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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Sound Bags
Peers pair up to find, identify and match medial phonemes. Peer one pulls a card or object from a bag, names it, then says its medial sound.—peer two attempts to find a picture or object whose medial sound matches the partner.
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Reading: Classroom Words
There are 10 classroom words located at the top of this instructional activity. Kindergartners match the word to the object in the picture, they write that word on the line near that object. This is a great way for them to recognize...
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Compound Words at the End of the Rainbow
Boost grammar skills with a St. Patrick's Day themed activity that challenges scholars to match a compound word to its corresponding picture, then write the compound word in the form of an addition sentence.
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Word and Picture Cards--Words with Long I Sound
In this language arts learning exercise, students investigate the long I sound by cutting apart 24 word and picture cards. Each word card has a long I sound word; each picture card has an unlabeled color drawing that matches a word....
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Word Match
In this spelling worksheet, students spell the first word by looking at the picture. Then, students write the same letters in the boxes on the line below it, except the boxes with a letter already in it. Students read the new words and...
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Picture Word Match
In this spelling instructional activity, young scholars spell the first word by looking at the picture. Then, students write the same letters in the boxes on the line below it, except the boxes with a letter already in it. Young scholars...
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/j/ Picture and Word Match
In this initial /a/ worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities in the matching area.
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Getting Ready Picture Dictionary
In this getting ready worksheet, students identify the correct names of items, match pictures to words, and tick the items they use to get ready. Students complete 3 exercises.
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Match Pictures to Numbers
Although the directions for the instructional activity aren't exactly explicit, the idea is simple. Learners examine three columns of information and match them to corresponding forms of numbers. The first column contains five numbers,...
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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Words Around Us Memory Game
Scholars employ memory and letter-sound skills like the classic game Concentration to succeed at this literacy game. Partners choose from rows of upside-down cards, trying to match letters to images with the corresponding initial sound.
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Phonics: Syllable Patterns, Picture It In Syllables
Scholars practice blending syllables by playing a matching game. Pairs flip two cards and blend syllables; if they create a word, the player writes it on a worksheet; if not, the cards return to the collection.
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Final Phoneme Memory
Try to match the final sounds in this memory game! Learners place all 24 cards upside down and take turns flipping them to see if the final phonemes match. If they do, remove them; if not, put them back. Partners play until all cards...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Manipulating, Word Change
Once your scholars know their letter sounds and recognize them in words, have them try making new words by manipulating phonemes. Pupils are given a word change picture board and a stack of word pictures. They pick a card and place it...
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ESL Picture/Idiom Matching Worksheet
For this ESL picture to idiom matching worksheet, students examine 7 small clip art images before matching them to the idioms they best represent. They work with idioms such as "blood is thicker than water," and "as you make your bed, so...
KOG Ranger Program
Matches, Lighters, and Kids Do Not Go Together!
Do your part to prevent forest fires with an activity about not playing with matches. A word search prompts young rangers to fill in the blanks about the consequences of playing with matches, and a set of pictures provides spaces for...
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Affixes and Roots
Here is a skills practice sheet that instructs fourth graders to form words using affixes and root words. After reading 16 clues, individuals match an affix to a root word in order to create the word that best fits the clue.
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21 Dolch Sight Word Activities
Strengthen your pupils' understanding of Dolch sight words with a packet of ideas. Kids can create stories, play bingo, make booklets, compose silly sentences, alphabetize, and much more.
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ESL Clothes 2 Picture/Word Matching Worksheet
In this ESL clothes picture/word matching worksheet, students examine small, colorful clip art pictures of clothing items. They match the 9 pictures to the word that names them.
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"Ch" Words
What do chug and chain have in common? The consonant digraph ch of course. Hold onto your hats – here is a packet of worksheets with enough practice activities to fill a short unit. It contains two lists of ch words, three practice...
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"Th" Words
That is a great word because it starts with the th sound. There are so many words that start with the consonant digraph th. Early readers are going to love this packet of fun worksheets, games, flashcards, and images that were created...
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Picture And Word Cards-- Long Vowel O-- Full Color
In this language arts activity, students learn the long sound of vowel O by cutting apart 72 full color word and picture cards. There are 2 suggested games for students to play using the cards.
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ESL Animal Word Matching
In this ESL animal word matching worksheet, students look 10 blackline pictures of animals. They match the picture with the word that names the animal such as a rabbit, a snake, a dog, or a lion.
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Phoneme Go Fish
Go fishing for initial sounds with this engaging phoneme game! Similar to the card game Go Fish, pairs use picture cards and try to match initial sounds. They set aside any pictures that are a match and ask their partner for specific...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Sound Pie
Develop phonological awareness by challenging pupils to recognize final sounds in familiar words. Using magazines or other print resources, scholars search for pictures of words with the same final sound as a starter picture. Once they...