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Listen Up!
Students explore the short /e/ sound. They practice writing the letter 'e' and making the short /e/ sound. They recite an 'e' tongue twister and practice finding the short /e/ sound in spoken words. They identify pictures of words...
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"IIIIH" it is a bug!
Students practice the long and short vowel sounds of /i/ in a variety of text with assessing different strategies. They utilize tongue twisters to assist them including "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Liz is Six." Letterboxes are also...
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Double Jeopardy-Homophones
Second graders identify homophones as words that sound alike but have different meanings. They, given a pair of homophones, are to explain the meanings of the words using gestures, role playing, or drawing a picture with their partner.
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Look at that BIG PIG!!!
First graders give examples of words that have the /i/ sound. They make the /i/ sound with their mouths and follow along as the poster is read which contains /i/ words. They read the poster together stretching out the /i/ sound and...
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The Fat Cat
Young scholars explore phonemes. They identify that a=/a/. Students recognize /a/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Young scholars practice finding /a/ in a variety of words. Students read a...
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Abra-kadabra-kazam /a//a//a/, POOF!
First graders discover that each letter of the alphabet has a sound then detect the /a/ sound represented by the letter a. They pretend to be magicians and say, "Abra-kadabra-kazam! POOF!" emphasizing the /a/ sound and then repeat an /a/...
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A Baby is Crying...Aaa!
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /a/ (short a). Students read and write words containing the phoneme /a/. They identify /a/ in written and spoken words. Students recognize the letter symbol for /a/ and find words with...
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Baby Sally is Upset Again!
Students, assessing how to read and write, join together grapheme's and the phonemes that make up words. They practice recognizing in oral and written form the vowel /a/. The book, "Matt and Rags," is introduced to the students in this...
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Adam's Apples
Students examine the /a/ phoneme in both written and spoken words. They practice finding the /a/ in words, watch how their mouths move when making the sound, and write the letter. Next, they differentiate the sound in words, listen to a...
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Bump on the Head
Students discuss as a class if they have ever had a bump on the head and started crying and said /a/. They pretend they have hit their head and say the /a/ stretching it out and try a tongue twister containing the sound and write the...
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Beginning Reading Lesson: Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!
Pupils study the letter sound recognition for the /a/ by recognizing the sound one makes when they sneeze. They use a chart with a tongue twister on it and work with letterboxes and manipulative letters that focus on words with the /a/....
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Aaaaa! I um at the Doctor
Students identify and interpret the short vowel sound a = /a/ and the sound aaa. They say a tongue twister together as a class stretching the /a/ at the beginning of the words and identify an illustration to go with each word. Finally,...
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Say it. Trace and Write in the O. Read it.
In this phonics worksheet, 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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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!
Pupils 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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Crying Baby
Students practice techniques and strategies with phonics, spelling and word recognition with the sounds of /a/. They read and work on this task with the book, "Cat Nap," and the tongue twister "Alice asked if Annie's active animals were...
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What's Up Doc?
Students demonstrate the /o/ sound by opening up their mouth and saying, "Ahhhhh". They try saying a tongue twister that contains the /o/ phoneme; repeating it two times together. They then practice writing the letter /o/ so that it can...
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Icky Sticky Insects
Students discuss that words are made up of many different sounds. They make the /i/ sound pretending to see a big bug. They read a tongue twister that has several words with the same phoneme and stretch out the /i/ sound at the beginning...
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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...
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Astonishing "A"
Young learners gain phonemic awareness with this quick activity. First, point out what sound you’re focusing on today: /a/. Then spell basic words that use this sound, like fat, bat, cat, etc. As a culminating activity, the whole group...
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Open Wide
First graders make the sound of /o/ relating it to the sound they make when the doctor asks them to open their mouth and say "ahhhh". They think of different words that contain the /o/ and identify it as it is used in a sentence and...
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What's Behind the Creaky Door?
First graders are introduced to the concept that letters stand for the mouth moves that we make when sounds are made. They practice making the /e/ sound and compare it to the sound a creaky door makes and then try saying the tongue...
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Doc on Top
Students recognize the short /o/ sound in written and oral words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "The Big Top" and identify the words in the story...
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Say Aaaaa for Apple
Young scholars say words by blending sounds and phonemes. They decode words in order to read and identify and understand the letter a. This phoneme /a/ is one of the short vowels that are needed to read and write. They will show...