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Printables
Scholastic

Folk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Spider and the Beehive

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Anansi the spider teaches young readers the importance of sharing with others in this fun African folktale. Offering clear illustrations and repetitive structure, this printable book is ideal for developing children's reading fluency.
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Printables
Scholastic

Folk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Ugly Duckling

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Engage young readers to explore classic fairy tales with their very own copy of "The Ugly Duckling." With clear illustrations and an easy-to-follow repetitive structure, this printable book is perfect for developing the reading...
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Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: F Word Sentences

For Students K - 1st Standards
F is for fantastic literacy activity! Young learners identify words that begin with the letter F, cut and paste pictures of those words to a activity, and then write sentences for each word they identify.
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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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Lesson Plan
David Suits

“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this instructional activity allows beginning readers to...
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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
Curated OER

Sounding out accuracy, Word Potato

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learning to sound out CVC words can be fun, when you turn skills practice into a game. Kids play "Hot Potato" by passing a bucket filled with phonetically regular words on cards. When the music stops, students choose a word and sound it...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Looks Like Snow

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Students listen to the teacher read the book, The Jacket I Wear in the Snow, and create vocabulary and graphic cards from the story.
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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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Unit Plan
Quia

Quia: Online Stories

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site focuses on beginning, medial, and ending sounds. It offers a collection of games, exercises, and activities to teach letter sounds including beginning letters, phonemes, and ending sounds to emergent readers. These sites...
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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Oodles of Cool Words

For Students 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 seek-and-find that is filled with /oo/ words. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: My Grandpa: Reading Muti Syllable Words

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
This printable instructional activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will read sentences that contain multisyllabic words and then identify pictures that contain the multisyllabic...
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Professional Doc
Phonics Guide

Papa Jan: What Is Phonics?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How can you define phonics? Take this opportunity to learn a little more about phonics and its relationship to letters and sounds.
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Unit Plan
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Compound Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This site offers lists of compound words (or teachers can import their own lists), student assistance to learn the words, and a spelling test to assess their learning. It also provides printable lists and worksheets.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Ug

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Interactive word game. Match the initial sound to spell the short vowel picture word. Vocabulary words: mug, hug, rug, bug.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Ink

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Interactive word game uses picture cues. Make a word by dragging the letter tiles to spell each short vowel word.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Vocabulary and Reading Go Hand in Hand

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be doing their own illustrations of the vocabulary words from "Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!" Students will also practice the skill of sequencing.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Compound Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This Java matching game has students match pairs of words that form correct compound words by clicking on the two words consecutively. Java is required.