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Blast-Off to Blending
Practice working with different phonemes in consonants and vowels. Sounds are written on squares that get put on a rocket to "blast off" and meet other sounds. The teacher first models blending, then reads the new words. Young readers...
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Itchy Ritchy
Itchy Ritchy can help your learners remember the /i/ sound! First teach young learners the fun tongue twister illustrating the target sound, and have them identify the target sound in other words. Use the reading Tim and the Top to...
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Everybody Get Ready
Learners identify and spell words containing the short /e/ sound. They rehearse a fun tongue twister which contains words emphasizing the short /e/ sound. They then read Red Gets Fed as a class. Have your group clap every time they hear...
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Iggy the Penguin
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...
David Suits
“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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Short o - Rhyming Words
In this short o rhyming practice worksheet, students study the 28 examples of words that feature the short o sound and that rhyme.
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Short a - Rhyming Words
In this short a rhyming practice activity, students study the 28 examples of words that feature the short a sound and that rhyme.
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Short i - Rhyming Words
In this short i rhyming practice worksheet, students study the 28 examples of words that feature the short i sound and that rhyme.
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Short e - Rhyming Words
In this short e rhyming practice worksheet, students study the 28 examples of words that feature the short e sound and that rhyme.
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Short Vowels
In this short vowel worksheet, learners sort words in a word box, placing them in the short e, short o or short u category, 18 words total.
Kelly's Kindergarten
Kelly's Kindergarten: I Sounds
Youngsters practice identifying, writing, and pronouncing long and short i sounds in common words. After cutting out vowel sound cards, they then paste the cards besides appropriate matching words, such as zip, ice, and six.
K12 Reader
Mom Will Find the Fox
Fox, box, shop, got... what do all of these words have in common? The short /o/ sound! Give your class some practice with the short /o/ poem by reading the poem on this worksheet. Learners also answer three included reading comprehension...
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Find the Rhyme
Which of these objects rhymes? There are four starter pictures here, each heading rows of three objects. Learners determine and circle the row object that rhymes with the first one. Then, they connect two of the CVC words with printing...
University of Texas
Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode and...
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Word Sort
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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Short "i" Words
In this spelling activity, 1st graders write each of the short "i" words two times each and rewrite the words adding an "s" at the end of each word. There are five words to write.
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Upper And Lower Case Ee- The Short E Sound
In this phonics and printing practice worksheet, learners analyze 3 pictures in each row. Students circle each picture that begins with short E sound, and make an X on each picture that does not. Learners make 1 example of upper and...
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Short Vowel A
In this identifying words with the short a vowel sound worksheet, students observe picture words and circle the pictures that have the short a sound. Students circle 6 words.
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Long and Short Vowel Sounds
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students identify the long and short vowel sounds in the given words. Student color the long vowels green and the short vowels yellow.
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Spelling Review
Kindergarteners can review short "o" spelling words in this colorful PowerPoint. Words include: "log", "jog", "stop", "pop", and "drop." Three additional challenge words are listed, also with short vowel sounds, including: "stamp",...
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Spelling Assessment
In this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders solve three riddles. Each riddle contains three clues for two pictured words. The first two riddles refer to words with the same vowel sound. The third requires students to apply the same spelling...
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Ehhhh?
Are your kindergarten learners working with the letter e and the sounds that is makes? They'll practice writing a capital e, hear the /e/ sound in a funny tongue twister, and then identify when the teacher is saying a word that uses the...
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Words With Short A Sound
While just a series of slides with lists of words containing the short A sound, this resource would be a handy tool in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. You could use this resource as a quick review of this sound. This...