Young readers should benefit from this basic PowerPoint which gives many examples of how the "at" sound can be used in a variety of words. A variety of consonants, and consonant blends, are put in front of the "at" sound to make many words.

Fourth graders complete a writing project and tutorial using word processing on a computer. They focus on voice, word choice, details, sentence variety, staying on topic, supporting details and connecting sentences. They edit, save and...

Learners need to know how to write a greeting letter.

Students will practice writing each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet. In this letter wriitng practice lesson, students observe the teacher write each letter on a dry erase board, then practice until each letter has been...

Students participate in an activity to find initial consonant "D" words.  In this phonics activity students find as many "D" words as they can. Students play again with various letters.

Students identify the shape of the letter their name begins with, then use their arms to trace the shape of the letters with their hands. They do this to the movement of music.

First graders are introduced to the sounds the letter b makes. Using the document camera, they view the letter b and take a picture of something in the classroom that begins with the letter. They share the item they found with the class.

Students learn a game of tag that is delivered in the format of a garden with a queen bee that is the tagger. They work on the skills of locomotor movements, spatial awareness, and letter recognition. The lesson includes a variation to...

Students locate their local or state legislator's address. They write and send letters to their local and state legislators critiquing their voting record on environmental issues and sharing their own views on these issues.

Students write a persuasive letter to someone they care about who smokes. They must use both logical and emotional appeals in their letter.

In this ESL friendly letter correction worksheet, students read a letter and look for the 20 mistakes. Students correct the errors in the friendly letter.

First graders explore animals and initial sounds. They create a slideshow by clicking and dragging background pictures, letters, animal pictures and sounds to accompany each slide. Students search for animals whose name is the same sound...

For this literacy worksheet, students practice creating words from the pictures for each worksheet. They should recognize the first letter to begin the word.

In this phonics worksheet, students follow directions and practice saying a list of 6 three and four letter words. Students first say the word, then say each sound each letter makes. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and child...

Students create and develop a play for "Liza and the Lost Letter". They discuss the setting and assign roles. They answer comprehension questions to end the lesson.

Learners identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...

Students explore groundwater and issues relating to groundwater. They discus the problems involving groundwater. Students write a newspaper story addressing groundwater problems. They create a comic strip addressing groundwater...

In this beginning sounds worksheet, students circle the picture in each column whose name begins with the same sound as the first picture.

In this letter words and pictures worksheet, students study the words that begin with e on the left and the picture on the right. Students connect the words to their matching pictures from the choices: easel, egg, elephant, and Easter egg.

Students develop a question they are interested in researching about the Civil War. After completing a webquest on the war, they write a letter to their partner using the information they gathered. They use peer editing to check for...

Students practice a hand motion to help them remember the short vowel sound of I. They answer a variety of questions focusing on the vowel sound. They repeat a tongue twister with the repetitive sound of I. They practice writing the...

In this writing worksheet, students practice printing capital B and lower case b. Students trace words and sentences beginning with Bb. Students copy sentences.

In this language arts worksheet, students examine a word search grid with no word bank. Students look for 29 three letter words which all begin with letter P and circle them and write them down.

In this beginning sounds worksheet, students circle the picture in each column whose name begins with the same sound as the first picture.