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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonemic Awareness Instructional Routine: Rhyme

For Teachers K Standards
As a class, kindergarteners identify rhyming words. The teacher provides an example of a rhyming pair and explains why they rhyme. Individual learners then respond by saying a word that rhymes with a given word.
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Unit Plan
University of Texas

Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...
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Activity
Have Fun Teaching

Feeling Bright, Green and Proud (words with R-Blends)

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
What words begin with an r-blend? Group each picture card into the correct category according to its initial consonant blend. After they complete the list, have kids write words into each box in the worksheets. Fun and educational for...
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Activity
Have Fun Teaching

Brick Breaker: Initial Consonant Blends

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Practice initial consonant blends with a fun, interactive game! Choose the sounds you'd like to practice, and then have kids place the appropriate pictures for their brick breaker boards. Spin the spinner to select a blended sound, and...
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Printables
Curated OER

Alphabet Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Update your classroom decor with this series of colorful alphabet displays. Showing both upper- and lowercase letters with vibrant pictures representing each, these posters will fit nicely in any primary grade classroom.
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Achieve3000

Discriminating Phonemes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Word a Day

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Students create a word bank of sight words. Each student creates his/her own personal word bank, and creates pictures to illustrate the word.
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Graphic
Other

Darlene Dittus: Free Phonics Lessons

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Click on any of the ten interactive charts to hear different letter and letter-blend sounds and see corresponding words and pictures. In addition, over sixty printable phonics lessons provide word lists and practice activities for the...
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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Check It Out!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This printable phonics worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will complete a crossword with words that include /ou/ and /ow/ diphthongs. An answer key and lesson extension are...
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Unit Plan
Other

Effective Decoding Instruction: Six Syllable Types

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Can you name the six syllable types? Explore this informative website to learn more about this part of the English language. Don't miss out on this educational resource.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Matching More Vowels

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
You can be victorious with vowels. This interactive game matches long and short vowel words and pictures. Master all three levels.
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Professional Doc
LD Online

Ld Online: Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site from the LD OnLine focuses on beginning reading and phonological awareness for students with learning disabilities. Check out the information presented in this informative article.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Vowels Save the Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A short animation that explains the role that vowels play in making words. With reinforcement for pronouncing select vowels and consonants.