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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...
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Upper and Lower Case Oo Printing Practice and Initial Sound Recognition
In this upper and lower case Oo worksheet, students practice printing one row of each letter. They follow the directional arrows and dotted lines as they form the letters. They write the letter o next to 7 pictures and draw an item that...
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Upper and Lower Case Qq- Printing Practice and Initial Sound Recognition
In this Qq printing practice and initial sound recognition learning exercise, students practice printing 1 row each of Q and q. They follow the directional arrows and dotted lines to form the letters. They write the letter q next to 7...
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Upper and Lower Case Nn- Printing Practice and Initial Sound Recognition
In this upper and lower case Nn printing practice and initial sound instructional activity, students print 1 row of each letter. They follow the directional arrows and dotted lines as they form the letters. They write an n next to 7...
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First Letter Changes
Students use the books of Eric Carle to change the first letter in a word to see a new word. In this phonics lesson plan, students change the beginning letters in poems and books.
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Easter Bunny ABC's
In this letter-sound activity, students match the letter on each Easter Bunny with the beginning sound of the items pictured below the bunnies. All letters are in upper case, and all twenty-six letters of the alphabet are included.
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"D-D-D-Dribble Your Basketball Down the Court!"
Students examine the d=/d/ correspondence in order to differentiate it from the letter "b." They pretend to dribble a basketball while making the /d/ sound before reciting a tongue twister and writing the letter on primary paper. Next...
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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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Spring Is Here: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 9)
Spring is the theme of this unit of extra support lessons. Your early readers enhance their skills using chants, practice worksheets, picture cards, and alphabet cards. Topics include identifying syllables, beginning sounds /w/, /g/,...
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"Open Your Mouth and Say AH!"
Students practice letter and sound recognition of the vowel o=/o/. They study the tongue twister "Tom got a frog from the pond" and the book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," by Laura Joffe Numeroff with an accompanying worksheet to master.
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A New Look at an Old Spelling System
Introducing herself as "a discouraged professor of English education," Alleen Pace Nilsen elaborates on the prominence of incorrect spelling in education today. She laments the overuse of spellcheck (and substituting the wrong words),...
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Short Ii Sound
In this letter/sound recognition worksheet, 1st graders say the names of 4 pictures on the page which include a chick, a fish, a pig, and a bottle of milk. They listen for the short i sound and practice printing the letter 4 times by...
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Letters C A D O G L
In these letter sounds worksheets, students study the various pictures in the worksheets and label each picture with its beginning letter sound of A, D, C, O, G, or L.
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Letter x- Printing Practice and Beginning Sounds
In this Xx printing practice and beginning sound worksheet, students place the letter x in front of the letters given for each of 3 words. They say the completed words after looking at the associated pictures.
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Beginning Letters Matching
In this beginning letters worksheet, learners draw lines to match pictures with their beginning letters; letters used are b, f, d and h.
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Letter Sounds
For this sounds worksheet, learners circle the pictures that begin with the given letters. Letters include h, v, x, j, y, and g.
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Three Bears Beginning Sounds
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students study the images from the story of The Three Bears. Students then bubble in the beginning letter for the image.
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Let's Match Beginning Sounds
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students look at each picture and say the word for each image. Students draw a line from the picture to its beginning sound.
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Review of Initial Sounds: F, G, H, Q
For this initial sounds worksheet, students look at pictures and write the initial sound, first on a line next to the picture, then at the beginning of the word that describes the picture.
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Review of Initial Sounds: P, T, S, W
In this initial sounds worksheet, students look at pictures and write the initial sound, first on a line next to the picture, then at the beginning of the word that describes the picture.
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Testing Initial Sounds: R, Z, G, Y, Q
In this initial sounds test worksheet, students look at a set of pictures, then choose the correct initial sound from a choice of R, Z, G, Y or Q and write it beneath each picture, 8 pictures total.
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Beginning Sound Activity
In this beginning blend sound worksheet, students look at pictures, say their names and write the beginning sound beneath each picture.
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Beginning Sounds
This phonics PowerPoint displays a picture and three capital letters ranging from "b" to "h" on each slide. Students click on the beginning consonant that matches the picture, then receive a smiley face or an "oops!" depending on their...
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Wheels Go Around: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 7)
Wheels go around is the theme of the plethora of activities to aid in the language fluency of your scholars in this unit of ESL lessons. Learners can take part in a grand conversation focused on wheels, make their own steering wheel,...