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Curated OER

Say Aaah!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters and practice writing the letter 'o'. They rewrite 'Skip to My Lou" using short /o/...
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Curated OER

Alikizam...There's Apple Jam!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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Curated OER

This Glue is Sticky!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. As the teacher reads a story, they identify words with the short...
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Curated OER

It's May, Let's Play!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore digraphs. They discuss the ay=/A/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them remember the ay=/A/ correspondence. They read a story and identify /A/ in spoken and written language. Students spell words using the ay=/A/.
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Poor Crying Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine the letter 'a'. Through instruction and modeling and a variety of practice activities, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters and read stories and pick out...
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Curated OER

Say Aaaaah, Says the Doctor

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explore the short /o/ sound using tongue twisters. They identify the /o/ sound in spoken language and recognize the /o/ in written words. Students practice writing the letter o. They spell words with the /o/ sound and they read In...
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Silly Sally Snake

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 's'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /s/ sound in them. They read...
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Waaa... Abby is Unhappy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the letter 'a' and the short /a/ sound. They practice making the /a/ sound and recite tongue twisters with words containing short /a/. They listen to a story and, while listening, identify words from the story that...
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Curated OER

Icky Sticky Piggy

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils examine the letter 'i' and the short /i/ sound. Through instruction and modeling they explore how to make the short /i/ sound, how the letter 'i' is written, etc. They recite tongue twisters and read stories and pick out words...
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Curated OER

Slinky Scaly Snakes

For Teachers K
Pupils examine the sound of the letter S and write the upper case S. As a class, they repeat a tongue twister with the letter S, then observe and demonstrate how to write the letter S. Students then view a variety of objects and...
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Curated OER

D says DUH! Duh?

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils identify the letter D, both upper and lower case and recognize and identify the letter d in various words and illustrations. They identify how the mouth moves with the letter D through various word pronunciations. Finally,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Seven Selfish Shellfish

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twister: a type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words. [0:29]
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Other

International Tongue Twisters Alpha dictionary.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Tongue twisters for everyone! You'll find twisters and tricky phrases in English and more than 40 other languages, from Albanian to Xhosa. English translations are provided for twisters in other languages.
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Auburn University

The Reading Genie: Making Friends With Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Superb explanation of phoneme awareness. Content addresses how to focus on individual phonemes, how to make the phoneme memorable, and how to find phoneme in word contexts.
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Website
Pequenet

Pequenet: El Periodico Official De Pequenet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is well-known children's website in Spain, for children up to 12 years old. It includes games, tongue twisters, stories, songs, and pictures to color.
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Handout
English Club

English Club: Learn English: Pronunciation: Tongue Twisters

For Students 3rd - 8th
An explanation of a tongue-twister followed by a list of thirteen popular tongue-twisters.
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Other

Indian Child: Tongue Twisters for Children

For Students 3rd - 8th
What better way to practice your English speaking skills than to wrap your tongue around a few twisters? This site includes twisters contributed by people from India, the U.S., and other countries.