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Lesson 11 BL Group
Three different groups work simultaneously in this lesson. One group works on sight word review by holding up common words on flashcards and passing them around in a circle. Another group reviews word blending by pulling graphemes out of...
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Sight Words: blending a
Students use letter cards in order to practice blending consonants with the letter a. In this blending with a worksheet, students practice the word "at" for the a-t sound.
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"A" What Did You Say?
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound represented by the /ay/ correspondence. They spell different words containing the /ay/ correspondence using letter manipulatives, and identify words they hear the...
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Build a Word
Students explore new words through letters or letter groups. In this activity about words, students use index cards to build new words. Each index card contains one letter or letter group. Students utilize different strategies like...
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Sight Word Matching
Students explore English by participating in a match game. In this sight word vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Cat's Surprise and identify the sight words which they are unfamiliar with and need to review. Students identify...
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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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Alligator Printable Puzzle
Students complete a variety of literacy based activities related to a Letter A Alligator puzzle. They listen to an alligator book, discuss basic animal facts about alligators, simulate the movements and sounds an alligator makes, and...
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You Are Awesome, Mr. Oo!
For this reading worksheet, young scholars discover the short O sound and learn high frequency words "you" and "are" by making a book. Students assemble the 6 pages, then read the story which contains letter O words in the format "You...
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TH - That's the Truth!
Students identify the digraph /th/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /t/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new sound /th/...
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Introduce /P/
Pupils practice saying the 'P' sound, and review words that begin the letter 'p'. In this letter "P" lesson, students think of words that begin with the letter 'P' and pay close attention to their lips and mouth as they make the sound...
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Roger That!
Students study the letter R, r in order to recognize it, say its sound, and write it. They watch a partner's mouth as they make the "r" sound before repeating a tongue twister that contains many "r" sounds. Next, they practice writing...
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Mmm Mmm Good!
Students recognize the phoneme /m/. Through matching and listening activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify...
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I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
Students recognize the phoneme /h/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /h/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /h/ with its letter representation and identify...
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Slithering "S"
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it as the...
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Shape Recognition Games
Students explore shapes. In this math lesson, students identify basic geometric shapes. Students complete activities in which they identify shapes, symbols and letters. Students draw geometric shapes.
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Z pictures and words
In this word recognition worksheet, learners participate in matching up pictures to words that begin with the upper and lower case letter sounds of Zz.
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Hh- Beginning and Ending Sounds; Printing Practice
In this printing and phonics worksheet, 2nd graders color outline pictures of H and h. They say the Hh sound at the beginning of the name of 3 pictures and at the end of 3 pictures. They print for lines of H and h, circle three items...
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Introduce Silent-letter Words
First graders are introduced to silent letter words and practice their silent sound. In this silent letter words lesson, 1st graders take turns reading words with silent letters. Students sound out words and recognize the silent...
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Red Gets Fed
Students practice with the strategy that letters represent phonemes and spellings map out phonemes in spoken words. They work on the phoneme sounds of /a/ and e=/e/ in correspondences with reading. Each student also recites the tongue...
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs
In this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.
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"Tongue Tangle"
First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...
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Sound It Out!
Help your class improve their spelling skills. Learners take a test, are given a particular spelling rule to practice, and play a Bingo game. This employs various methods for practicing spelling skills.
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Pattern Power
Young elementary students will discover there are patterns all around them in their daily lives. In groups, they sort pattern blocks by size and color. Using the internet, they create their own type of patterns and share them with the...