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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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Writing With Dolch
Students increase their skills in word attack, fluency, and spelling of words and research and find information on topics from the Internet. They then use the Quick Cam with the computer and will increase cooperative skills in small...
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Bud the...
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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...
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"Contraction Action"
Students read and spell common contractions formed from a verb paired with the word not. They read and spell common contractions formed from a pronoun paired with a verb.
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Ch Ch Ch Ch ....Here Comes the Train!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the digraph /ch/. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then listen to different words and identify the words containing /ch/. Students then listen to the book "Chicka Chicka Boom...
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Lazy O
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /o/...
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Made You Mad
Students explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme. They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them. Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel differences. ...
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Firemen Fighting For /F/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /f/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter F. Students then listen to the book "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish," and identify the...
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Literacy by Design: Theme 5 & 6
In this literacy and word usage worksheet, students complete several pages of activities that help them learn how to spell and use words with the sounds of ou, ow, oi, and oy as well words with the silent consonant sounds of b, g, gh, w,...
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Ribbit, Ribbit
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /r/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter "R." Students then look at a stack of flash cards and identify the words beginning with the /r/...
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Short Vowel Review
First graders practice short vowel sounds. In this literacy lesson, the teacher demonstrates the short vowel sounds, then guides students through practicing the sounds and making words. Students complete a worksheet for independent...
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Cherry Pies and Lullabies
It this vocabulary practice worksheet, students read 5 sentences and fill in the blanks in each of the sentences with 1 of the high-frequency words from the word bank.
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Unvoiced and Voiced /th/ Worksheet
In this th word instructional activity, students write the part of speech and voiced or unvoiced choice for words containing th. Students do this for 18 words.
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Learn the Color Orange
In this early childhood color recognition and handwriting worksheet, students practice writing the word orange by tracing the word and then writing the word on their own. In addition, students draw something orange.
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Learn the Colors Black and White
In this early childhood color recognition and handwriting worksheet, students practice writing the words black and white by tracing the words and then writing the words on their own. In addition, students draw something black and white.
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Learn the Color Brown
In this early childhood color recognition and handwriting worksheet, students practice writing the word brown by tracing the word and then writing the word on their own. In addition, students draw something brown.
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Learn the Color Pink
In this early childhood color recognition and handwriting worksheet, students practice writing the word pink by tracing the word and then writing the word on their own. In addition, students draw something pink.
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Jake's Tale
In this phonics activity, learners circle and write 4 words with the long /a/ sound.
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Peg the Hen
In this phonics activity, students investigate the sound of the short vowel /e/. Students rhyme and write words.
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Robot and Mr. Mole
In this phonics worksheet, students circle and write four words with the long /o/ sound to match pictures.
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Pete's Sheep
For this language arts learning exercise, learners investigate the long /e/ sound by writing four words corresponding to a picture.
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Zac The Rat
In this literacy activity, students complete words with the short /a/ vowel sound. They use the pictures for clues.
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Sky Ride
For this long /i/ sound instructional activity, students circle the words with the long /i/ sound and then write each word in the blank to match the picture.