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Pop Goes the Popcorn

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the phoneme /p/. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then identify words from word cards that contain the phoneme /p/. Students trace and write the letter P, listen to the book...
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The Big Pig

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Language Arts: Guided Reading with Fancy Dance

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils participate in a guided reading of Leslie Johnson's, Fancy Dance and discover how to sequence events. This instructional activity stresses word recognition, suffixes and prefixes, and sentence structure. Cross-curricular...
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Long u: Cloze the Gap!

For Teachers 2nd
In this cloze activity worksheet, 2nd graders complete 12 sentences using long u words from the word bank at the bottom of the page. They read each sentence before adding the word that makes sense.
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Letter M: Initial Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this letter M activity worksheet, students examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letter M. A word bank is provided.
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Letter B: Initial Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this letter B activity worksheet, students examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letter B. A word bank is provided.
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Something's Fishy

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners study fish habits and traits. In this marine life lesson, students complete four learning centers of a fish memory game, a fish habitat study, draw and glue fish craft activity, and a fish read-a-thon. Learners complete their...
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Reintroduce -wh

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonetics by participating in a letter combination activity with their class. In this word sound lesson, students identify the sound "wh" and discuss words where the sound is utilized. Students practice repeating words...
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Introduce /oo/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore language arts by participating in a vowel identification activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound that is made by two consecutive O's. Students listen to the teacher recite words and identify the...
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Introduce "Ou"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore language arts by participating in a word sound activity. In this letter combination instructional activity, students identify the sound made by the letters "ou" and what words contain this sound. Students listen as their...
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Reintroduce "Ur"

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore word structure by participating in a word sound activity. For this vocabulary identification lesson, students discuss the sound that is made by the letters "ur" and in what words this sound is found. Learners listen as...
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Phonics and Letter ID

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify at least 46 of the 54 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet by name, sound, or example of a word that letter starts.
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Musical Chair Phonics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read words by playing musical chairs.
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Phoneme Substitution (With Letters)

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Get pre-readers comfortable with phoneme substitution using these helpful letter cards, which are printable in three different sizes depending on your classroom needs. Once scholars understand some letter sounds, they can begin...
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Phoneme Substitution, Harder (With Letters)

For Teachers K
Emergent readers create new words by changing a phoneme, using sets of letter cards to spell out each CVC word. They begin by substituting initial sounds, then final sounds, and lastly the middle vowel. Help them sound out each word,...
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Beginning Consonant Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young readers practice their beginning consonant sounds. Solid worksheets prompt students to practice their consonant in fun ways. These worksheets use Clifford the Big Red Dog as a theme, and give the kids excellent and colorful practice.
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Reinforcing Alphabet Names/Sounds

For Teachers K - 1st
Getting comfortable with the sounds associated with each letter is crucial in a young learner's path to becoming literate. This lesson plan provides a terrific way to reinforce this skill in an engaging and fun manner. It's a game that...
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Rainbow Spelling: A Kinesthetic Approach to Encoding

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Have your young learners interact with phonemes through this tactile plan! Each learner will have a colored mat where they connect different phonemes to create words. The best part is that they can self-correct easily as they spell! 
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Tomato Exploration

For Teachers K - 2nd
Create tomatoes in 15-20 minutes using this fun and interactive lesson plan! Learners listen to a book about tomatoes (recommendations listed), and focus on the vocabulary word tomato. They count the syllables and practice the plural....
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Phoneme Blending Accuracy (Mico Version)

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Which word is Mico trying to say? A puppet helps make phoneme blending fun as you challenge your scholars to blend segmented words. Mico (or a puppet of your choice) has trouble saying words without separating the phonemes. Using the...
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Introduce First Sound Segmenting

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Mico is back, and he's ready to test your scholars in initial sounds in single-syllable words. Using a puppet and the picture cards provided (these are great and in full-color), play a game with pre-readers. Hold up three picture cards...
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Middle Sound Segmenting Accuracy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Mico the puppet wants to play a game! Can you figure out which picture card he's thinking of if he only says the middle sound? Choose three picture cards from the extensive library provided here, making sure scholars know what word each...
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Phoneme Identification with Sound-it-Out Chips

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Looking for a tangible way to help emerging readers identify phonemes? You've found it! They use chips without letters to segment single-syllable words into first, middle, and last sounds. As you say each sound, scholars place a chip on...
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Introduce Word-Form Recognition

For Teachers K - 1st
Sound out sight words using these word cards and word-form recognition strategies. As you point to each word, scholars sound out the letters silently instead of segmenting the sounds aloud. Show them how you do this by mouthing the...

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