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Dictionary Skills Review
Elementary and middle schoolers write 12 words in alphabetical order. They answer seven questions using the dictionary skills of pronunciation, breaking words into syllables and finding definitions. Then they answer five questions about...
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Winter Syllables pg. 2
Come December, practice syllable counting with the appropriate time of year! Using the winter theme, readers identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables, and place the correct number of cotton balls next to the four...
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Stackers Game for Word Fluency
Explore words by building and decoding three-letter words. Real or nonsense words can be formed with the alphabet tiles. Practice fluency and blending sounds with CVC patterns.
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Find the Letters
Help beginning readers recognize that whole words are made up of individual letters. They examine a set of lowercase letters and circle the ones they find in a CVC word. Learners do this for the words bin and cup.
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What Do You See at the Pond?
With What Do You See at the Pond?, young readers explore pond life and practice reading strategies. Learners first make predictions and then read the simple story independently. After a second read-through with a partner, kids come...
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Rhyming Consonant Vowel Consonant Words
In this finding consonant verb consonant rhyming words, students view pictures, and write the names and color the rhyming words. Students write seven answers.
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The Seeds We Need
Learners apply word analysis skills to recognize new words, identify genres of fiction and nonfiction, and identify important themes and topics. They explore differences in plants, flowers, and vegetables. A book bag full of activities...
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Phonics Scramble Games: Correct the Spelling of Short Vowel Words
Using pictures of a bed, a desk, a fish, and a pig, students unscramble the letters below to form the correct words. Pictures range from photographs to illustrations, and are easy for kids to understand.
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Christmas Phonics: Initial Sounds
In this Christmas phonics worksheet, learners look at the Christmas images and say each word. Students circle the initial sound in the 9 words.
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Red is the Word!
Through the use of stories, artwork, and the KidPix program, youngsters explore the color word red, and engage in activities around the word. Teaching kindergartners about the color words can be so much fun. This could be adapted for any...
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International Phonetic Alphabet: Diphthongs
In this diphthong review activity, students record as many words as they can think of that have the ai vowel sound. A chart is provided.
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Letter Building #9
In this word building worksheet, students form as many words as they can in 5 minutes. Students create 24 words that begin with the letter 'sh.'
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The Sound Monster - Words That Make Sounds
There are words in the English language that actually make sounds, such as vroom, and, buzz. Here is a clever lesson which introduces young readers to these sound-making words. They play an interactive game on the computer that has...
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Little Boy Blue
In this rhyme learning exercise, students read a nursery rhyme about a little boy. Students also color in two illustrations and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Hey Diddle Diddle
In this rhyme worksheet, pupils read a nursery rhyme about the cat and the fiddle. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Little Jack Horner
In this rhyme worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme about Little Jack Horner. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
In this rhyme worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme about Mary and her lamb. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Rhyming With Pictures and Words
Students investigate rhyming words. In this literacy lesson, students evaluate word pairs to discover rhymes. Students use a picture deck to rhyme words supplied by the teacher.
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Long Vowel Coloring Activity
In this long vowel worksheet, students follow directions and color words on and surrounding a picture of a porcupine that have different long vowel sounds.
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Gingerbread Phonological Awareness Pictures: Syllables
In this syllables worksheet, students say the name of the horse, fox, gingerbread man, and stove. Students listen to the phonological sounds and syllables in the words.
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Short "E" Searching
Students engage in a lesson plan which uses resources from the PBS show, Between the Lions to help identify the sound "e" in words that are written, read and sung.
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Short Vowels With Clifford
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Long Vowels With Clifford
Learners recognize long vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights words with long vowel sounds. They then construct an original story. They use picture clues to aid comprehension, and match words with similar vowel...
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Beginning Blend Activity
In this beginning blend worksheet, students look at pictures, say their name, listening for the beginning blend, then write the picture word.