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Activity
Free Reading

Free Reading: Listen for My Sound. A Phoneme Segmenting Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A simple, yet effective activity to teach students to identify the same sounds in different words. The teacher says a word and the students give a thumbs up or thumbs down. This site also includes a Word Generator list link as a resource.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Syllable Slap! Segmenting Syllables

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A higher level activity that helps students develop fluency in identifying open and closed syllable words.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Split Stomp, Segmenting Syllables Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom activity that introduces and builds the accuracy of students' abilities of identifying syllables in a word. The instructor says a word, the student stomps once for each syllable in the word and then stomps one more time to...
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Slate Races: A Phoneme Segmenting Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom or small group game to build accuracy of students' abilities to blend phonemes. Students write the word that the teacher gives them on their own slate/dry erase board and then underneath the word, writes down each sound in...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Segmenting and Blending Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this activity, students will learn how to segment words. Then students will play a segmentation game that utilizes Elkonin boxes and markers.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Free Reading: Alien Word Game: Sounding Out

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A game where students distinguish between real words and "alien" or nonsense words.
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Interactive
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Silly Bulls: K 2 Animals

For Students 1st Standards
Practice syllables with this online game. After the word is read, choose the correct box based on the number of syllables you hear. When you choose correctly, you will see the word broken down into syllables and hear it used in a sentence.
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ce, Ci, Cy Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ce", "cy", and "ci" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ea and Ear Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ea" and "ear" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: The, Se, Etc. Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "the" or "se" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Y and More Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y" to form words with the long /e/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Works from famous artists...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: O E Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "o_e" pattern. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Lessons 7 12 Review

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate the "s" suffix. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Short Vowel Lessons Review

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews words that incorporate short vowels in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words sounded...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Short O Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate short /o/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Short E Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate short /e/ in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Adding S Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate that end in letter "s" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ge, Dge, Etc. Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ge", "dge", etc. Students will choose to sound out words, see words sounded out, see words with pictures with and without sounds, and see...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Initial Blends Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor introduces words with initial consonant blends. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words sounded out,...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Blends (Ending, Part 2) Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate blends in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Blends (Ending, Part 1) Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate blends in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: C and K Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "c" or "k" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Lessons 74 78 Review

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y", "dge", "ge", or other letter pattens. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ch, Tch Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ch" and "tch" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...