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Icky Sticky Hands!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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This Glue is Sticky!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. As the teacher reads a story, they identify words with the short...
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An Icky Sticky Mess!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter I. Students then view flash cards and identify the pictures containing the short /i/...
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Grabbing For Vowels

For Teachers K
Students explore the short /a/ sound. Taking turns, they pick short /a/ sight word apples from a bulletin board apple tree. Each student reads the word and then chooses someone from the class to identify the /a/ sound in the word.
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Eewww, IIIcky Stiiicky

For Teachers 1st
First graders imagine the sticky feeling of getting glue or gum stuck on their hands. They listen to the phrase "icky sticky" and repeat emphasizing the /i/ sound and work on recognizing the sound in several different word pairs and...
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Scanning Worksheet: Latin

For Students 8th - 9th
Introduce your Latin class to meter and the metrical pattern of an elegiac couplet. Have your learners practice identifying the syllables open to resolution in the two exercises provided. Answers are not included, but there is a helpful...
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Say Aaaah

For Teachers K - 1st
Using letter boxes and a series of activities, young learners will identify the /o/ sound. Give them the fun tongue twister before having them manipulate letters in the letter box, and then read In the Big Top. Can your learners find the...
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When Vowels Follow the Letter R

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vowel worksheet, students review the sounds of the combinations ar, er, ir, or and ur. choose words from a word box that correctly complete 5 short sentences.
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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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A? Speak up, I can't hear you!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become phonemically aware of various sounds that make up written words. This lesson focuses on the vowel correspondence a_e=/A/. They decode the long a mouth moves in words as well as practice spelling the words themselves.
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Icky, Icky, Sticky!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes in spoken words as well as their corresponding graphemes in written words. They practice the short vowels /i/ and /e/. Students perform activities to practice sounds. They identify pictures with a particular...
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The Iddy Biddy Igloo

For Teachers K
Students identify and recognize the short vowel /i/ in spoken and written words. They identify the short /i/ sound and its letter symbol. They say a tongue twister emphasizing the short /i/ sound, and identify the words with /i/ in the...
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Nick's Sticky, Icky Fingers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories...
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The Crying Baby

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice recognizing phonemes with letters emphasizing the /a/ in spoken words and by letter symbols. They interact with Elkonin boxes, letter manipulatives, the book, "A Cat Nap," and a poster with a tongue twister on it.
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Ew...That's Iiiicky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Tin...
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Iiiihhh...That's Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter "I" and the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister and write the letter "I." Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word in each pair that...
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"Aaah" Says the Doc

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters, practice writing the letter 'o', and listen to stories, identifying words with the...
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Beginning to Read

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They identify short /u/ words...
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Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They identify names of items with the short /i/ sound in them and...
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Icky Sticky Inchworm

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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Things That Make You Say Aaaa!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss how to identify the a=/a/ in spoken words. They discuss a meaningful representation for the sound and a letter symbol. They identify the /a/ sound in words. Students read a story and blink their eyes when they hear...
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"The Scary Letter...aaaaaaaaaa!!!"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ using the hand gesture and 'aaa' sound as if they were seeing a ghost. Next, they recite a tongue twister and make words using letter boxes using different numbers of phonemes. Next, they read "Pat's Jam" out loud...
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Icky Fingers

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...
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Weekly Reading Test

For Students 1st
In this reading worksheet, 1st graders are tested on short o words.  Students read and write 10 words and choose 2 words to write three times each.