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"Aaaaaa!!!!" It's Okay, Baby!!
Your kindergarten or first grade class works on recognizing the /a/ sound in spoken words. Use the fun tongue twister to help remember the target sound, and practice writing the letter a. Then have them write words that use this target...
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Iggy the Penguin
Take your young word detectives on a hunt for the /i/ sound. Use the tongue twister about Iggy the penguin to help learners identify the target sound. Then learners are given several words, and they have to use their detective skills to...
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Icky Fingers
Which i sound is used in the word icky? Kindergarteners and first graders listen to the short /i/ sound. They practice shaking their fingers to indicate icky when they hear the target sound. Then they practice reading a poster with the...
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Indiana Igloo
Your young charges practice identifying the /i/ sound in this instructional activity. The class looks at words on cards and identifies which word has the target sound. They continue their practice using Elkonin letterboxes to spell words...
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The Tug Says Uhh!
Kindergarteners and first graders discover the /u/ sound! After practicing making the sound with the funny tongue twister, youngsters use their Elkonin letterboxes to divide a set of words into their phonemes. Then pairs read Bud...
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Can You Hear the River?
In this camping beginning reader activity, students cut apart, color and assemble a 12 page mini book about a camping trip. The page text is in the form of questions and answers. The sight vocabulary writing practice and coloring is at...
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The Beginning Consonant
In this initial consonant worksheet, students read 3 words that have missing letters at the beginning. Students look at the picture clues and fill in the missing initial consonant, then color the picture.
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Beginning Reading: Words That Start With Z
In this letter Z worksheet, students view 9 objects and determine which ones start with the letter Z. Students then circle those objects.
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Beginning Reading: Words That Start With B
In this words that start with B worksheet, young scholars evaluate 10 pictures. Students then circle the pictures that start with the letter B.
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Beginning Reading: Words That Start With X
In this words that start with X learning exercise, students evaluate six pictures and circle the ones that begin with the letter X. Three of the six pictures begin with the letter X.
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Beginning Reading: Z is for Zebra
In this practice writing Z worksheet, students read "Z is for zebra" and then practice writing the letter Z in both uppercase and lowercase. The worksheet provides a dotted upper and lowercase Z for the student to trace, and then the...
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Beginning Reading: V is for Valentine
In this practice writing V worksheet, students read "V is for valentine". Then students practice writing uppercase and lowercase V. The worksheet provides one dotted example for the students to trace and then 4 blank boxes for students...
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Beginning Reading: Words That Start With C
In this words that start with C learning exercise, students view 10 pictures on the learning exercise. They then determine which ones begin with the letter C and circle them.
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Beginning Reading: Words That Start With E
In this words that start with E worksheet, students view 10 pictures on the worksheet. They then determine which ones start with the letter E and circle them.
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Beginning Reading: Zac and Deb
In this beginning reading worksheet, students read 2 sentences about a cat named Zac. They then color the picture on the worksheet.
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Beginning Reading: Zac and Deb
In this beginning reading worksheet, students read 2 sentences about a cat named Zac and a dog named Deb. They then color the picture on the worksheet.
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Beginning Reading: Zac and Deb
In this beginning reading worksheet, students read 2 sentences about a cat named Zac and a dog named Deb and their owners. They then color the picture on the worksheet.
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Beginning Reading: Zac and Deb
For this beginning reading worksheet, students read 2 short sentences about a dog named Deb. They then color in the picture of Deb on the worksheet.
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Beginning Reading: Zac and Deb
In this beginning reading worksheet, students read 2 sentences about a white dog named Deb. They then color the picture on the worksheet.
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Literal Meaning of Reading
Young scholars practice basic reading skills. In this reading lesson plan, students review the letter M, read the story If You Give a Mouse a Muffin. Young scholars will then write a book using their name, for example: If You Give a Taco...
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Phonics Reading Practice
In this phonics practice worksheet, 1st graders read the passage and practice identifying the vowel sounds o-e, and oa. Students then draw a picture about the story in the box.
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Bus Stop: Read Aloud
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about a woman who will figure out the bus schedule to get to work on time. There are no questions to answer here.
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Ssshhh, Look at the Fish
Learn that "sh" stands for /sh/ in spoken language. This digraph cannot be decoded by blending the /s/ and /h/ sounds, so /sh/ should be explicitly taught. This lesson gives the students practice recognizing /sh/ in speech and "sh" in...