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Words and Letters Practice #11
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students practice saying letters and sounds of letters, read simple sentences, and practice high frequency sight words.
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If You Were Katy: Let's Play a Game
Students simulate sound effects from Katy and the Big Snow. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow, create sound effects for the objects in the book and practice sounding out beginning sounds for words. After sounding out the words,...
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Phonics and Letter ID
Students identify at least 46 of the 54 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet by name, sound, or example of a word that letter starts.
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Introduce silent-letter words
First graders practice reading words that contain a silent letter. In this silent letter words lesson plan, 1st graders look at words on the board such as lamb, sock, and knee and practice reading them without pronouncing one of the...
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Word and Letter Practice #6
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students say the name and sounds of given letters, read simple sentences, practice reading sight words and practice "chunks" of words.
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Introduce Double-letter Words
First graders practice double letter words. In this word study lesson, 1st graders are introduced to double letter words and pronounce them slowly. There is a helpful video with this lesson that explains and demonstrates on how to...
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Review Letters and Words: 28
In this reviewing letters and words instructional activity, students read sentences, read word chunks, determine syllables, and more. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Long Vowel O Words
In this vowels worksheet, learners recognize the long vowel O. Students are given a list of twenty-four words where they are to say the words out loud and circle all of the words that contain the long vowel O.
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The Sound Monster - Words That Make Sounds
Students watch as the teacher makes sounds with her hands. They think of a word to describe the sound. Students discuss the way the word sounds like the sound. They complete the "The Sound Monster Activity." Students are told that...
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Chrysanthemum Sound Boards
Students listen and match sounds such as rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds to build phonemic awareness.
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Word Families
This phonics PowerPoint presents sets of word families featuring /a/ and /o/. Each of the words is accompanied by a picture. Students practice sounding out each of the words.
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See It, Say It, Move It, Do It!
Learn two new letters a week with this activity! After learning the two target letters, the class will make an alphabet video "performing" each letter. The letter's name, sound, and a motion associated with it will be included in the...
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Drum Roll, Please!
Drill and practice phonemes, letter formations, written language, vowel correspondences, as well as consonant correspondences with youngsters. They will locate and identify the /b/ in written and spoken words from flash cards containing...
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Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch
Learners practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. For this phonetic awareness lesson, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Learners can...
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Long Vowels
Now here is a great set of activities that will make learning about long vowel sounds a snap. The activities cover two days and include vowel identification, reading, and several great games. Kids will hunt for long vowel words, play...
August House
The Ghost Catcher
Delve into a Bengali folktale with a series of reading comprehension activities. Before kids read The Ghost Catcher, they discuss the concept of reflections and mirrors. They then answer comprehension questions about the characters and...
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Vowels and Consonants
Now that your scholars know the alphabet, make sure they understand that not all letters are the same! Explore the difference between vowels and consonants...not to mention that pesky y. Learners say the alphabet out loud and observe...
Progressive Phonics
Short Vowel “A”
Support your phonics instruction with this beginner reading book that focuses on the short vowel /a/. The book is divided into four chapters based on the word families at, ad, an, and am. Letters and words used are c, a, t, s, m, n, d,...
Kelly's Kindergarten
Kelly's Kindergarten: Words that End in T
From hat and hut to rat and cat, youngsters review consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words that end in the letter t. They first cut out and paste provided images, and then categorize them based on their end sound (i.e. /at/ /et/ /ot/ and...
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Word and Letter Practice
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students name letters, say sounds, read simple sentences, and practice a set of sight words.
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Letter Recognition - o
In this letter recognition learning exercise, 1st graders examine 15 words in a box at the top of the page. They circle the words that begin with o. They read about the sounds that o makes, and examine 5 black line pictures before...
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Sound Search (Elementary, Reading/Writing)
Students learn initial sound recognition by walking through the school and its grounds looking for items that begin with the same sound as their first name.
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Dd Letter Recognition
In this letter recognition worksheet, 1st graders circle the words that begin with the letter d out of the 15 words shown in a box at the top of the page. They circle the pictures that start with the letter D and then color the 2 pictures.
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The Secret Garden - Punctuation 2
The second in a brief series of worksheets that focus on punctuating paragraphs about Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden, this resource requires learners to add in capital letters and periods. Pupils will need to read...