Curated OER
Web-Based Practice
Young scholars explore technology by participating in a word structure activity. In this grammar lesson, students utilize the Writing Center computer software to practice keyboarding while identifying word formations in class. Young...
Curated OER
Color Recognition Game
Students study color words. For this math lesson, students complete a variety of activities on the computer in which they identify colors and color words.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Writing With Environmental Print
Students develop literacy skills by exploring street signs, cereal boxes, and billboards. In this writing with environmental print lesson, students build word recognition in every day print. Students decode words and discover new words.
Curated OER
Letter Recognition Flash Games for Kids
Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics lesson, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling of the...
Curated OER
Words That End in "--tch"
In this language arts worksheet, students investigate words that end with "--tch." Students read a 2 page story about an angry wife who ends up at her own surprise birthday party. Students mark the "--tch" words. Then students complete a...
Curated OER
Wheat Berry Sprouts
Students prepare a wheat berry sprouts sandwich and discuss digraphs. In this wheat berry sprouts instructional activity, students circle the digraphs in the recipe for the wheat berry sprouts sandwich.
Have Fun Teaching
Feeling Bright, Green and Proud (words with R-Blends)
What words begin with an r-blend? Group each picture card into the correct category according to its initial consonant blend. After they complete the list, have kids write words into each box in the worksheets. Fun and educational for...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Blends (Ending, Part 1) Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of blends. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: blends (ending, part 1)" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Blends (Ending, Part 1) Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate blends in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
School Express
Schoolexpress.com: Phonics Blends Worksheets
Phonics Blends is a great way to demonstrate the use of letter and picture association. The student must identify the first two letters of the picture given and then write them on the line provided.
Other
Fonetiks: Phonics Practice
This English pronunciation guide is useful for young English speakers, as well as English language learners of all ages. It offers practice in reading, pronunciation, and writing of vowels and consonants and of vowel and consonant...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Initial Blends Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of initial blends. Words with initial blends are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: intial blends" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Initial Blends Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor introduces words with initial consonant blends. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words sounded out,...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Blends (Ending, Part 2) Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of consonant blends. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: blends (ending, part 2" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Blends (Ending, Part 2) Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate blends in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Mini Stories: Beginning Blends
This printable consonant blends worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will add initial consonant blends [ bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc and sw] to form words...
TES Global
Blendspace: Whitaker's Blends & Digraphs Choice Board
A nine-part learning module with videos and web links to teach phonics reading and spelling skills involving blends and digraphs.
Other
Printable Reading and Phonics Games
This site includes 15 different phonics and reading games to download, laminate, and cut out. Includes games for phonics blends; "When two vowels go walking;" ee; ir, ur er; tion, etc.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: The Elk and the Ant: Ending Blends Nd, Nk, Nt, Pt, Sk, and St
This printable consonant blends worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will add ending consonant blends [nd, nk, nt, pt, sk, and st] to form words that will complete a short...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Picture Blender: Beginning Blends
This printable consonant blends worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will match each picture to with its beginning blend [sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, tr, tw, scr, spl, spr and...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Match 'Em: Ending Blends Lk, Ft, Lf, Lm, Lp, Lt and Mp
This printable consonant blends worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will add ending consonant blends [lk, ft, lf, lm, lp, lt and mp] to form words that will complete...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Teaching Blending
How do you teach your students to develop a blending ability through phonics instruction? This site features information to help get you started in your quest for this goal. According to this article you can begin with rhyming. Come and...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Blending [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn how to blend words as a classroom modeling strategy. Teachers will learn direct instructional techniques for blending; games and activities are also provided to reinforcement the concept of blending.
School Express
Schoolexpress.com: Phonics Worksheets
This site provides a variety of creative worksheets which will aid in the teaching of phonics. Areas covered are blends, consonants, vowels, and digraphs.