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Let Us Rhyme With Madeline
Listen to the book Madeline, and identify rhyming words with learners as they hear them in the book. Learners will engage in a class discussion about rhyming words. After listening to Madeline, they will circle pictures of words that...
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Hickory Dickory Dock
Pupils pick out the sounds and -ck written in words. They are taught how to correctly say the sound with their mouth and read Hickory Dickory Dock. Words with the ck sound are underlined for the student's to notice. As an assessment,...
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Animal Alphabet
Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.
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Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop
Students complete worksheets by circling similar letters used in rhyming sounds. They form rhyming words using index cards and play a game of rhyming Bingo. They use letter tiles to form the rhyming words in the Dr. Suess book "Hop on Pop."
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Thump Your Thinker
First graders discuss how t and h together make one sound and then make the sound while examining the mouth movement associated with it. They listen for the sounds in sentences that are read to them before making words with the Elkonin...
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Hop Scotch
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the letter sound of o=/o/. They encounter Elkonin Boxes to assist them with their task as well as the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave...
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Chuga, Chuga, Choo, Choo
Pupils identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words and...
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Copycat, Copycat!
Students observe that sometimes the letter "c" is a copycat letter and sometimes acts like a "k" or an "s" like in the words "cat" and "race". They use Elkonin letter boxes and letters to spell words as they are called out by the...
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Iiizzy is Iiicky Sticky!
Students answer a series of questions about the different sounds that the letter I makes. They observe a picture about a girl and the letter I. They practice a tongue twister with the different sounds of I. They practice writing the...
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Students listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They create words using the cluster ump.
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IzzyWizzy
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Tin Man Fix It," and identify...
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/o/... I can't stop yawning!
Learners investigate the phoneme, a meaningful representation, and the letter symbol for /o/ (short o). This lesson helps students recognize the /o/ in spoken words and begin to spell words with the assistance of letter boxes. Learners...
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Yummy in My Tummy
Students explore phonemes in spoken words. They discuss the correspondence u=/u/. Students identify a meaningful representation for the phoneme and practice identifying /u/ in both written and spoken words. Students learn a tongue...
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Icky Fingers
Students are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...
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Eddie the Elephant
Students need to practice sight words to become proficient readers. So it is very important for children to learn common correspondences. The phoneme for the letter "e" is practiced in this lesson.
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Here Comes the Choo Chooooooo!!
Learners practice exercising the phoneme/digraph that makes the /ch/ sound. They drill on the tongue twister, "Charles chatted while he waited on his chance to win a check," and encounter Elkonin boxes along with the book, "Chad Checks,"...
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Introduce /kn/
Students are introduced to the letter combination "kn" and its letter sound. In this letter combination lesson, students review words with the letter combination "kn" on the board. Students take turns sounding out the "kn" words while...
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Wade Made Lemonade in the Shade
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify words that contain the long /a/ sound. Students spell words containing the long /a/ sound using letter...
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Jack the Fat Cat
Learners recognize the short /a/ sound in written and spoken words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /a/ sound. They then listen to the story "A Cat Nap" and identify the words in the story...
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O No!
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Doc on Top
Learners recognize the short /o/ sound in written and oral words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "The Big Top" and identify the words in the story...
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Exciting E's "/e/...what did you say?" Exicing E's!
Learners recognize the short /e/ sound in spoken and written words. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /e/ sound. They then listen to the story "Red Gets Fed" and identify the words in the story with the...
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Theo and His Thirty Thirsty Brothers
Students recognize the digraph /th/ in both spoken and written words. They read and spell words containing /th/ digraph. They read "Changes in Seasons" by Eizabeth Sengel and make a list of the words containing /th/ digraph.
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CH-ch-ch-ch, CH-ch-ch-ch, CHOO-CHOO!
Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise th /ch/ digraph, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in...