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For this beginning sounds worksheet, students listen as a family member says each word to them. Students must tell the sound that each word begins with.
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Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch
Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students can...
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Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...
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What Lives in Water?
Students learn about a variety of sea creatures. They look at sea creatures pictures and identify the creatures by name and by their unique characteristics. Phonemic Awareness skills are reinforced using the beginning sounds of the...
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Beginning Sound Scavenger Hunt
First graders are introduced to the sounds the letter b makes. Using the document camera, they view the letter b and take a picture of something in the classroom that begins with the letter. They share the item they found with the class.
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Initial Consonants
In this initial sounds worksheet, 1st graders use the pictures to identify the initial consonant sounds for the picture word. Students circle and write the 8 initial sounds on the lines.
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The Sound of F
In this letter F sound worksheet, pupils look at the letter f and say the word shown in the picture. Students listen for the beginning sounds and write the letter f in each blank circle for the fish and frog.
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The Big Hit
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
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"Tongue Tangle"
First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...
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C and G up the Coconut Tree
Young scholars study letter recognition and differentiation of the letters C and G. They write the letters, listen to their sounds, and identify pictures with the C and G beginning sounds. They recite tongue twisters and write the...
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Identifying Singular Phonograms in Sentences
In this phonics worksheet, students read five sentences and circle the given initial consonant sound in any words they see. Students draw a picture about each sentence.
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Make a Word: Long U by Starfall
Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...
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Phonics Jeopardy
In this phonics PowerPoint, 1st graders participate in a game show similar to "Jeopardy" in which they identify pictures that have a beginning sound corresponding to the given vowel pattern, blend, or digraph.
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Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G
Students recognize and identify words with hard and soft g sounds. They also categorize words beginning with the letter g by their sound. The folk tale Jack and the Beanstalk is read and then students are asked to name words in the...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice the beginning and ending sounds of words. In this phonological awareness lesson, 1st graders use picture cards for one syllable words and pronounce each word. Students match other picture cards with the same...
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Phonics and Letter ID
Students identify at least 46 of the 54 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet by name, sound, or example of a word that letter starts.
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The Rr Sound
Students explore words that start with "Rr." In this beginning sounds lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with r. The teacher calls out words that start with r and asks the students if they hear the r sound. Students write...
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Sneaky Ship
In this initial consonant sound of S worksheet, students color all the spaces in a hidden picture yellow if the word starts with letter S. Students color the rest of the spaces blue. There will be a picture of a sailing ship that is...
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Ted Turtle
In this phonics learning exercise, 1st graders help Ted the turtle find the way to the finish line by coloring the words pink that begin with the same beginning sound as turtle.
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Chrysanthemum Sound Boards
Young scholars listen and match sounds such as rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds to build phonemic awareness.
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Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)
Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...
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VCe Rule Accuracy
Explore word structure by participating in a vowels and consonants activity with young readers. They will read words their teacher points out in class and pronounce them correctly. Then they identify the words they say which have a...
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VCe Rule Fluency
Explore English by identifying word structures. Learners find many words that end with a vowel, consonant, and then an e. The class will participate in a word flash card game in which they correctly pronounce vowel-consonant words.
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"Name Those Vowels"
Help your class recognize the capital and lower-case forms of the five vowels. They will learn how to make capital and lower-case forms of the vowels and all the rules surrounding vowels. Fun songs and activities are included. Links to...