In this word blends learning exercise, students study the pictures and write the sk or sc blend that goes with each picture. Students find blends for 12 pictures.

Students listen to Brazilian folk music and discuss its various sounds and connections to today's music. They record sounds that define and represent the culture of their school and community.

Students describe Faulkner's use of time to structure the plot of The Sound and the Fury. They discuss the differences between first and third person narration and its effects on the novel. Discussion of the overall meaning is brought to...

In this listening and speaking skills worksheet, students will read 20 sentences each containing a misspelled homophone. Students will circle the misspelled homophone and write the correct sound alike word on the line.

In this animal sounds learning exercise, students write a list of animal sounds that they can think of. Students have 24 blanks to fill in for animal sounds.

Every beginning Spanish speaker needs to work on his or her pronunciation skills. This simple instructional activity provides learners an opportunity to explore the sounds ca, co, and cu. In addition to having your class complete the...

Ninth graders study how cities affect the environment and design an ecologically-sound city. They focus their study on the benefits and constraints of life on the Northern Great Plains.

Singing is a great way to reinforce memorization and reading skills. Read the song while showing the associated images, talk about each picture, show the image while the song is playing to reinforce the word to sound connection. This...

Practice your pronunciation and spelling to become a better Spanish speaker. This worksheet focuses on the sounds and syllable combinations of ka, ke, ki, ko, and ku. Learners use these syllables to complete a list of 10 words. 

Hone the pronunciation skills of your class with this worksheet. The target sounds/ letter combinations are ce and ci, and there are 20 questions to complete. Answers are included.

If Spanish language learners can learn to link specific sounds to their spelling, they'll be able to recognize more words in their daily life. This worksheet focuses on the syllable combinations of ba, be, bi, bo, and bu. Answers are...

Read a list of 20 words as your class members attempt to fill in the missing syllables for each word read. The syllable combinations of da, de, di, do, and du are the focus in this listening activity. After they complete the list, start...

Kindergartenrs explore English by analyzing images in a picture book. This lesson on the parts of speech calls for young learners to view a picture book in class and describe characters, settings and objects with adjectives. Then, as a...

Construct a maze in your classroom and have a blindfolded scientist act as a space rover, maneuvering unfamiliar terrain while another scientist plays commander. Classmates record the number of occurrences of the commander having to...

Practice matching letters to pictures of items that match those letters with activity cards. Each card features the upper- and lower-case letter, as well as matching items for additional practice.

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...

There are 10 classroom words located at the top of this instructional activity. Kindergartners match the word to the object in the picture, they write that word on the line near that object. This is a great way for them to recognize...

If your budding readers are new to rhyme, this is a visual way to give them practice. They examine familiar sets of objects, matching them to their rhyming partners by drawing a connecting line. Practice left to right skills by asking...

What rhymes with fox? Get learners engaged with rhyming words through this drawing worksheet featuring four single-syllable words for beginning readers. For each, they draw something that rhymes with the word. Challenge learners who need...

What a fun way to practice segmenting words into syllables! Engage learners by using their own names, spoken by Mico the puppet (or one of your favorites). Mico announces names slowly, syllable by syllable. If scholars have a...

Students compare and contrast narrative speakers in Faulkner's novel, The Sound and the Fury. They discuss Jason as a representation of the Compson's changing family structure. Students describe Faulkner's South in the context of the...

Students view video clips about sound and vibrations, explore how sound travels, and create their own sound waves.

Students examine word blends. In this word blends instructional activity, students investigate common word blends. Working in pairs, students analyze words containing blends and generate a word list.

Students explore phonetics by participating in a class game. In this alphabet sounds lesson, students collaborate in a ABC's activity where they identify a random letter, the sound it makes, and place it in it's correct spot on a mat....