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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter-sound recognition of the /u/ by reciting a tongue twister, writing the letter in both upper and lower case, and identify words with the letter 'u' in them. Next, they sing a song, and listen to a story while...
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Lesson Plan: Long Vowel Phoneme "oa"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read The Toad and The Goat, discuss main idea and story sequence, and identify rhyming words with the "oa" sound.
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Blending Buddies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars put word cards together and use the word parts to create correct words. In this phonics lesson plan, students practice pronouncing consonant blends and vowel sounds, demonstrating an awareness of beginning, middle, and...
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Phonics Help: The Phonic Alphabetic Code Chart

For Teachers K - 12th
Phonics is a fundamental key to reading success. To help your learners with dyslexia or learning disabilities, try using the phonic alphabetic code chart. The chart and full instructions on how it can be used in the classroom are...
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Where is the Sound Of - m ?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonemic awareness worksheet, students say each picture word and if they hear the /m/ sound at the beginning of the word they circle the first "m." They circle the "m" to the right of the picture if they hear the /m/ sound at the...
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Mmm, Mmm ... Good!

For Teachers K - 1st
Help primary students learn the /m/ sound. As they listen as the teacher introduces the "Secret Code" of language they will practice the /m/ sound by rubbing their tummies as if eating something good. They also practice hearing and...
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Icky Fingers

For Teachers K - 1st
Which i sound is used in the word icky? Kindergarteners and first graders listen to the short /i/ sound. They practice shaking their fingers to indicate icky when they hear the target sound. Then they practice reading a poster with the...
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Iggy the Penguin

For Teachers K - 1st
Take your young word detectives on a hunt for the /i/ sound. Use the tongue twister about Iggy the penguin to help learners identify the target sound. Then learners are given several words, and they have to use their detective skills to...
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OW! I stubbed by toe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Drill and practice the /ow/ sound! Kids practice recognizing pictures that begin with the ou=/ou/ correspondence. They experience a letterbox lesson to help implement this task before them as well as reading the story, The Napping House,...
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Reintroduce /c/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Do you c what I c? Use these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples to examine the letter c with kindergartners. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the soft...
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The Order of Phonemes Taught

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this order of phonemes learning exercise, students in teams combine as many phonemes together as they can to make as many English words as they can in a specific time period.
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Phoneme wall

For Students K - 3rd
In this phoneme instructional activity, students see a wall chart full of different phonemes. Students observe 69 phonemes and can do many language arts activities with them.
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Identifying Phonemes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this phonemes instructional activity, students break apart 20 words into their phonetic sounds. Students categorize the words into two groups: words with the sound in "fool" or words with the sound in "play".
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Caterpillar Jumps

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students participate in a class game which reinforces the phonetic sounds and blends. The full color caterpillar pieces on this page are laminated and the head is placed on the carpet with the children sitting...
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Chocolate Choo Choo Chicken

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore phonemes. They discuss the digraph /ch/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them identify the digraph /ch/. They discuss the sound created by the digraph. Learners identify words that contain the /ch/ digraph.
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A New Look at an Old Spelling System

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
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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Language Arts: Understanding Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover the relationship between letters and phonemes. The teacher leads an oral demonstration of pronunciation and focus on the /a/ sound. Next, students examine a series of pictures, circling the ones where they hear the...
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Kelly's Kindergarten: Long/Short E

For Students K - 1st Standards
Kindergartners will cut, paste, and label the words that contain a short or long e sound. They can build their phonemic awareness as they say each word to determine which e goes where.
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What Lives in Water?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Endless Alphabet

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Engage emergent readers with colorful monster animations as they practice sound-letter correspondence, develop phonemic awareness, and gain new vocabulary.
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Vowel Lessons: To Help Improve Spelling

For Teachers K - 12th
There are a few things every good speller knows: spelling rules, vowel sounds, and word endings. Help your learner with dyslexia become a more efficient speller with a few tips from a dyslexia expert. Included in the lesson is a video,...
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Alphabet Flash Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Support young learners' exploration of the alphabet with this series of picture flash cards. Each card includes both upper- and lower-case letters, as well as a picture and corresponding word that begin with the letter. This fun resource...
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/ar/ Word List

For Students K - 3rd Standards
The tart dart left a hard scar on the large shark. Here's an exercise designed to help readers develop the phonemic awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in words. The exercise, the third in the series of 16 and...
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Advanced Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Homophone Bingo!

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Phonics doesn't just have to be a daily routine for class members. Spruce up their phonemic awareness with an exciting game of Bingo! Young grammarians select cards, locate their matching homophones, spell the pairs, and identify how...

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