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Letter Recognition: The Letter E
In this letter E worksheet, students identify the E words in a word bank by circling them. Then, students circle the pictures that start with the letter E and color them.
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Letter Recognition: The Letter F
In this letter F activity, students identify the F words in a word bank by circling them. Then, students circle the pictures that start with the letter F and color them.
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Letter Recognition: The Letter I
In this letter I instructional activity, students identify the I words in a word bank by circling them. Then, students circle the pictures that start with the letter I and color them.
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Letter Recognition: The Letter G
In this letter G worksheet, students identify the G words in a word bank by circling them. Then, students circle the pictures that start with the letter G and color them.
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Letter Recognition: The Letter J
In this letter J worksheet, students identify the J words in a word bank by circling them. Then, students circle the pictures that start with the letter J and color them.
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Introduce /ir/
Learners recognize and pronounce the /ir/ sound. In this beginning phonics decoding activity, students say the "ir" sound when the teacher points to the corresponding letters and remain silent when other letter combinations are targeted.
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F Pictures for Sorts and Stuff
In this word/picture recognition of letters Ff worksheet, students match up thirty pictures to thirty actual words that begin with the Ff sound.
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Letter Kk: Beginning Sound
In this beginning sound worksheet, learners practice hearing the K sound at the beginning of words. Students are given 12 pictures and they are asked to color the ones that begin with the K sound.
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Initial Digraph: "sh" Phonics 53A
in this recognizing words with the "sh" sound at the beginning worksheet, students read picture words and bracket the "sh" sounds. Students answer 5 questions.
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Ehhh...Could You Repeat That?
Students explore the short /e/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They recite an e tongue twister and practice writing the letter e. They spell e words using Elkonin letter boxes and...
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Weekly Reading Test
In this reading and writing instructional activity, 1st graders write the words that the teacher calls out from the list given to them. Students recognize and write out 10 words.
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Weekly Reading Test
In this reading test activity, students are tested on how well they read these 2 letter words. Students read 8 two letter words, 1 three letter words, and 1 5 letter word.
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Reading Connected Text Accuracy
Students read a story and make important connections relating to text accuracy. In this reading connected text accuracy lesson plan, students read with their teacher to correctly decode words. Students practice pronunciation of...
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The Plain Train sat in the Rain
Students study the ai=/A/ grapheme by reading "James and the Good Day" with a partner and discussing it. Next, they recite a tongue twister focusing on the ai=/A/ correspondence. They make words using their letterboxes and letters before...
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Read and Draw - "ch"
For this recognizing words with the "ch" sound worksheet, students read words spelled with "ch" at the beginning and illustrate them. Students draw 6 pictures.
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Sm and Sn Consonant Blends
In this sm and sn consonant blends worksheet, learners examine 6 pictures, say the words that are represented by each picture, identify whether the words begin with sm or sn blends, and write the words on the lines provided.
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Beginning Consonants: Circle the Picture
For this beginning consonants worksheet, students say the sound of five letters and name the two pictures in each row. Students circle the picture that begins with the given letter.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet
In this early childhood beginning sounds learning exercise, students learn to recognize beginning letters of words as they look at the pictures of the duck, giraffe, fan and whale on the page and choose from the letters in a box...
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CVC Spelling
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 7 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word three times each on...
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Home Spelling Practice Review Unit 5
In this spelling review instructional activity, 1st graders read the four lists of short a and short e words and play a Clues game. Students complete 2 activities.
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Writing with Beans
Students become familiar with the letters in a word by pasting beans on it. In this Bean writing lesson, students make words using navy beans. Students color or paint the beans.
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Fairy Tale Alliterations
Fairy tales are the perfect way to focus on alliteration. Learners complete activities relating to alliteration and similes using a fairy tale theme. Then, they complete an acrostic poem using the words fairy tale.
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A Model Lesson Plan for Teaching Phonics
First graders decode words containing the letter o when it is followed by a consonant and silent e.
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1, 2, 3, Read!
Explain to your readers a variety of decoding strategies to improve their reading fluency. They observe the teacher modeling blending, then in pairs take turns reading the book Clifford the Big Red Dog. Learners then time each other...