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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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Introduce -ed = /d/, -ed = /t/ Words
First graders explore word structure by participating in a phonics activity. For this word ending lesson, 1st graders discuss the -ed endings to many words and practice sounding out words with that ending. Students identify the changes...
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Reintroduce /E/
Students say the sound for the letter e, reviewing the position of the mouth and voice box. In this phonics lesson, students brainstorm other words that begin with the /e/ sound and choose the letter from a set of 12, continuing...
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Introduce -s = /s/, -s = /z/ Words
First graders study word endings. In this word endings lesson plan, 1st graders study words that end in /s./ Students study various spelling changes for words that use an /s/ and say the words.
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Brick Breaker: Initial Consonant Blends
Practice initial consonant blends with a fun, interactive game! Choose the sounds you'd like to practice, and then have kids place the appropriate pictures for their brick breaker boards. Spin the spinner to select a blended sound, and...
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Discovering the Milky Way
What do you call a tiny collection of galaxies? A puny-verse! Young scholars graph data gathered by scientists studying Cepheids. They attempt to identify a relationship between the variables through standard and logarithmical...
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Shake With A
Use letter boxes and letter tiles (d,a,y,l,p,w,k,f,r,i,t,s,b,c,I) to help your class distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a...
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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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Ending Consonants: G, T, N, Y
In this ending consonants worksheet, students study each of the pictures and write the correct ending consonant to complete the 4 words.
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Word Wonders
Young scholars read passages and use phonics and context clues to self correct themselves while reading. In this reading lesson, students complete a worksheet which is embedded in the plan which has them choose the correct word to...
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Introduce /igh/
Students say the sound for the letters that "stick together," igh. In this phonics activity, students brainstorm other words that begin with the igh sound and choose the letters from a set of 12, continuing recognition and correct letter...
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The "K" Sound
For this language arts and printing practice worksheet, students learn the sound of letter K at the end of words. Students read and copy 6 words that end with letter k, then draw a cook and a mask.
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Ending Digraphs
In this ending sounds instructional activity, 1st graders color the pictures that end in /sh/ red and the words that end in /tch/ in blue. Students also write in the missing letter endings.
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Ending Digraphs
In this ending sounds worksheet, 1st graders study the pictures and then circle the ending sound letters for each of the 12 words.
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Phonics and Vegetable Books
Students participate in phonemic awareness and phonics activities and develop a list of vegetable vocabulary words. They break up words into beginnings and endings, and trace and write the letter s. Students then create a Vegetable...
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School-Home Links
In this sound and letter worksheet, students tell the sound that each of the eight words ends with. Parents first say each word to the child, then the child tells the sound the word ends with. For more fun, students choose five words...
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Zz is for Zebra
In this printing instructional activity, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter Z's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two rows of Z's on their own.
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Zz is for Zipper
In this printing instructional activity, students form the upper and lowercase letter Z. Students also color in two pictures, follow a Connect-the-Dots picture, and count words.
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Short e
In this short e activity, 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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Ending Consonants
For this phonics worksheet, 3rd graders look at 6 pictures, sound out each picture and then write in the missing ending consonant for each word.
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"A" All Around
Spell and read words containing ai and ay. First and second graders identify vowel digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, they practice reading and...
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Old Ladies Say A?
The letter a produces so many sounds! Increase your class's awareness of concepts related to reading and spelling. They identify the digraphs /ea/ and /ai/ in spoken language and spelling as a long vowel sound. After a brief discussion,...
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Words that End With /b/ Coloring and Printing Practice
In this literacy and printing practice activity, students look at 25 small pictures and color the ones that end with the /b/ sound. They write the 6 words on elementary lines at the bottom of the page.