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Eddie the Egg
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 identify...
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Izzy the Insect
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
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I Can't Stop Itching
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. After reading the story "Liz is Six," students draw a picture with...
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CVC Cloze: Middle i
In this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short i sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short i sound as possible.
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CVC Cloze: Middle a
In this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short a sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short a sound as possible.
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CVC Cloze: Middle e
In this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short e sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short e sound as possible.
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CVC Cloze: Middle u
In this cloze activity learning exercise, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short u sound. Students list as many other CVC short u sound words as possible.
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CVC Words: Middle a
For this CVC words worksheet, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short a sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students copy the sentences on the lines provided. Students also identify 6 short a words and draw...
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CVC Words: Middle i
In this CVC words worksheet, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short i sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students also copy the sentences on the lines provided.
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CVC Words: Middle e
In this CVC words worksheet, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short e sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students also copy the sentences on the lines provided.
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Vowels
In this grammar worksheet, students read ten sentences where the vowel is missing in some of the words. They put the correct vowel in the space to make each sentence make sense. Students also identify whether each word is a short or long...
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"Ea" Review
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students respond to 40 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words have the "ea" sound.
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Picture the Word
This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Bud the...
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Entry 1 Numeracy--Word Level (Phonics)
In this entry numeracy phonics worksheet, students on five separate pages first list the five vowels in the blanks provided and then list the vowel missing in five short words that follow on each page.
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'O-E" Words
In this long "o" vowel sound worksheet, students respond to 22 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words with the long "o" sound.
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Rain Rain Go Away
Complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound with a focus on words containing the ai and ay correspondence with your readers. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing ay and ai...
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The Hole Story
In this long o activity, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will read a short passage and fill in the 5 missing words from the word box to correctly complete the story.
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Lesson 8 - Open Syllables
Just like scholars plug something in to close a circuit, they must plug a consonant onto a word to make closed syllables. Help learners distinguish between open and closed syllables with a series of activities that emphasize open...
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Verbs - Adding -ed Endings
In this grammar and spelling worksheet, students read the proper ways to add -ed endings to verbs. They write out 7 sentences filling in the missing verb and adding the correct ending.
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Spelling: Code Words
In this spelling code learning exercise, learners use a key with shapes and alphabet letters to decipher the missing words in 11 sentences. There is a word bank to help. All are short A vowel words.
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Building a Sentence
First graders echo a sentence targeting a vowel selected by the teacher and shown on a sentence strip. In this sentence building lesson, 1st graders put the cut up sentence strip back into correct order, repeating the sentence. Students...
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Keyboarding - Complete the Paragraphs
Learners read a paragraph that is missing vowels and contains other errors as well. They proofread, fill in vowels, type, edit and print the corrected paragraph.
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Derbyshire Accent Project 1
Compare the Derbyshire accent to Standard English. There are eight common differences between the two languages for learners to discover. A great instructional activity to start a discussion on the various forms and conventions of...