Free Reading
Free Reading: Listen for My Sound. A Phoneme Segmenting Activity
A simple, yet effective activity to teach students to identify the same sounds in different words. The teacher says a word and the students give a thumbs up or thumbs down. This site also includes a Word Generator list link as a resource.
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Free Reading: Graph the Sounds: Oral Segmentation Activity
A small group activity. Each group receives a Graph the Sound page (link included on site). The teacher holds up a picture and the group must graph each sound they hear when they pronounce the word.
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Free Reading: Treasure Box Game, Segmenting Syllables
A classroom game designed to build accuracy skills in learners' abilities to identify syllables. The teacher prints picture cards (this site links to the site for pictures) of one-, two-, or three-syllable words. Students pull a picture...
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Free Reading: "Aliens of Paz" Picture Activity: Oral Segmenting Accuracy
An exciting activity that helps pre-readers identify sounds and break down words into segments. The students pretend to be "Aliens of Paz" who pronouce words very slowly. This activity also incorporates movement as the student touches...
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Free Reading: Word Race Game, Oral Segmentation Accuracy
Students are divided into two teams. The teacher calls one person from each team up at a time to look at a picture. The first player to yell out how many sounds are in the picture gets a point for the team. This site includes a link to a...
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Free Reading: Lucky Dip Game: Oral Blending and Segmenting
Students pull an object from a bag, keep it hidden, stretch out its name by pronouncing each letter sound for at least a second, and everyone else has to guess the object.
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Free Reading: Finish My Sentence: Oral Blending Accuracy Activity
In this classroom activity, the instructor creates a list of simple sentences that include a three or four letter word that the students are asked to blend. The instructor says the sentence and asks the student to help blend the letters...
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Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Sounds of Speech
Sounds of speech are the sounds that make up our oral language. Children must understand how speech sounds work to be ready for instruction in reading and writing. To learn more about sounds of speech, browse the articles, parent tips,...
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Free Reading: Word Split Stomp, Segmenting Syllables Activity
A classroom activity that introduces and builds the accuracy of students' abilities of identifying syllables in a word. The instructor says a word, the student stomps once for each syllable in the word and then stomps one more time to...
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Reading Bear: Lessons 68 73 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews how to pronounce words that incorporate"a_e", "e_e", "ing", and other patterns. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to...
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Reading Bear: Ck Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ck" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Reading Bear: Lessons 7 12 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate the "s" suffix. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Reading Bear: Lessons 13 24 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews words that incorporate "x", "2 syllables", digraphs, and more. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
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Reading Bear: Lessons 23 29 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "x". Words with digraphs and 2-syllable words are also included in this review module. Students are prompted to interact with the video...
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Reading Bear: Lessons 44 67 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews how to pronounce words that incorporate"y", "ie", "ind", "ild". More review is also includes "2 & 3 syllable" words Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at...
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Reading Bear: Ce, Ci, Cy Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ce", "cy", and "ci" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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Reading Bear: Si, Su, Ci, Ti, Tu Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "si", "su", "ci", "ti", or "tu" in them. Students are prompted to with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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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...
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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...
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Reading Bear: C and K Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "c" or "k" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
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Reading Bear: Ph, Gh Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ph"or "gh" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
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Reading Bear: Silent Gh, H, L Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "gh", "h", or "l" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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Reading Bear: Lessons 74 78 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y", "dge", "ge", or other letter pattens. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to...
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Reading Bear: Ch, Tch Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ch" and "tch" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...