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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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Test Your Spelling Skills: Dolch Sight Vocabulary
In this vocabulary worksheet, students will read and practice the Dolch basic sight vocabulary list. There are a total of 220 words in ABC order that frequently appear in written English.
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Hh is for Helicopter
Learners learn to form the upper and lower case letter Hh in this printing practice activity. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters.
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Hh is for Helicopter
For this literacy worksheet, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Rr is for Rain
In this literacy instructional activity, pupils look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Tt is for Tiger
In this literacy activity, learners look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections and help with spelling.
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Qq is for Question
In this literacy learning exercise, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Letter Pronunciation - I ch I Sound
In this ch letter pronunciation activity, students circle the word that best describes the picture. They then write a sentence using that word. There are 7 questions on this page.
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Letter Pronunciation - I g I Sound
In this g letter pronunciation instructional activity, students circle the word that best describes the picture. They then write a sentence using that word. There are 7 questions on this page.
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Vocabulary Skills 2
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 12 sentences by selecting the appropriate words to complete the sentences.
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Cherry Pies and Lullabies
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read 5 sentences that are missing words. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences with the appropriate sight words from the word bank.
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Cherry Pies and Lullabies
It this vocabulary practice worksheet, students read 5 sentences and fill in the blanks in each of the sentences with 1 of the high-frequency words from the word bank.
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ale and ame Words
In this long a sound worksheet, students examine 18 words and sort them into the "ale" group or the "ame" groups. Students also fill in the blanks in 6 sentences with "ale" or "ame" words from the word bank.
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Word Wall Words
Learners practice recognizing sights words. In this literacy lesson, students recognize and read 200 sight words, use combinations of words to make sentences, use words to fill in basic sentences, successfully pass spelling tests with...
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Silent Consonants
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have silent consonants. Kids write each word one time. There are at-home spelling activities listed that students may complete.
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Dolch Words: #5 Compound Words
Students explore the concept of compound words. In this compound word lesson, students use dolch word cards to create compound words.
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Mrs. Perkins Dolch Words: #10 Create a Story
Young scholars write their stories. In this sight words and writing instructional activity, students examine a list of 20 teacher-provided dolch words and use them to write their own stories. Young scholars share their stories with their...
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Sand Paper Rubbings
Students discover the alphabet and the sounds the letters make. In this alphabet lesson, letters are cut out of sandpaper and the sound the letter makes is discussed. Students then color over the letter with crayons.
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Silent-letter Word Fluency
First graders practice reading. For this fluency building lesson, 1st graders practice quickly saying words that have a silent letter in them. They work in small groups to read a group of word cards as quickly as they can. This lesson...
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Sounding out fluency, Relay Race
Learners practice reading. In this fluency building lesson plan, students participate in a relay race to quickly sound and read word cards. They work in small groups to accurately sound out and say three word cards before it is another...
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Reintroduce -er
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students identify words in the English language which contain the "er" sound. Students play a class game in which the teacher uses...
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Word Slide-CVC Words
In this CVC words activity, students say, print, and draw a picture of each CVC word given. The page has related web links.
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Ships with Short Vowels
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders read ten words with either short a or short o. The words are listed on colored ships which can be cut and used for a phonics sorting game.