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Bud and June
In this identifying words with short and long "u" sounds learning exercise, students observe pictures, write their names, and count the short and long "u" words. Students write 10 answers.
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Oh Deer!
In this identifying the long o sound words activity, students observe a puzzle with words written on each piece, color the words with long o sounds brown, and the remaining words green. Students color 17 puzzle pieces.
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Scare the Crows
In this long vowel O activity, students determine which shapes on the page contain words with the long vowel O sound. Then, they cut them out and glue them together on another piece of paper to create a scarecrow.
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Crazy Crossword
In this long vowel I activity, students complete a crossword puzzle from a word bank containing eight words containing the long vowel I in them.
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Hidden Words
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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What a Day!
For this long O sound learning exercise, students view the picture "What a Day" to assist them in finding the words to fill in each blank in five sentences. Students circle each of their answers in the picture.
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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'
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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Vowels: The Long and Short: U
In this long and short vowels learning exercise, students analyze the 8 labeled pictures of common objects. Students write the words under the correct heading: short vowel words, long vowel words. All words have long or short U.
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Long I and Short I Phoneme
For this long and short I phonemes worksheet, students examine 2 groups of 26 and 23 words. Students sort each of the groups of words into long I and short I phoneme groups using the t-charts.
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Lesson Plan: Long Vowel Phoneme "oa"
Students read The Toad and The Goat, discuss main idea and story sequence, and identify rhyming words with the "oa" sound.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders practice reading words with short vowels and cvc pattern while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with words on their game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with cvc and cvcc pattern. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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The Long I Sound
In this long i worksheet, students read about the long i sound, then bracket the long i sound in 5 long i words. One example is done for students.
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Long A Word Search
In this long a word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 10 long a words listed in the word bank within the word puzzle.
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Long and Short Vowel a
In this vowel worksheet, 1st graders focus on the usage of the long and short a sound. Students study 10 pictures and write the name of each picture under the correct column for the short and long vowel sound.
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Beat the Heat
Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....
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Sounds and Letters: ai
Review reading skills with your class using this colorful presentation. Learners read a series of words missing the letter i. They add the letter and read the new word. It is a quick and simple review of the topic. Note: The...
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Poems: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Act out the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" rhyme with youngsters. Learners observe visual instructions before completing the corresponding actions, then draw the spider into a scene. Finally, they write down rhyming words that have the ai...
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Letter Sound Blending
Students play a game that asks them to blend sounds and differentiate between long and short vowels. They give clues to one student by sounding out all consonants and classifying the vowel as short or long. The student then blends the...
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Long e and Long i Sound
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders examine 3 lines of words that contain 4 words each. They circle the word that contains the long e word, and place an X on the word with the long i word in each row.
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The New Stew
In phonics practice activity, students examine 10 words, color the words that have the long u vowel sound and put an x on the words that do not have the long u vowel sound.
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Shy Tyrone
In this long vowel I worksheet, students practice reading a short paragraph with several words in it stressing the long vowel I sound. Students cut out and color eight small pictures of words that contain the long vowel I in them and...
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Ann and Abe
In this long A and short A vowel sounds activity, learners examine 19 words in a coloring puzzle and color the short A sound words gray and long A sound words blue.
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Ned and Pete
For this long E and short E vowel sounds learning exercise, students examine 8 words in a coloring puzzle and color the short E sound words red and long E sound words blue.