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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words red, men, let, get, and was. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words got, fox, dog, not, and saw. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity - Short e Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short e words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity - Short i Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building instructional activity, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short i words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as drink, thick, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity - Short o Words

For Students 2nd
For this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short o words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as cross, doll, strong, and common.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity - Short u Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short u words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as luck, drum, bunch, and hundred.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity: Short i

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this short i worksheet, students write 5 short i words as they are called out, unscramble the words and find incorrectly spelled words in a series.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity (Short A Words)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short A word vocabulary building learning exercise, students study the 6 words in a word bank. Students unscramble the words, then use each in a sentence.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity- Short E Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this vocabulary building worksheet, students study 6 short E words. Students unscramble the words and use each in a sentence.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 2nd
In this short sound of u worksheet, 2nd graders write six words that contain the short sound of u. They unscramble the words. Students write each word in a sentence.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building - 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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Unit Plan
National Institute for Literacy

Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Silly Stories: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 2nd
Kids who need extra support with the concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic unit on silly stories, will benefit from this packet packed with skill builders, activities, exercises, and practice sets.
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Activity
Curated OER

Inspire a Life of Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Making letters out of goop, sight word bingo, tic-tac-toe vowels. Download this packet loaded with activities designed to engage beginning readers. Although designed for adults, many of the activities are appropriate for any age group.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Reading for Life

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Imagine a packet packed with reading resources designed for every grade and reading level. Imagine worksheets, graphic organizers, flash cards, activities, and exercises. This is just such a packet and is well worth downloading, 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Word Sort

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this word sorting activity instructional activity, students look through a story they have read and identify compound words, long e words, verbs, adjective, short a words, contractions, words with wh, feeling words, and words with...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

THE BLENDING SLIDE

For Teachers K - 1st
Your beginning readers will practice blending sounds with this hands-on activity! Each learner gets their own paper slide, cards with consonants, and cards with vowels. Then, after practicing as a class, they can blend consonant and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Short O Words and Short A Words

For Students K - 1st
For this vowel sounds worksheet, students say the names of 9 pictures. Students put an X on things that have short A names and circle the pictures that show short O words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Odd One Out

For Students Pre-K - K
There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice, tracing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ouch! I have a booboo

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ spelled ou from the short vowel /u/ spelled u. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Open Up and Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eerie Exits

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...