Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 4 - Consonant Blends
Old, ild, ind, and ost may sound like a foreign language, but they actually represent common final consonant blends. Help learners recognize and pronounce consonant blends with step-by-step instructions, including scripted conversations....
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...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Connected Text, Rereading Decodable Text
Using a familiar decodable text, pairs take turns reading sentences. The partner who isn't reading follows along silently, helping if needed. They alternate sentences until the entire book is finished and then reverse to read the other...
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The Y Sound
In this word recognition learning exercise, students examine 3 pictures and identify the words that represent them that have the y sound. Students also think of a word with the y sound and draw their own picture of it.
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Letter Dd
In this printing worksheet, students write 2 lines of lower and uppercase A's. Students also form the words dog, draw, and desk and color in a related illustration.
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Word Recognition: R
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 5 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.
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Word Recognition: S
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 5 pictures and match the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.
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Word Recognition: P Matching
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 5 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.
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Ending Sound Picture - Word Crossword Puzzle
For this ending sound recognition worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by saying the name of 6 pictures before filling in a crossword puzzle. They fill in the letter that makes the ending sound of the name of each picture.
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Rhyming Words, phonemes, Word Recognition: D
In this online interactive vocabulary skills activity, students match the 6 words listed to the appropriate pictures. Students may submit their answers to be scored. All of the words begin with the letter D.
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Letter M Cut and Paste
In this letter M worksheet, learners color the letter M pictures and then cut the pictures out. Students glue the pictures that start with the /m/ sound to the letter M.
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Cool Cat: The Letter C
In this letter C worksheet, students color "c's" found on a picture of a cat . Students then circle yes or no beneath pictures to tell if they hear the hard c sound at the beginning of each.
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Swimmy Swim Swiftly
Students examine the letter 's'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They listen to a story and identify words with the /s/ sound by...
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Move the Sounds
Use cut out letters to make beginning sounds, blends, and word families that ultimately make new words. Learners move around physically as they hold the letters to make the specified blend or word. Assessment suggestions are included.
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Get to Know Your Neighbor
First graders accurately name letters with their phonetic sound. In this letter recognition lesson, 1st graders respond to a question about summer when their name letter is called. Students describe a summer experience.
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Short Vowel U Sound
In this short vowel u worksheet, students say the names of pictures with the short u sound, then color each of the 4 pictures. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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What Begins With Bb?
Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students match letter sounds to a variety of pictures using the program "Kidspiration".
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The Sound of D
In this letter sounds worksheet, learners practice learning the letter D by tracing the uppercase and lower case letter Dd. Students then say the names of the pictures in each box and color the pictures that start with the D sound.
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What's My Sound?
Students follow a power point presentation to practice the sounds each letter of the alphabet make. In this 'what's my sound' lesson, students apply word recognition strategies and demonstrate listening and comprehension skills to build...
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Letter K Ending
In this letter sounds worksheet, 1st graders find words that end with the letter 'k' sound. Students color the pictures that end in the letter 'k' and glue them into the book. Students find four words that end in 'k'.
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Fun Fonix: Ss
In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case S and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.
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Fun Fonix: Rr
In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case R and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.
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Fun Fonix: Ff
In this phonics activity, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case F and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.
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Fun Fonix: Hh
In this phonics instructional activity, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case H and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.