Curated OER
"Aaaaaa!!!!" Please Don't Cry Baby!
Learners complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
Curated OER
Spelling and Thinking/ Short a
Learners participate in a instructional activity that is concerned with the usage of spelling words that has the short "a" sound. They read the words in list form. Students also write the words in the "an" and "ad" word families.
Curated OER
Women in History
Students discuss the impact women have made on the United States. Individually, they choose two women to research on the internet to discover their contributions. They develop a PowerPoint slide to be combined with ones made by their...
Curated OER
In The Mountains
First graders read a book entitled "In the Mountains." While looking at pictures, 1st graders predict what may happen in the story. Students review rhyming words and the meaning of punctuation marks. They brainstorm where children may go...
Curated OER
Casper the Cat
Students examine the letter 'a'. Through instruction and modeling and a variety of practice activities, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters, read stories and use letterboxes...
Curated OER
Poor Crying Baby
Students examine the letter 'a'. Through instruction and modeling and a variety of practice activities, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters and read stories and pick out...
LD Online
Ld Online: Learning Disabilities Online: Phoneme Awareness Activity
What do you know about phoneme activities for collaborative classrooms? This site will show how to develop your own activities to sharpen your students phonemic awareness skills. This informative resource will support any teacher's work...
Other
Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetics and Sight Words
Discover more about phonemic awareness when you visit this informative site. This resource features activities that teach phonemic awareness and activities that teach alphabetics.
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Teams: Phoneme Awareness Assessment Tools: Final Sounds
Here are two tools to use in assessing student understanding of final sounds. One deals with phoneme isolation and one deals with phoneme matching.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Match That Pie
Knowing the relationship between written letters and spoken sounds will help children recognize words accurately and automatically. In this lesson, children practice matching letters with initial sounds.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Mix, Mix, Match: A Sounding Out Accuracy Game.
A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Students receive a card with a word part on it. The instructor plays music and when the music stops, the students "mix" and put their cards with another student.
Other
Teacher.org: Beginning Sound Match
This lesson will allow students to practice both writing names and identifying beginning sounds for common item names.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Long I
Given the letter I with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Long E
Given the letters "ee" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Long U
Given the letter U with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Initial Sound Memory Game: A Pre Reading Game
A teacher-led activity that helps students learn to isolate initial sounds of words. Students match pictures according to the initial sounds of the words that the pictures represent.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Guess What I'm Thinking?: Initial Sound Accuracy
A version of the "20 Questions" game. The instructor tells the class he is thinking of something that starts with, for example, /b/. The students have to come up with what the teacher is thinking of.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Match 'Em: Ending Blends Lk, Ft, Lf, Lm, Lp, Lt and Mp
This printable consonant blends activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will add ending consonant blends [lk, ft, lf, lm, lp, lt and mp] to form words that will complete...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Alphabats Syllables
Alphabats - Syllables is a super fun way for kids to practice phonemic awareness. Click on the bats' bellies to hear the words, and then match the words with the same number of syllables. Match 6 words correctly and then help the bats...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Alphabats Rhyming Words
Alphabats - Rhyming Words is a super fun way for kids to practice phonemic awareness. Click on the bats' bellies to hear the words, and then match the words with rhyming sounds. Match 6 words correctly and then help the bats collect...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Splendid Sounds
This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Learners will match each short vowels to the picture that begins with it. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Picture Blender: Beginning Blends
This printable consonant blends worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will match each picture to with its beginning blend [sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, tr, tw, scr, spl, spr and...
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Og
Given the letters "og" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Vocabulary words: dog, log, fog, frog. Audio and graphs make this page kid-friendly. When finished,...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Memory Game: Identifying and Generating Rhming Words
A game of "Memory" where the students flip over two cards at a time to try and match rhyming words. This site includes links to Rhyming Pictures to use to make the Memory cards.