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Aaaaa is for Short /a/

For Teachers K
Students identify and interpret the sound of the letter /a/ by looking at pictures and seeing if they can figure out what sound it makes. They practice writing the letter a, both upper and lower case on primary paper. Finally, students...
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Ough Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this word blends worksheet, students complete several activities to learn the word blend of 'ough' words. Students look, say, and write to practice the words.
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Voicing and Syllable Length (Using Rubber Bands)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify voiced and unvoiced sounds. They practice using short and long vowel sounds. They identify consonants only after paying attention to the length of vowels. They use rubber bands to help them determine the...
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Identify and Generating Rhyming Words, Bingo

For Teachers K
Students play a bingo card game to to build accuracy with rhyming words. In this rhyming words lesson, students identify rhyming words with a picture card. Students continue to practice game until there is a winner.
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Words That Rhyme With "New"

For Students K
For this words that rhyme with "new" worksheet, students look at five pictures on the page and circle the ones that rhyme with the word "new".
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Do You Hear That Crying Baby?

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils study the short /a/ sound by examining the movement of their mouths as they make the sound mimicking a baby's cry. They recite a tongue twister and write the lower case "a." They raise their hands when they hear the letter sound...
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Copycat, Copycat!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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A Tisket-A-Tasket, Let?s Make a Flower Basket!!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice blending words with the phonemes /i/ and /e/. Working with a specific groups of letters, 1st graders create words using the vowels i and e. they decode those words and read them repeatedly to increase fluency.
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Say /o/!!!

For Teachers K
Students watch as the /o/ sound is modeled and repeat. They emphasize the /o/ phoneme while repeating a tongue twister and after observing sets of pictures to see if they are able to recognize the one with the /o/ sound. They then...
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"An Icky Sticky Mess"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice a hand motion to help them remember the short vowel sound of I. They answer a variety of questions focusing on the vowel sound. They repeat a tongue twister with the repetitive sound of I. They practice writing the...
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Letter Recognition and Sound Review

For Teachers K
Students practice the sounds of the letters A-L. In this literacy activity, the teacher demonstrates the letter sounds, then the students practice and complete a worksheet to demonstrate understanding.
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EA Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine if the "e" sound is long or short in words. In this language arts lesson, students practice discriminating between the long and short "e" sounds by practicing with word cards that are embedded in the lesson. This...
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Introduce Soft-C

For Teachers K
Students practice the soft letter sound "c" and build letter accuracy. In this soft letter "c" lesson, students are introduced to how the soft letter "c" sometimes borrows the same sound of another letter "s."  Students...
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Reintroduce sh-

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners review the sound for the "sh" and practice repeating it with teacher guidance. In this phonics lesson, students will say the sound each time "sh" is pointed out among a set of other letters and continue practicing in this...
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Name Squares

For Teachers K
Students examine the sounds the letters of their name make. They read Dr. Seuss' ABC Book and Mary Engelbreit's Put Em All Together. They practice writing the individual letters of their names in squares.
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Creating a Canvas Floor Cloth

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a clored canvas floor cloth. They practice color blending and pattern design.