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Hilarious Honker
Students investigate sound vibrations by experimenting with a cup. In this sound waves lesson plan, students utilize a paper or plastic cup, string, and different household items to create different sounds by plucking the string or...
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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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Marvelous Muffins!
Students study the letter "m" in written and spoken words by making the sound, reciting a tongue twister, and writing the letter. They identify the sound in words and in Laura Joffe Numeroff's book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin". Next,...
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Sound- Alike Words 5- Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills
In this literacy activity, students read the definition of homophones at that top of the page before reading 15 sentences. They underline the incorrect word in each sentence and write the proper homophone on the line next to each sentence.
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Short a - Short e – Short i – Short o – Short u
In this vowels reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the short a, short e, short i, short o, and short u sounds as they read several words.
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My Family
For this literacy activity, students practice using the words that end with the letter y. Pupils color words with the long /i/ sound and long /e/ different colors.
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Short a - Short e – Short i – Short o
In this short vowels practice worksheet, students listen for the short a, short e, short i, and short o sounds in 22 groups of words as they read them.
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Word Building
In this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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Long O Trace the Words
In this letter o worksheet, 1st graders will read words that have the letter o sound. Students will then trace 8 words and draw a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.
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Homophones
In this words that sound the same worksheet, students read 3 sets of different homophones and then fill in each blank in 6 sentences with the appropriate homophone that completes each sentence correctly.
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Phonics Activity
In these phonics worksheets, students complete 7 different activity activities that help them learn word sounds including vowels and consonants.
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Keep It Hot
Students design and conduct an experiment to explore the insulating abilities of different materials for keeping a liquid in a paper cup warm. A small group of lab partners test four different materials: black paper, white paper,...
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Consonant Clusters Activity Sheet 4A
In this initial consonant blends worksheet, students complete a word search puzzle where they look for 8 different words with the initial consonant blend of "pl", "cl", "gl", or "fl".
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Initial Blends
In this consonant clusters worksheet, students fill in the missing initial blends for the words. Students fill in cr, gr, fr, pr, tr, and dr to make each word match the picture. Students find nine different words.
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Harder Homonyms
In these homonyms worksheets, students complete two different word search puzzles that give clues and the words to help them identify homonyms.
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Vowel Sounds and Spellings
In this vowel worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions, selecting the word that comes next in a rhyming sequence. Answers and explanations are given.
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How Does Sound Behave?
In this sound worksheet, students will brainstorm the cause and effect of sound and how sound behaves in different situations. Students will complete a graphic organizer.
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Mystery Word
Help spellers hear words that have the same beginning letter in them and guess the letter. Each speller has a piece of paper where they are to write down the letter once they have identified it. For instance, the teacher will say, "may,...
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Aaaa! It's A!
Exercise phonemic awareness of the vowel /a/ to help children become successful readers. They connect spoken phonemes to written grapheme's and create a relationship between the vocal gesture of /a/ and its grapheme map in text and words.
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Tomato Exploration
Create tomatoes in 15-20 minutes using this fun and interactive lesson plan! Learners listen to a book about tomatoes (recommendations listed), and focus on the vocabulary word tomato. They count the syllables...
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Phonics Blend Learning Cards
Blend letters into different sounds using a series of posters on blended phonics sounds. It includes 36 pages of posters, including 18 sounds with accompanying pages with examples of words.
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Alphabet Poems
Develop fluency with a variety of works. Help kindergartners use multiple strategies to understand text and decoding. They will create an alphabet poem book on Kid Works 2 to illustrate and write their own poem. In the end, they will...
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Big-Time Band
Students explore various instruments used in different types of bands. They listen to a recording of sounds from different instruments and different types of bands. They choose their favorite instrument and make a life size outline of it...
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The Unseen Ocean Floor
Students build ocean floor structures, then map and model an unfamiliar ocean floor. They are introduced to bathymetry and sea floor features, and discover one of the most widely usd methods for studying the ocean.