Free Reading
Free Reading: Beginning Sounds; Poem
An activity that can be adapted for the whole class, small group, or large group. The instructor first reviews a letter and its sound, then presents the group with a poem with that letter that the students will then identify.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Bl to the Ends (Blends) Game
This activity introduces letter blends both with index cards/flashcards and reenforcement with students highlighting the blends on individual word lists.
Free Reading
Free Reading: "I Spy" Letter Sound Accuracy
Use this game of "I Spy" to help students build their accuracy of letter identification! Can be student- or teacher-led.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Z: Learning About the Alphabet Book Genre
Contains plans for at least seven 20- to 30-minute sessions about alphabet books. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Read Write Think: Dr. Seuss's Sound Words Playing With Phonics and Spelling
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about sound and letters using Dr. Seuss's "Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?" In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Read Write Think: Gingerbread Phonics
Through a shared reading of the familiar text, "The Gingerbread Man," students can learn to sound out familiar words. You will find step-by-step instructions as well as supplemental materials.
Other
Alphabet Sound Recognition With Motions
A fun activity for kinesthetic learners! Students learn motions to go along with letter sounds. This site includes a link to a building fluency site.
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Reading Bear: A E and E E Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "a_e" and "e_e" letter patterns. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: a_e and e_e" lesson.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Word Race Game: Letter Sound Fluency
An exciting classroom word game based on the game "Boggle." The classroom is divided into groups. The teacher says a letter, and each students writes down as many words as they can that begin with that letter. Then they compare with the...
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Reading Bear: Ck Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ck" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Free Reading: Sounding Out Activities
A wonderful site full of tips for teaching the skills of sounding out words. This site has a plethora of links that provide an excellent way to practice and memorize the essential skills of sounding out words. The links using every...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Letter Baseball: Letter Sound Fluency Game
An exciting letter "baseball" game where students "bat" by giving a word that starts with the letter that the teacher holds up. This site includes a link to letter cards to print.
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Reading Bear: Ce, Ci, Cy Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of the letter combinations of "ce", "ci", and "cy" in words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ce, ci, cy" lesson.
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Reading Bear: Ce, Ci, Cy Lesson
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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Reading Bear: C and K Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with "c" or "k" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: c and k" lesson.
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Reading Bear: Si, Su, Ci, Ti, Tu Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "si", "su", "ci", "ti", or "tu" in them. Students are prompted to with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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Reading Bear: Wor, Wa, Ou Lesson
In this beginning reading video module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "wor, "wa", and "ou" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...
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Reading Bear: Ea and Ear Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "ea" or "ear" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ea and ear" lesson.
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Reading Bear: Ea and Ear Lesson
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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Reading Bear: The, Se, Etc. Lesson
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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Reading Bear: Y and More Lesson
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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Reading Bear: U E Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of long /u/ with silent e.The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: u_e" lesson.
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Reading Bear: U E Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate the silent e to form the long /u/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...
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Reading Bear: O E Lesson
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...