Michigan Department of Education
Family Fundamentals for Summer Learning
Just because it's summertime, doesn't mean that learning has to stop. Support children with continuing to develop their reading fluency with this extensive collection of literacy activities.
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Word Formations
In this word formations worksheet, students cut out six letters and rearrange the letters to spell four main words: ran, fan, man and van.
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Word Formations (Page 12)
For this word formations worksheet, students cut out and rearrange six letters to form seven key words to learn for mastery: hot, not, pot, top, pod and nod.
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Word Formations (Page 5)
In this word formations worksheet, pupils cut out and rearrange six letters to form four key words to learn for mastery: lip, sip, rip and nip.
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Word Formations (Page 6)
In this word formations worksheet, students cut out six letters to rearrange into four key terms to learn for mastery: fix, six, tin and win.
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Sleeping Beauty: Initial S Clusters
For this consonant cluster worksheet, students read through the sections for the 'sleeping beauty' poem. Students then cut out the strips of the story and rearrange them so the poem is in order.
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'Cl' and 'Cr' Clusters
In this consonant blends worksheet, students study the pictures and listen for the initial cluster sounds. Students write in the correct consonant blend for each picture. Students make up a sentence containing 'cl' words and one for 'cr'...
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'Gl' and 'Gr' Clusters
In this consonant blends worksheet, students write in the correct initial cluster for each picture. Students make up a sentence containing 'gl' words and one for 'gr' words.
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'Dr' and 'Tr' Clusters
In this phonics worksheet, learners study the pictures and then write in the correct initial consonant cluster for each picture. Students then write a sentence containing 'dr' words and one for 'tr' words.
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Picture Match
Students match pictures with words that have specific phonics connotations. In this picture matching lesson plan, students have groups of words with the same phonics sayings.
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Hunter Model 2
Students produce the long sounds in the initial position of words making silly soup.
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Phonemic Awareness Infusion
Students comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of two and three letter consonant sounds, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronuciation to...
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Build it Up
First graders practice spelling words through by blending sounds with a focus on short vowels i and a. Through matching and listening activities, 1st graders replace initial and final sounds to create words they decode and read.
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Initial Consonant Clusters -1
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words to complete the crossword puzzle. They are focusing on the concept of consonant clusters.
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--ar Family Word slide
For this vocabulary worksheet, students learn the "--ar" word ending by making a word slide. Students cut slits in the laminated jar shaped word ending piece. Students slide the strip with initial consonants and blends to make new words....
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Chuggin' Choo Choo
For this word recognition instructional activity, learners examine 6 rows containing 3 words each. Learners identify the word in each row that begins with the consonant cluster ch or ends with consonant cluster ch.
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I'm going to chase you
First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise the /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph...
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"Bl" Words
In this spelling and phonics worksheet, learners write as many bl words as they can while working with a friend. They complete 4 words and 4 sentences with the bl beginning to form words. They use the words to complete a paragraph...
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Word and Letter Practice #10
In this word and letter practice learning exercise, students say letters and sounds of letters, practice reading simple sentences and sight words, then say names of pictures and say the beginning sound of each.
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching to...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds for Grade 2
In this beginning and ending sounds for grade 2 worksheet, 2nd graders look at the picture and fill in the beginning and ending letters, not interactively, for 6 pictures; pictures can be changed and answers are available online.
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Word Formations (Page 4)
In this word formations worksheet, students cut out six letters to rearrange and form four key words: led, fed, red and Ned. Students learn these four words for mastery.
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The Big City
Students explore structures in a big city. In this big city lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary about big cities through songs graphs, and hands-on art. Students practice phonic sound /M/.
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S Clusters
In this s consonant clusters worksheet, students say the word for 9 words and identify the s cluster that begin each of the words. Students also create sentences with sc and sn consonant clusters.