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Iggy the Penguin

For Teachers K - 1st
Take your young word detectives on a hunt for the /i/ sound. Use the tongue twister about Iggy the penguin to help learners identify the target sound. Then learners are given several words, and they have to use their detective skills to...
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Home Spelling Practice: Short I, Long I

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have short or long vowel I. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities as well.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short U, Long U

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of short or long vowel U. Students write the words one time. There are additional suggestions on the page for at-home activities.
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Learning Short a and Long a sounds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short O, Long O

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of either short O or long O. Students write the words one time each. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 1: Short A

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 6 words. All words contain the short sound of vowel A. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.
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Lesson Plan
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
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Starfall

Short O Label the Picture

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine a detailed picture depicting a group of animals on a camping trip. Students label six short/o/ nouns in the picture using the word bank.
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1st Grade Spelling: Short o

For Students 1st
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice learning exercise, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the short o sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Starfall

Zac The Rat

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students complete words with the short /a/ vowel sound. They use the pictures for clues.
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Vocabulary Building Activities

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these four building vocabulary worksheets, students view vocabulary word lists, use definition clues, unscramble letters, and write sentences using each vocabulary word. Students write twenty-one answers per worksheet.
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The oo Sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
Investigate spelling patterns that make the /oo/ sound in this labeling worksheet. Scholars read a brief introduction explaining the different vowel pairings that make the long /oo/ sound, along with word examples. Then, they write words...
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Connect the Rhymes

For Students Pre-K - K
Pre-readers benefit from visual context clues like the ones in this rhyme worksheet. There are two sets of objects here, and scholars connect objects on the left with their rhyming counterparts on the right. Each word has the vowel...
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Find the Rhyme

For Students Pre-K - K
Find the rhyming word. All of these rhyming, single-syllable words have the short i sound, but learners have to determine which ones they are. There are four starting objects each heading a row of three objects. They examine the three,...
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Cleveland Metro School District

Novel Lesson for The Giver

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lois Lowry's The Giver is one of the most engaging and thought-provoking works of literature in the middle school curriculum. Round out your novel unit with a collection of reading activities, comprehension questions, memoir and journal...
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short A

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this short a vocabulary building worksheet, students write the short a spelling words, unscramble the words, find the words written incorrectly and rewrite with the correct spelling.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short e

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words ten, tell, yes, yet, and from. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the words damp, match, track, trap, pattern, insects, and travel. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a sentence writing activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short i

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the words pin, bid, ditch, drill, trim, digit, and pint. Students use the words in a memory activity, word scramble activity, and sentence writing activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short a Words

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short a words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short i

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short i words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short e Words

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short e words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short o Words

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short o words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short a Words

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 long a words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...