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Reintroduce /B/
Students study letters. In this letter identification lesson, students practice identifying and pronouncing the letter "b." They actively participate as a group in various drills the teacher leads them through. This lesson includes links...
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Introduce -ar
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound "ar" and identify words that commonly use the sound. Students listen to their teacher say words and identify...
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Introduce /aw/
Students investigate letter combinations focusing on /aw/. In this letter combination lesson, students examine /aw/ as letters that go together and make a sound. They look at images and sort items by whether they contain the /aw/ sound...
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Introduce /ee/
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this vowels lesson, students identify words in the English language which contain the "ee" sound. Students participate in an activity in which the teacher speaks...
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Reintroduce "Ur"
Students explore word structure by participating in a word sound activity. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students discuss the sound that is made by the letters "ur" and in what words this sound is found. Students listen as...
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Got the Giggles
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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IIII---L-lll-ke---IIII-ke-and-M-IIII-ke
Students recognize the letter combination i_e by reading and spelling words with letter boxes in this instructional activity. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes the long /i/ silent /e/ combination. They then listen the story...
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Beginning Reader: Mike Flies Kites
Students review the /i/ sound before studying the i_e=/I/ correspondence. They listen for the /I/ sound in word pairs, make words in letterboxes, and recognize the silent e. Next, working in pairs, they read "Kite Day at Pine Lake." As...
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Sheepish Ee
Learners examine how "ee" makes the /E/ sound using Elkonin boxes and letter manipulatives. While reciting an e rhyme they practice saying the long /e/ sound before reading a story which contains long e words. Finally, they complete a...
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Introduce -s = /s/, -s = /z/ Words
First graders study language. In this plural words lesson, 1st graders discover how words that end in -s are either pronounced with a /s/ sound or a /z/ sound. They work as a group to determine how various words are pronounced. This...
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Under the Umbrella
Students study the letter-sound recognition of the /u/ by reciting a tongue twister, writing the letter in both upper and lower case, and identify words with the letter 'u' in them. Next, they sing a song, and listen to a story while...
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Extra, Extra Read all about E!
Learners examine the letter 'e'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, etc. They recite tongue twisters and use letterboxes to write 'e' words. They pick out short /e/ words...
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Mike's Kite
Students explore the long /I/ sound as it is used in 'i_e' words. They recite a long /I/ tongue twister and use letterboxes to practice spelling 'i_e' words. In groups, they read a book with several long /I/ words and identify pictures...
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Fun Fonix: Gg
In this phonics activity, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case G and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.
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Fun Fonix: Mm
In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case M and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.
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Long Vowel Words
In this phonics worksheet, 2nd graders say the picture word and listen to the sounds. Students circle one letter or group from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students write the whole word on the line.
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CVC Spelling
In this spelling learning exercise, 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...
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Say it. Trace and Write in the O. Read it.
In this phonics activity, students identify nine pictures of items or activities that contain the short sound of o in them. Students trace the consonants in each word and write in the letter o.
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Say it. Write in the Sh. Read it.
In this phonics worksheet, students say the names of each of twelve pictures featuring the sh sound. Students trace the shown letters and add the letters sh to each word.
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Short e
In this short e learning exercise, students copy the words given to them containing the short e sound. Students copy 6 words with the short e sound.
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-s word accuracy
First graders practice reading words with s endings. In this word accuracy lesson, 1st graders view index cards containing various words that end in the letter s. Students practice saying these words and how adding any s makes...
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Verbs - Adding -ing
In this grammar and spelling worksheet, students read how to add the -ing ending to verbs. They fill in 10 blanks using the proper spelling for adding the -ing ending to the given verbs.
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Rhyming words - exercise 9
In this rhyming words worksheet, students fill in the beginning letter to 3 letter words that all end with -ip. Students fill in the beginning letter for 4 words.
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Short Vowel Sounds
In this short vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on reading CVC words. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the correct word from the word box to write on the dotted lines beneath each picture.