International Reading Association
Literacy Survival Tips for New Teachers!
Whether new to teaching or a seasoned pro, this 12-page phonics and phonemic awareness guide is a must for your curriculum library. Everything from a summary of research on the topic to exercises and activities is included.
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Phonics "ed" Flipbook
For this literacy worksheet, 1st graders try letters that end with "ed" to create a flipbook that attaches to the drawing of a bed as a phonics activity.
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Rhyming Words, Phonics
First graders understand why words rhyme and how to form rhyming words. In this rhyming and phonics instructional activity, 1st graders complete a worksheet to show words that are spelled as they sound and not spelled as they sound.
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Reintroduce /S/
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a phonics activity. In this letter "S" lesson, students identify the different sounds made by the letter "S" and discuss words that start with the letter. Students view a letter card to...
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Word Family Nuts
Students explore the English language by participating in a word match activity. In this word family lesson, students write a specific word family on a paper squirrel and write words that belong to the family on a paper acorn. Students...
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Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail
Learn about the animals of Australia with a language arts lesson about an Australian folktale called, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail. After reading the story as a class, kids discuss events and characters from the book, retell the story to...
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The Magic Apple
A fun and delicious lesson can help your kids learn about plural nouns and story sequencing. After reading The Magic Apple by Rob Cleveland, kids match pictures to story segments and add s to nouns to make them plural. They then cook...
Illinois State Board of Education
Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies
Here's a resource that deserves a place in your curriculum library, whether or not your school has adopted the Common Core. Designed for middle and high school language arts classes, the packet is packed with teaching tips, materials,...
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The Clever Monkey Rides Again
How very clever. No need to monkey around with this resource. Rob Cleveland's version of the West African tale, "The Clever Monkey Rides Again," is used as the basis for multiple of cross-curricular activities including exercises...
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Present Tense -ar Verbs
Enrich your Spanish lesson with this useful PowerPoint that tests student knowledge of present tense -ar verbs. There are over forty multiple choice/fill-in-the-blank sentences for young scholars to complete. Tip: Use individual...
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Clifford Phonics Fun
Students develop phonemic awareness skills. They recognize consonant sound spellings and distinguish easily confused letter pairs. Students examine common short and long vowel sound spellings. They read stories containing high frequency...
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Word Review Card Activity
Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...
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Smart Board Syllable Activity
Middle schoolers divide words, using syllable division rules. They divide two and three syllable words. They follow Orton-Gillingham rules and use the first three division rules.
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Rooster's Night Out
Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton's Rooster's Night Out, a retelling of a classic Cuba folktale, launches a cross-curricular study of Cuban cultural traditions. Class members draw the characters from the book, participate in math and...
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B Sound in the Initial Position
Students listen for letter sounds. In this phonics lesson plan, students read A Basket Full of Surprises, brainstorm items that start with the B sound, and complete a comprehension activity where they identify words with and without B...
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Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail
First graders read the story Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail and complete language arts activities with it. Students have discussions, read, write, spell, and act out the story.
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Alphatech
Students explore letters and their sounds. In this beginning phonics literacy instructional activity, students bring objects from home that begin with an assigned letter. Students show their object/s and the teacher takes a picture. ...
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Get Rid of It!
Students participate in matching game to practice their phonics awareness. They can apply the activity to any curriculum review that is word or vocabulary based.
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Here's an Instant Activity for November 5, 2001
Third graders practice spelling ou words. In this phonics and spelling instructional activity, 3rd graders brainstorm words using the 'ou' spelling pattern. Students review compound words and brainstorm compounds words. Students complete...
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Here's an Instant Activity for December 15, 2003
Students complete a spelling activity that helps them create and spell words. In this spelling lesson, students manipulate letters to make words and complete the worksheet by writing new words.
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Here's An Instant Activity for April 7, 2003
Fifth graders practice their spelling skills with soft syllable endings. In this spelling lesson plan, 5th graders complete soft syllable interaction activity with their teacher. Students then write 16 le-ending and ly-ending word pairs...
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Here's and Instant Activity for October 20, 2008
Students complete spelling activities for words with or and ore spellings. In this spelling instructional activity, students find antonyms for the 'or' words in the first exercise. Students find synonyms for the second exercise.
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Pasta Names
Helps learners recognize alphabet letters by having them glue dry pasta over their names. Scholars use a card with their names printed neatly, then decorate it with noodles while saying each letter they make.
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Blending into Good Speech
Your class can increase their production of the target phoneme /sh/ through the use of video, the Internet, and hands-on activities listed here. Sound out the phoneme altogether, then model words that include /sh/ at the beginning....