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The Big Pig
Pupils recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Elmer the Elephant
First graders recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...
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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Young scholars practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through hands on activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. Students practice writing both letters and correcting common...
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Boom Chicka Boom
Students recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, students identify the phoneme and letter combination through listening and matching...
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Nothing but Nests
Students examine both the upper and lower case letter "N,n." They practice making the "n" sound, writing the letter, and recognizing it in words. After a teacher book talk, they listen to Christine Young's, "Nests," and make the "boat...
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Bee and Dee
Students practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through listening and writing activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. They practice writing both letters and correcting common...
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Bouncing and Dancing with B and D
Students explore the differences between the letters b and d. They practice seeing the letters and hearing the sounds with words and tongue twisters. They practice letter formation for both letters and listen to the book, The...
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Cookie Crisp Howl
Students are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and it's placement in words. They write a message using words...
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Uhhh, I don't know
Pupils listen to the different sounds that the letter U can make. They practice finding the letter u in written words. They write the letter u. They say a tongue twister about the letter u and its sounds. They write different words...
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Introduce /ai/
Young scholars state the "ai" long a sound. In this vowel combinations phonics lesson, students say the sound of "ai" when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination and remain silent when all other letters are highlighted.
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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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Blending Bunnies
Young scholars use the short /a/ sound to blend letters and form words. They use enlarged copies of bunnies with different letters written on them. They combine the "bunnies" to spell words with the short /a/ sound, and then read the...
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The Ghost Says Boo
Students are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and its placement in words. They read a passage with words...
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Patterns in Poetry: Part 2 -- Sound
Students understand a variety of poems listening for sound letter correspondence, rhyme scheme, assonance, and alliteration. In this language arts lesson, students practice listening and reading skills to complete patterns in...
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Big, Bad, "B" and "D"
Pupils practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through hands on and listening activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. They practice writing both letters and correcting common...
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Swish, Swish, Swish
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Let's Go to the Farm
Students explore corresponding letters of the alphabet with the corresponding phonemes using farm animals. They create a classroom word wall of the items they saw on a trip to the farm or zoo. Students create pictures to go along with...
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Shirley Loves To Shake Her Shakers
Learners identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Beginning Letter
For this initial consonant worksheet, students analyze 9 pictures of common objects. From 3 choices of beginning consonant letters, students circle the correct choice.
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Long or Short Vowels?
Vowel letters of the alphabet and the sounds associated with the vowel are the focus of this lesson. Young scholars distinguish between both long and short vowel sounds by reading, writing, speaking, and listening to the words and...
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Onset-Rime Segmenting Accuracy
Use a puppet (in this case named Mico) to make onset and rime more fun. Mico presents 12 picture cards to kindergartners, all depicting single-syllable words. He pronounces them with segmenting onset and rime, encouraging kids to say the...
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Phonics: Decoding Words in Connected Text
Introduce your little ones to the wonders of phonemic decoding. They practice along as you sound out simple cvc words in the context of a sentence.
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Special Spelling Using S
In this spelling worksheet, learners answer 10 questions about the letter s blends. Students must think of 5 words which begin with each combination.
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Phonemic Awareness Infusion
Students comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of two and three letter consonant sounds, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronuciation to...