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Jake's Tale
In this literacy instructional activity, learners look at pictures, circle their long /a/ name from a word bank, and write it.
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Initial Sounds
In this consonant sound worksheet, students focus on the initial sounds. Students say the names of eight pictures and draw a line from the picture to the initial sound and word for each.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds: Springtime Bouquet
In this vowel activity, learners fill in the beginning and ending letters of 7 consonant-vowel-consonant words to complete the word. All words have the short vowel sound "u" in the middle.
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CH words
In this ch words worksheet, students fill in the missing words from the list to the sentences. Students fill in 10 words to 10 sentences.
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Long Vowel Worksheet
In this long vowels worksheet, students respond to 4 questions that require them to fill in the blanks in each of the 4 words listed with the appropriate vowels. Picture clues are provided.
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Beginning letters
In this beginning letters worksheet, students write the beginning letters for 3 letter words by looking at their pictures. Students complete 5 words.
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Beginning Sounds - Kindergarten Reading
Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...
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Rhyming Words
Students practice reading and spelling by identifying rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students complete a worksheet to pair rhyming words.
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Go Far in a Car
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They are shown the book, This is the Way We Go to School. Afterward, they learn the phonetic principle of rhyming words.
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Short Vowel Sounds
Learners write down all short vowel sounds. They read their spelling words and attach them to each short vowel sound. They practice writing each spelling word under each short vowel sound that they have listed on their paper. They...
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Rhyming Worksheet - Worksheet 1 of 4
In this rhyming worksheet, students draw a line from the 5 words on the left to the rhyming word on the right. They rhyme words such as pool, yarn, rug, van and kite.
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Rhyming Words
In this early childhood rhyming words worksheet, pupils name the 10 objects pictured in the right and left column and draw lines between those pairs of objects whose names rhyme.
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Poetry in Motion
Young scholars explore poetry and technology. In this poetry writing lesson, students choose a theme and write a pattern poem, then create a related slideshow.
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Play Ball Ya'll!
Students explore the /awl/ phoneme. They examine the /awl/ sound and how to make the sound themselves. They say /awl/ tongue twisters and use letterboxes to write several 'all' words. They read stories with the /awl/ sound.
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Let's Write Around the World
Students participate in an ongoing writing project about the seven world continents. In this continents writing lesson, students work on an interactive game to write about the seven continents. Students locate the continents on the map....
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Got the Giggles
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Where is the Sound of G?
In this letter/sound instructional activity, students listen for the hard g sound at the beginning and end of words, circle to tell where they here the sound, then circle the correct word to match the picture and copy it in the provided...
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Icky Sticky Inchworm
Learners examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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A-Okay
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the a_e vowel correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ae/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students...
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Telephone Fun!
Pupils complete a variety of activities related to the /f/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify the words containing the /f/ sound. Students trace and write the letter "F," and in pairs identify picture flash...
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Mmm Mmm Good!
Students examine the letter 'm'. Through instruction and modeling they complete a variety of fun and hands-on activities as they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is written, etc.
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Cry Baby
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then listen to the book "A Cat Nap" and identify the words containing the...
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Champions Check
First graders identify consonant digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise the /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the...
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Little Pig
First graders discover that letters are used to write words and that they have different sounds. They pronounce the word, "pig" emphasizing the /i/ sound. They say a tongue twisters that features the /i/ sound in each word. They then...