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Curated OER

Sounding Out CVCE Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson plan, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Hidden Words

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this long vowel E (ie) worksheet, students print the word for each of the five pictures that contain a long vowel E on the lines provided and then locate and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Read and Draw- Silent E

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long vowel O worksheet, learners illustrate six words. Students draw a picture to go with words containing long vowel O with a silent E.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Building

For Students 1st
In this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Say It. Write It or Make Sentences: Long O Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long O worksheet, students say the name of 6 pictures. Students write the word on the primary lines and use it in a sentence. All words have long O sound.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Consonants Blended with Long Vowels and Endings

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice vowel and phonic sounds. For this grammar lesson, students practice rhythm, rhymes, voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds and voiced vowel signs. Students brainstorm words with the cvce patterns.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

EEEEEK! Long Vowel E (e)

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this long vowel E instructional activity, students help a mouse find some hiding places for his food particles that won't be swept up by a broom. Student's then color in all the things they see in the kitchen that sound the same as...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Sounds of Yy

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sounds of y practice learning exercise, students discover that y can be a consonant or a vowel as they respond to 15 questions.
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Curated OER

Silly Willy

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics practice instructional activity, students unscramble 7 sets of letters to reveal words that end with -y. Picture clues are provided.
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Rock ’N Learn

Maze Madness- Silent E

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this silent E words learning exercise, students help a child find his way to the playground by tracing a path in a maze. If the word in the maze has a long A, students turn right; for a short vowel sound, students make a left turn.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Lesson 21

For Students K - 2nd
In this trace and write worksheet, learners trace and write words that contain the the long a sound and a silent e. Students trace and write 10 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Family - Long Vowel 'E'

For Students K - 2nd
In this ea words activity, students trace and write ea words that make the long vowel e sound. Students trace and write 18 words total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Creaky Door Says "ehhhh"

For Teachers K - 1st
Study the long vowel sound /e/, as in a creaky door noise. Children repeat the sound and learn a chant. They use letters in letterboxes to make words with the /e/ sound before reading a book and writing a message about their favorite...
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Unit Plan
National Institute for Literacy

Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Long Vowels with Silent 'E'

For Teachers 1st
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Does it Have a Long I or a Short I

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, learners say the name of each of twelve pictures. They identify circle either the long i or short i symbol to tell which sound is in the picture.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Verbs Ending In "-y"

For Students K - 1st
In this verbs worksheet, students analyze six pictures. From two choices of verbs ending in "-y", students pick the verb that fits the picture and write it on the line.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beginning and Ending Sounds

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Odd One Out

For Students Pre-K - K
There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

I'm Learning to Spell

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this long 'a' sound worksheet, students spell words with the long 'a' sound. Students write the missing letters to complete each word and then write the word on the lines. Students may use the word bank for help. Students also draw...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Squeaky Door

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Young readers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mike's Kite

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the long /I/ sound as it is used in 'i_e' words. They recite a long /I/ tongue twister and use letterboxes to practice spelling 'i_e' words. In groups, they read a book with several long /I/ words and identify pictures...
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Lesson Plan
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Made You Mad

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme. They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them. Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oh My

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel sound for o and the long vowel sound for o. Students practice reading and spelling...