letter/letter clusters given then...
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Fun Fonix: Say it. Write in the a and e. Read it.

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students demonstrate their knowledge of the concept by responding to 12 fill in the blank questions. Students say the words represented in the pictures, write in the a and e, and read the newly created words.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In 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...