Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Word Detective
For this lesson, students will become word detectives to find spelling patterns in a story, and then sort the words they find according to the patterns. This "word detective" will become a favorite independent activity throughout the...
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Four Lesson Unit: Vocabulary in Context
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of four lesson plans designed to develop students' vocabulary skills including understanding prefixes, using context clues, and using a glossary and a dictionary. Lessons are based on the books...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Context Clues
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson in which students learn to use context clues in surrounding sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: If the Word Fits
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to choose the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. Materials are included.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Build a Word
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the Activboard and Activprimary, students assemble words by arranging various letters on the flipchart page. Students create words given pre-assembled word endings or listen to words delivered by...
Auburn University
Auburn University: The Letterbox Lesson
The "letterbox lesson" is a phonics lesson in which young learners are led to analyze the phoneme sequence in a word, first by spelling the word and then by reading it.
ESL4kids
The Efl Playhouse: Phonemic Awareness for Young Language Learners
A group of ten simple activities easily incorporated into the course of a day to reinforce phonemic awareness.
Big Learners
Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.l.1.2.e : First Grade English Language Arts
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard L.1.2.E. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are...
Education.com
Education.com: L.1.2.e Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of spelling words phonetically.