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Letter Ee
In this letter e activity, students pronounce short e picture words and trace and print the lower case letter e. Students complete two activities.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short e
In this short e vocabulary worksheet, 3rd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their knowledge of the vowel short e.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short u
In this short u vocabulary worksheet, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short u.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a
In this short a vocabulary learning exercise, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short a.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short o
In this short o vocabulary worksheet, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short o.
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Practice Adding the ing Suffix
Second graders practice adding ing to words ending in one vowel and one consonant. In this adding ing lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher demonstration of adding suffixes to one vowel, one consonant words. They learn the rule...
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Ned's Red Guitars
In this phonics practice activity, learners examine 10 words that have "ea" in them. Students color the guitars with the long e sound red and those with the long a sound gray.
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Make a Word _ub
For this literacy instructional activity, learners trace the words that end with -ub. They write the words and create an illustration for a sentence.
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
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Spinning Short Vowel Game
First graders, in pairs, use spinners to experiment with different combinations of letters. They combine letters and determine whether they have produced a word or not. They construct and record words choosing letters from designated tiles.
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Here's the perfect resource for anyone using Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story the "Tell-Tale Heart." The packet includes five worksheets that provide skills practice exercises focusing on spelling with consonant blends, words with...
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Say it. Trace and Write in the O. Read it.
In this phonics worksheet, students identify nine pictures of items or activities that contain the short sound of o in them. Students trace the consonants in each word and write in the letter o.
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Emergent Literacy Design: Going to the Doctor
Learners complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. Like a doctor would, they look at each other's throats as they say "ahhh" and make the short /o/ sound. They say and make...
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Home Spelling Practice Review Unit 5
In this spelling review instructional activity, 1st graders read the four lists of short a and short e words and play a Clues game. Students complete 2 activities.
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Lesson 8 - Open Syllables
Just like scholars plug something in to close a circuit, they must plug a consonant onto a word to make closed syllables. Help learners distinguish between open and closed syllables with a series of activities that emphasize open...
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Bright Mice
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
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When A Says Its Name
Students are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by playing word bingo.
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Bud the...
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Letter Names
Students explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this word recognition lesson, students are shown a list of vocabulary terms which they practice reciting with their classmates. Students identify and...
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Astonishing "A"
Young learners gain phonemic awareness with this quick activity. First, point out what sound you’re focusing on today: /a/. Then spell basic words that use this sound, like fat, bat, cat, etc. As a culminating activity, the whole group...
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Polite Expressions
Practice effective oral language use. English learners especially, but any speaker/writers would benefit from this resource. Learners listen as the teacher reads each of 15 short scenarios. They circle the polite response to each...
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Vowel Change of Short E
In this language arts worksheet, students look for the pattern for changing the vowel "E" into the right form for writing the words in the Latin language.
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Flying High
In this beginning reading instructional activity, learners complete a picture by coloring spaces with words beginning with the same first sound as a kangaroo in black. They color spaces with the same beginning sound as a jack-in-the-box...
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The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters 2
In this recognizing silent letters in words worksheet, students read groups of words, identify the silent letter in each group of words, and write the vowel or consonant. Students write 6 short answers.