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Kidsource OnLine

Kid Source: Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Key to learning how to read is the ability to identify the different sounds that make words and to associate these sounds with written words. There are 44 phonemes in the English language, including letter combinations such as /th/,...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3 [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess vocabulary words that are adjectives and words associated with map directions.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Words to Watch Out For

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A factsheet, a worksheet, a game, and a quiz are provided for teachers and students at this BBC spelling skills tutorial that shows you how to avoid confusing words.
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Wh, Qu, Th Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "wh", "qu", and "th" 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
Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Long I

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Given the letter I with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Make It Meaningful

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students sort words based on the meanings of their affixes: before, one who, state or qualify of, and wrongly. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Meaningful Affixes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students add affixes to alter the meaning of words. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Concentration

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a memory game by matching affixes with their meanings. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: If the Clue Fits [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students identify a word on a word pyramid based on clues about its syllables and phonemes. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Variant Correspondences: The Write Word [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by identifying the spelling pattern of words. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Variant Correspondences: Word O Matic [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which learners draw phoneme cards and build as many words as possible in one minute. Materials are included.
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Unit Plan
Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Og

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Given the letters "og" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Vocabulary words: dog, log, fog, frog. Audio and graphs make this page kid-friendly. When finished,...
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Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Long U

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Given the letter U with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
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Unit Plan
Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Long E

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Given the letters "ee" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Control Ar

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Become a better reader. This interactive game can motivate readers. Create controlled AR words. Use picture cues by identify beginning and ending sounds to make a word.
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Interactive
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Irregular Words and Phonics

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Learn about irregularly spelled words, vowel teams, and inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences by watching a review video. Practice what you learned by taking a quiz or playing a game!
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Interactive
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards Dictionaries and Glossaries

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
View a lesson on using dictionaries and glossaries to determine the meaning of words. Test your skills using Test Mode or Game Mode.
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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Spell Check

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Students are presented with four words. After choosing the incorrectly spelled word, students make corrections and check their answers. There is an option for more difficult words.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Reference Materials

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A dictionary is one of the most useful reference books anybody could ever use. Learn how to properly understand a dictionary's formatting and content! [0:46]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Party Moose Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan, using the animated story "Party Moose" from the series Molly of Denali, shows the importance of paying attention to meaning while reading and using strategies, such as rereading, when something doesn't make sense. Molly...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Bird in Hand Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan, based on the 11-minute story "Bird in Hand" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use strategies, such as examining the parts of unfamiliar words to figure out their meaning. When Molly and Tooey come...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Grade 2 Spelling Bee

For Students 2nd Standards
Spelling Bee offers three levels of words for each grade level group (1-12). Click the appropriate grade level tab. In each level a story is both shown on the screen and read to the student. Students will type missing words to complete...
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Grocery List Spelling [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
This PDF activity page offers a unique way to study spelling words. Students do one activity (such as make a crossword with their spelling list and definitions) from three of the four grocery store departments: meat, produce, bakery, and...