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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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Fun Fonix: Say it. Find it. Write it. X it.
For this phonics worksheet, students respond to 6 questions by saying the word represented in the picture, finding the word from the wordbank at the bottom of the page, writing the word, and placing an X over the word in the wordbank.
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Short e, Long e Spelling Activity
In this spelling activity activity, students rewrite the words with short e and long e sounds on the lines. Students spell 20 words.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 2: Short A
In this spelling instructional activity, students learn to spell a list of ten words. All contain the short A sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
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Word and Picture Match
In this word and picture matching worksheet, students read 4 short vowel words in one column. Students draw lines to match the words with pictures in another column.
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Vowels: Long and Short i
In this vowel worksheet, students sort a set of pictures in list whose name have either the short or long i sound. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Boom Chicka Boom
Pupils recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, students identify the phoneme and letter combination through listening and matching...
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Elmer the Elephant
First graders recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...
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Lazy O
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /o/...
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letter a
In this letter a worksheet, 1st graders will focus on both the long and short vowel sounds. Students will study 12 pictures and decide if the word contains a long or short sound and circle the correct answer accordingly.
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Gus the Duck
In this spelling learning exercise, learners fill in each sentence with the correct word or letter. The practice of using the right kind of sentence structure is done.
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Mox’s Shop
For this grammar worksheet, students trace and write short /o/ words next to a picture.
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The Big Hit
In this literacy activity, learners look at pictures, trace, and write letters to make CVC words with a short /i/sound.
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The Big Hit
In this instructional activity, students fill in the blanks with short /i/ words that rhyme with "big."
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan
Pupils recognize and spell sets of words with r-controlled vowels. They become familiar with r-controlled spelling patterns.
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Vowel Sounds - Short Aa Words
In this short "Aa" worksheet, 1st graders use the number code and find the letters for each number to spell out the small words. Students spell 20 words.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 1: Short O
In this spelling activity, students learn to spell six words in a list that all contain the short O vowel sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
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Short Sound of A Maze
In this short A worksheet, students help the cat get through the maze by following the path of words that have the short A sound. Students also alphabetize the words from the maze that have the short A sound.
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Short and Long O Cut and Print Worksheet
In this phonics cut and print worksheet, 3rd graders cut out pictures of words that contain the short and long o sound. They print the word on the elementary line below the picture.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan
Students explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.
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Under the Umbrella
Learners explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They use letterboxes to spell 'u' words, identify 'u' = /u/ in written words, and play the 'Under the Umbrella' game.
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The Doctor Said Open Up and Say /o/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to the book "In the Big Top," and write down the words from the...
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Phonics: Build-a-Word With U
For this build-a-word worksheet, students look at six pictures, connect the letters that spell each picture and then write the word connected on the lines provided.