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Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Links: Word Blends

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this consonant blends worksheet, learners find the correct word for each picture using the words in the box. Students then write the word on the line and circle the consonant blend.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We’re a Family: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers K Standards
Pay special attention to onsets and rimes and initial consonants with this packet of activities designed to provide additional support to youngsters just learning to read and write.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, young scholars use picture clues and one to one...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan: Initial "s" clusters

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify words in Sleeping Beauty which begin with the letter 'S'.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sleeping Beauty: Initial S Clusters

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this consonant cluster instructional activity, students read through the sections for the 'sleeping beauty' poem. Students then cut out the strips of the story and rearrange them so the poem is in order.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers K Standards
Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Syllables, Syllable Say

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Counting syllables can be fun when it's done with a friend. In pairs, learners say words as their partner counts the syllables they hear.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Make Your Own Poem: Initial S Clusters

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this initial s worksheet, students first use s blends to make rhyming pairs, use the rhyming pairs to make silly sentences, then make pairs of rhyming sentences and finally a poem.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Initial Blend "Sw"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this initial consonant blends worksheet, students say the name of six labeled pictures that begin with "sw". Students bracket the "sw" in each word. Example: (sw)irl.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Write Words: sl, sn, sp, sw

For Students K - 2nd
In this s blends worksheet, students cut and paste pictures in the correct categories of sl, sn, sp, and sw, and then write the words for each of them. Students complete this for 8 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Wheel: S Clusters

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word wheel learning exercise, students cut out and assemble a word wheel with the S clusters: sk, sp, st. Students turn the wheel on top and read the words that they see.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All Together Now: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
All Together Now is the theme of this series of extra support lessons. The collection aids the instruction of blending sounds and reading high-frequency words through writing and reading sentences. Support also engages pupils in...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Down on the Farm: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 8)

For Teachers K Standards
Chants, rhymes, practice pages, picture, word, and punctation cards provide extra support for reading high-frequency words, substituting, blending, segmenting, and identifying phonemes in this Down on the Farm themed unit. 
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and being...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Cover an array of topics such as where we live, different times of day, shapes, the city and the country, what we do for fun, jobs, and games, all while practicing how to express...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Home Sweet Home: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Through grand discussion, picture cards, and poems, enhance language proficiency with a Home Sweet Home themed unit created to support English language development. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Let’s Count!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 5)

For Teachers K Standards
In a themed series of lessons and activities, beginner readers are given extra support in reading through chants, games, and practice worksheets.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Write the Words with sl, sn, sp, sw Beginnings

For Students 2nd
For this early literacy worksheet, 2nd graders cut out 8 pictures which begin with either sl, sn, sp, or sw. They glue the picture in the proper column and write the word on an elementary line directly under it.
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Find the Objects/Beginning Sound Indentification

For Teachers K - 6th
If you are just starting out as a teacher for children with visual impairments and want a fun way to teach braille and phonemic awareness, look no further. You'll fill 21 boxes with objects that start with specific letter sounds. You'll...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hunter Model 2

For Teachers K
Students produce the long sounds in the initial position of words making silly soup.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Friends Together: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers K Standards
Enjoy this thematic friendship unit compiled with ESL lessons to develop strong language development while listening, speaking, looking, and moving. Class members participate in activities covering topics like making friends, asking for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ruby's Whistle

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars investigate the children's book "Ruby's Whistle" in order to practice skills of reading comprehension. They make connections with the text while reading that include sight word recognition, putting together contractions,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, students use the blends along with the pictures in order to practice the sounds of letter combinations.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Links: Vowel Blends 4

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sound blending worksheet, students write the name of each picture that uses the 'ow' sound blend. Students write down three 'ow' blend words on the provided blanks. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.