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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Short I Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate short /i/. 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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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Long E Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate long /e/ in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: long e" lesson.
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Short I Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate short /i/ in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: short i" lesson.
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Unknown Type
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Short a Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate short /a/ in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: short a" lesson.
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Short a Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate short /a/. 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: Er, Ur, Ir Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce r-controlled vowel words that incorporate "er", "ur", and "ir". Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Er, Ur, Ir Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with r-controlled vowels. Words with the letters "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: er, ur, ind, ir"...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Oy, Oi Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "oy" or "oi" 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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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Oy, Oi Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "oy" or "oi" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: oy, oi" lesson.
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Unknown Type
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Aw, Au, Al Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "aw", "au", and "al" words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: aw, au, al" lesson.
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ai Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "ai" in words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ai" lesson.
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Unknown Type
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: O E Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "o_e" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: o_e" lesson.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Reach

For Students Pre-K - 1st
REACH is a self-paced interactive reading program to engage parents and children as at-home reading partners. Designed by classroom reading specialists and aligned with kindergarten through third grade standards, these self-paced...
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Article
City University of New York

Vp: The Singer's Dilemma, Tone Versus Diction

For Students 9th - 10th
Shirley Emmons is a noted teacher of singing. Her website has a number of essays devoted to singing technique. This article is an in depth discussion of the age old problem of balancing beautiful tone with the need to sing words that can...
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School Express

Schoolexpress.com: Long and Short Vowel Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 5th
Teachers will find an assortment of detailed worksheets that engage students learning in vowels.
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Lesson Plan
Auburn University

Auburn University: The Letterbox Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What is the rationale behind the "Letterbox Lesson?" This site reveals how students must understand the phoneme sequence in words in order to decode them. Come and learn more.
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Lesson Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: R Controlled Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice reading and pronouncing words that have a vowel followed by the letter R.
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Unit Plan
University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University: Articulation Vowels and Consonants

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This webpage article is a very technical discussion of articulation of speech sounds. Multiple technical linguistic terms are used throughout the essay.
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Website
Other

Carson Newman College: A Brief History of English

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features a brief history of English. Come and check out the links provided within this site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource. It includes time lines.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Armstrong Atlantic State University: English Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about the history of the English language when you visit this informative site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource.
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Activity
Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Letter Candy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will distinguish vowel letters from consonant letters. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Funny Fish

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This printable fish-themed instructional activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will distinguish vowel letters from consonant letters. An answer key and lesson extension are...
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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Dinner Time: R Controlled Vowels Er, Ir and Ur

For Students K - 1st Standards
This printable vowels learning exercise from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will view pictures and write words that have r-controlled vowels [er, ir and ur]. An answer key and lesson...