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IzzyWizzy
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Tin Man Fix It," and identify the...
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Icky Sticky Hands!
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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Icky Sticky Piggy
Pupils examine the letter 'i' and the short /i/ sound. Through instruction and modeling they explore how to make the short /i/ sound, how the letter 'i' is written, etc. They recite tongue twisters and read stories and pick out words...
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An Icky Sticky Mess!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter I. Students then view flash cards and identify the pictures containing the short /i/...
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Aaaa Choo!
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell words...
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The Old, Creaky Door
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and handwriting activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Sticky Ricky!
Students explore letters and phonemes. They identify the short vowel i in spoken and written words. Students discuss a meaningful representation for the sound. They practice reading and spelling words with the i sound. Students read "Tin...
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Say /o/
Ollie the octopus is occupied! Use this tongue twister to help youngsters learn the /o/ sound. After practicing the target sound, learners should print the letter. When they are familiar with the letter and its sound, the group will...
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Nick's Sticky, Icky Fingers
Young scholars examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories...
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Icky Sticky Inchworm
Pupils examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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"The Scary Letter...aaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Students study the /a/ using the hand gesture and 'aaa' sound as if they were seeing a ghost. Next, they recite a tongue twister and make words using letter boxes using different numbers of phonemes. Next, they read "Pat's Jam" out loud...
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Uh??? I Don't Know
Young scholars explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They recite tongue twisters and read with a partner, 'Fuzz and the Buzz.' They practice writing 'u' words and draw a...
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Ew...That's Iiiicky!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Tin...
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Uh...I Don't Know!!
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They practice writing lower and uppercase U's. In pairs, they create and recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words.
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The Crying Baby
Students practice recognizing phonemes with letters emphasizing the /a/ in spoken words and by letter symbols. They interact with Elkonin boxes, letter manipulatives, the book, "A Cat Nap," and a poster with a tongue twister on it.
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Things That Make You Say Aaaa!
Young scholars discuss how to identify the a=/a/ in spoken words. They discuss a meaningful representation for the sound and a letter symbol. They identify the /a/ sound in words. Students read a story and blink their eyes when they hear...
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Iiiihhh...That's Icky Sticky
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter "I" and the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister and write the letter "I." Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word in each pair that...
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Icky Sticky
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They identify names of items with the short /i/ sound in them and...
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Beginning to Read
Young scholars explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They identify short /u/ words...
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Uhhh...Did I Do That?
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore the letter u as it makes the short /u/ sound. They recite short /u/ tongue twisters and using Elkonin letter boxes, they spell words with the letter u. They also practice writing...
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Can you cry like a baby?
Students practice the strategies of phonemes and spellings maps to sound out new words. They work on the short vowel /a/ sound with a sentence strip with "Allie the Alligator sat on a mat eating apples," on it and the book, "Cat in the...
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I Scream for Ice Cream!
Students determine that correspondences appear differently in different words. They discover the difference between long and short vowels and that these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently. They review the i=/i/ and ...
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Crying Baby
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the short a sound. Students discuss the shape their mouths make when saying /a/. They read familiar words with the /a/. Students read "The Cat In The Hat." They identify words with the short a sound.
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Practice Adding the ing Suffix
Second graders practice adding ing to words ending in one vowel and one consonant. In this adding ing lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher demonstration of adding suffixes to one vowel, one consonant words. They learn the rule...