University of Florida
Phonological Awareness: A Sound Beginning
Choose from a variety of phonological activities to complement a reading lesson. The guide goes through the basic components of good phonics instruction focusing on sound types, levels of phonological awareness, assessment methods,...
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Introduce /ph/
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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Photo Fun
In this phonics practice worksheet, students 6 words that are missing letters and fill in the blanks with ph or gh to appropriately complete the words. Picture clues are provided.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Amazing Birds
What's so amazing about birds? Find out just how amazing birds are with a physics of animal behavior unit created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Have learners explore and tap into their observational skills and notice how birds fly, what...
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Reintroduce /ph/
Young scholars review the letter combination "ph" and its pronunciation. For this "ph" letter combination lesson, students practice a mix of 12 letter combinations on the board then take turns recognizing the proper sounds of the "ph"...
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Reintroduce /aw/
Students are reintroduced to the letter combination 'aw' and its sound. In this lesson on the 'aw' letter combination, students practice reciting a mix of 12 letter combinations on the board and take turns identifying 'aw' letter...
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...
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Reintroduce /wr/
Students recognize that the /wr/ sound has the same sound a /rrr/. In this /wr/ sound lesson plan, students locate the wr in a random chart of letter clusters. Students pronounce the words with wr.
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Word Work: Blends, Digraphs & Trigraphs
Practice thirty-three different consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs with your emergent readers! Each letter combination has its own column in which you and your learners can write down five different words that demonstrate the...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Duke Ellington
For this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Duke Ellington. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Jeffrey and Sloth: Six Traits of Writing
Use drawings as inspiration. Have learners doodle for 10 minutes before beginning the lesson. Then, have them use their doodles to inspire a story. Several writing activities are included here to play with writing. One of my favorites...
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Inspire a Life of Reading
Making letters out of goop, sight word bingo, tic-tac-toe vowels. Download this packet loaded with activities designed to engage beginning readers. Although designed for adults, many of the activities are appropriate for any...
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Adult ESOL Lesson Plan - Effective Telephone Communication
Students examine and practice the ability to use basic residential telephones. They practice specific phrases and vocabulary terms to assist them with this task. In addition, they practice writing down each other's phone numbers.
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Digraphs
Sixth graders participate in a word study activity to increase vocabulary and spelling accuracy. In this digraphs instructional activity, 6th graders understand how the letter "h" changes and initial sound. Students complete a crossword...
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ESOL Health and Nutrition
Students brainstorm and discuss vocabulary words which identify various health care providers and facilities. They work in pairs and share their own health care experiences and write sentences about them.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2-- Telephone Communication
Students, after reviewing an extensive vocabulary list on the board, practice, after seeing the teacher model an example of dialogue, requesting operator assistance or 911 with a partner.
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ESOL Telephone Communication
Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.
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ESOL Transportation and Travel
Students identify required documents related to transportation (driver's license, insurance card, registration, passport). They discuss and categorize the following documents needed for local and or international travel; driver's...