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Phonics: Decoding Words in Connected Text

For Teachers K
Introduce your little ones to the wonders of phonemic decoding. They practice along as you sound out simple cvc words in the context of a sentence. 
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Phonics Instruction: Letter Sound Correspondence

For Teachers Pre-K - K
The letter m is the first letter in many of my favorite words. It has the best /m/ sound ever. Get your little ones excited about letter m with this super simple, super short lesson. They work with the teacher to practice saying,...
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Gulp!

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Mmm, Mmm, Mmm

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for M. They practice writing the letter M and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /m/. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Snake Talk

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Apple

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Max's Magic Magnets

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars identify the letter and phoneme /m/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /m/ sound through tongue twisters and stories. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...
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Baby Brown Bears

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /b/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /b/ sound through riddles and tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...
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Shhhhh, the Baby's Asleep

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ in...
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Vacuum that Rug

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /n/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /n/ sound through stories and rhymes. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture...
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The Fish Says SSHHH!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Build it Up

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice spelling words through by blending sounds with a focus on short vowels i and a. Through matching and listening activities, 1st graders replace initial and final sounds to create words they decode and read.
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Fish Wish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a reading of a decodable story containing the digraph, students practice identifying the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ in words using a...
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I Think I Can

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /ch/ sound through tongue twister. They identify the initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ by reading a story to a partner.
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A? I Can't Hear You

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, students practice a tongue twister containing the digraph ay. They identify the...
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Hurry Home, Henry!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice letter recognition of /h/ in spoken and written words. They listen for the phoneme, repeat it and participate in meaningful hands-on activities to help master the letter H. Students encounter the book, "Hungry Harry,"...
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Charlie Chicken

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identify and making the sound represented by the diagraph /ch/. They use letterboxes to practice spelling short ch words such as chip and inch. The instructor then reads a tongue twister with many ch sounds. Each...
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Shhhhhhhh!!!!!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners recognize and practice putting certain letters together as they make unique sounds in one mouth movement. This instructional activity focuses on the digraph /sh/. They study and recite the tongue twister "Shelly's aunt, Sharon...
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Swat The Spot

For Teachers K
Students practice beginning letter/sound association. In this beginning letter/sound lesson, students listen to a reading of Potluck by Anne Shelby while identifying the sounds that are associated with the beginning letters of words in...
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Long Vowel i

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this handwriting of lower case and long vowel i worksheet, students practice unscrambling nine words that contain the long vowel i sound.
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Beginning Letter Sounds

For Teachers K
Students practice working with beginning letter sounds.  In this phonics instructional activity, students state the letter sound that their name starts with, read a book about beginning letter sounds and complete a worksheet.
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Introduce /D/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter sound, "d." In this sound fluency lesson, students view the letter "d" and practice repeating the sound. Students identify the sounds of 12 letters written on the board and are given hints on how to...
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Let's Fly Our Kites

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading and writing using a short poem and information about kites. In this kite poem lesson plan, students read and write using a common poem. This lesson plan includes practice with reading, rhyming, handwriting,...
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On a Roll With Digraphs

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice building and spelling words with digraphs. After discussing what digraphs are and how they change the spelling and produnciation of words, they create a dice game and play by spelling words containing common digraphs.