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Alphabetizing Animals
Students explore alphabetization. In this alphabetical order lesson, students complete a worksheet which lists an animal name for each of the first 7 letters of the alphabet.
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Segmenting and Blending with Word Families
Students sound out CVC words. In this literacy lesson, the teacher guides students through the process of sounding out three-letter words with a as the middle vowel using both repetition and movement. Then students complete a worksheet.
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Merry Math Patterns
Young scholars explore and examine the pages of a picture book to locate patterns in its illustrations and borders. They reproduce simple patterns with their bodies. They also produce color, letter and shape patterns from around their...
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Introduce /G/
Students say the /w/ sound, following teacher modeling and review words beginning with the sound. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining...
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Reintroduce /N/
Students review the /n/ sound, following teacher modeling. In this phonics instructional activity, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining silent when another...
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Reintroduce /K/
Students say the /w/ sound, following teacher modeling. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining silent when another letter is pointed out....
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Introduce /W/
Students say the /w/ sound, following teacher modeling. In this phonics instructional activity, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining silent when another letter...
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Reintroduce /J/
Students say the /j/ sound, following teacher modeling and review words beginning with the sound. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter j each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining...
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Reintroduce /P/
Students say the /p/ sound, following teacher modeling and review words beginning with the sound. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter peach time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining...
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Reintroduce /X/
Students say the /x/ sound, following teacher modeling and review words beginning with the sound. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter x each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining...
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Big Pig
Students study the/i/ sound and letter recognition using Elkonin letterboxes and letter manipulatives. They work with tongue twister that contains words with many examples of the /i/ sound. Next they buddy read "Liz is Six" before...
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Buzzing Bees
First graders engage in a lesson on phonemic awareness. They practice skills that are considered essential for good reading to occur. The skills of letter recognition and corresponding the letter to its phoneme are taught.
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Alphabet Tag
Learners work on letter recognition as they play a game of tag. To get unfrozen they make a letter with their body and a free runner guesses the letter.
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Tick-Tock Goes The Clock
Students examine the letter 't'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is written, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /t/ sound in them. They...
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Tick Tock /t/
Students review letter recognition for the letter /t/ and the sound of the letter /t/. They write an upper- and lower-case /t/ and recognize the sound of t as well as the letter when combined with other letters in the form of a word.
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"Poppy P"
Students engage in a instructional activity of emerging literacy that focuses on phonemic awareness. The phoneme for the letter "p" is chosen for the instructional activity and students must acquire the skill of letter recognition also.
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The Squeaky Creaky Elevator
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson in order to help develop the skills of letter recognition and corresponding sound of the phoneme. This is done with the use of a tongue twister using the phoneme of the letter "e".
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree
Students review all of the alphabet letters once they are taught. They are involved in growing their class tree and then take an interactive part in putting their letter on the tree when it is their turn.
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Animal Alphabet: Kindergarten Zoo
Students explore the letter sounds and read the book, "A, My Name is Alice." They create a page for a class alphabet book or zoo animal display.
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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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Opinion Argument Writing Packet
You won't need much persuading to use an argumentative writing packet in your language arts class! With helpful reference pages, guided practice through the writing process, examples of opinion and argument writing, and a thorough...
Northshore School District
American Voices and Their Audiences
Those new to teaching an AP level language and composition prep course and seasoned veterans will find much to treasure in a unit that is designed to help young language scholars develop the skills they need to analyze the language...
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Y is for Yarn
Students practice saying the sounds of the letter Y. They create a poster of the letter made out of yarn. They identify the shape and identify other words that start with Y.
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Name Clothesline Graph
Student matches the initial letter of his/her name with the corresponding letter on the clothesline. They then participate in the classroom discussions by offering information relevant to the topic and answering or asking questions...