Curated OER
When A Says Its Name
Students are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by playing word bingo.
Curated OER
Putt-Putt Old Car
Learners study the phoneme /p/ both in written and spoken language while differentiating from the phoneme /b/. They think about the "put, put" sound that an old car makes, and work with at tongue twister. Next, they write the letter p,...
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Bob and the Frogs Hop on Logs
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the /o/ sound. They recite tongue twisters and practice writing words with the /o/ sound. They read a story and choose /o/ words from the story...
Curated OER
Math: Congruent and Similar Figures
Eighth graders use geo-boards to create similar and congruent figures and find their corresponding sides. Using the geo-board paper, they draw the shapes they create on the geo-boards. With partners,students create similar and congruent...
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Mmm Mmm Good!
Students examine the letter 'm'. Through instruction and modeling they complete a variety of fun and hands-on activities as they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is written, etc.
Curated OER
B is for Bowling Green
Third graders identify important places in Bowling Green and list facts about those places. They write complete, varied sentences using capitals and punctuation correctly and also use the Writing Process. As a final project, a...
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Grandpa Ed
Pupils engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. For practice they become more comfortable with a short vowel phoneme, which can often be the most difficult to identify, by learning it in isolation.
Curated OER
Iiizzy is Iiicky Sticky!
Students answer a series of questions about the different sounds that the letter I makes. They observe a picture about a girl and the letter I. They practice a tongue twister with the different sounds of I. They practice writing the...
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Eeeee -- It's a Mouse!
Students recognize the long "e" sound, and identify it in spoken words by learning letter symbols. Students participate in role playing and tongue twisters to learn the long "e" sound. By learning phenomes, students are taking the...
Curated OER
Easter Alphabetical Order Worksheet
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students use a graphic organizer to put a list of words related to Easter in alphabetical order, 8 words total.
Curated OER
Your Future Occupation
Students write a story about themselves as the main character in a work situation. In this writing perspectives lesson, students brainstorm about their future occupation. Students then use themselves as the main character in a short...
Other
Bradley's Online Interactive Activities: Alphabetical Words 4
Practice alphabetical ordering. Help is there if you need it.
Starfall
Starfall: How the Alphabet Got Its Order
A cleverly animated story about how the alphabet got its A-to-Z order. Helps beginning readers and English language learners learn to recognize and pronounce all the letters of the alphabet.
Other
Bradley's Online Interactive Activities: Alphabet Letters 2
Great practice for beginners. Click on each letter (lower case only) in alphabetical order. The program does not allow the user to put letters in the wrong order, but the mistakes count against the final score.
Other
Bradley's Online Interactive Activities: Alphabetical Words 1
Practice alphabetizing, or use as a quiz. Click on the words and put them in the correct order. You get a score at the end, and encouragement.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Lettercritter
The student will identify and order the letters of the alphabet.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Alphabet Line Up
A lesson plan where pupils work together to play a game of putting the letters of the alphabet in order.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Alphabet Battle
A lesson plan where students play a game in pairs to identify the order of letters in the alphabet.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Spelling and Vocabulary Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] Various activities to build spelling and vocabulary comprehension. Includes unscrambling spelling words, matching vocabulary with definition, context sentences, ABC order, word sort, and word order.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alpha Pig's Paint by Letter
A paint-by-letter interactive game where students match the letter on a color palette to the letter on a picture in order to paint the picture. Three levels of difficulty allow students to match capital letters, lower-case letters, or a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Phonological Awareness/beginning Sounds
During this instructional activity students will develop phonological awareness through activities that focus on beginning sounds. Students will go on a scavenger hunt, make a picture book, and play games on the Internet in order to help...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Connect the Dots (Number Sequencing and Letter Recognition Games)
Make pictures by counting by ones, by fives, and by counting backwards or by putting letters of the alphabet in the correct order.
British Council
British Council: Abc Countdown
In this interactive online game players must put the letters of the alphabet in the correct order within 30 seconds.