Curated OER
Initial Blends with L as the Second Letter
Students listen to and read the poem "Cat's Eyes" and discuss the repetition of words and the blends in the poem.
Curated OER
Using the Sounds of Words Reading Task
Young readers demonstrate phonemic awareness in words and blends, and recognize 100 high-frequency words. Use a nursery rhyme to point out rhyming words, and change the words by putting a new letter at the beginning. Each learner will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Phonics lesson for -ick family
Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one.
Curated OER
Initial Blend "fl"
In this initial blend "fl" worksheet, students say the name of six labeled pictures that have the "fl" ending. Students draw brackets around the "fl" in each word. Example: (fl)ask.
Curated OER
Initial Blend "sl"
In this initial blend learning exercise, students say the blend "sl," then bracket the sound in 5 words describing pictures. One example is completed for students.
August House
Anansi Goes To Lunch - First Grade
Greed is the theme of this collection of multidisciplinary activities. As a class, read The West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby Norfolk, and take part in a grand discussion about it's plot and theme. Reinforce the...
University of Florida
Phonological Awareness: A Sound Beginning
Choose from a variety of phonological activities to complement a reading lesson. The guide goes through the basic components of good phonics instruction focusing on sound types, levels of phonological awareness, assessment methods,...
Curated OER
Initial Consonant Blend Sounds
In this initial consonant blend sounds worksheet, 1st graders look at four pictures and write the missing consonant blends to spell each word correctly.
Curated OER
Beginning Consonant Blends
In this beginning consonant blends worksheet, students fill in the correct beginning blend according to the picture being labeled. Students complete 4 problems.
Curated OER
Mixed Initial Clusters (1)
In this consonant clusters worksheet, students examine 9 pictures and identify the beginning consonant cluster in each of the words represented by the pictures. Students also create a two sentences using c and f consonant clusters.
Curated OER
Matching Consonant Blends Worksheet
In this consonant blends worksheet, students match the beginning consonant blend with the picture whose name uses it. Students complete 5 matches.
Curated OER
Move the Sounds
Use cut out letters to make beginning sounds, blends, and word families that ultimately make new words. Learners move around physically as they hold the letters to make the specified blend or word. Assessment suggestions are included.
Curated OER
Phonics Blends 9
In this beginning consonant clusters worksheet, students respond to 6 questions that require them to select and identify the consonant clusters that match the pictures shown.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)
Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A World of Animals: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)
Provide extra support with this collection of animal-themed lessons. Early readers gain proficiency in high frequency words are and he, practice blending short vowel sounds, and substitute initial and final phonemes while...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Down on the Farm: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 8)
Chants, rhymes, practice pages, picture, word, and punctation cards provide extra support for reading high-frequency words, substituting, blending, segmenting, and identifying phonemes in this Down on the Farm themed unit.
Curated OER
Working with Ll Blends
In this L blends worksheet, 1st graders say the name for each picture and then draw a circle around the correct l-blend word. Students learn 12 l-blends words.
Curated OER
Beginning Blend Activity
In this beginning blend worksheet, students look at pictures, say their name, listening for the beginning blend, then write the picture word.
Curated OER
Pronunciation of Initial /s/ Consonant Clusters
Students comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of initial /s/, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronunciation to be comprehended by others.
Curated OER
Recipe: Initial Digraphs R
In this initial digraphs worksheet, students unscramble the phrases that use words with initial r digraphs. Students create a Halloween recipe using the phrases.
Curated OER
Phonics lesson for "sh"
First graders identify words with the "sh" pattern. They participate in phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation exercises. As the assessment portion of the instructional activity, they may write a story...
Curated OER
Words and Pictures: Blend Match
In this words and pictures: blend match learning exercise, 2nd graders match all the pictures that start with the same blend, then color each group a different color and write the blend in the box.
Curated OER
Word Match: Initial Digraphs with R
In this initial digraphs activity, learners finish the potion poem using the initial r digraph words. Students cut out the r words and paste them to complete the poem.
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Segmenting and Blending Words
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...