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Long Vowel or Short Vowel

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long and short vowel sounds worksheet, students examine 16 words and identify their vowel sounds as long o, short o, long u, or short u.
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Long Vowel – Letter E

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this vowel sound worksheet, students examine 4 pictures and the words that represent them. Each of the words is missing the letter e needed to make the long e sound.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Schwa "er", "or"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling learning exercise, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All words have the "er" or "or" ending sound. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Wild for Watermelon

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this multiple skills worksheet, learners identify long and short vowel sounds in words and sequence the life cycle of a watermelon. Students write 14 answers.  
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Sizing Up Sound

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the concepts of sound waves and frequency. As a class, they listen to the differences between different types of instruments. To end the lesson, they practice identifying low and high pitches and playing...
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Sounding Out the Symbols

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the Mississippi state quarter and the Magnolia blossom. They discuss the "m" sound and other words that begin with "m". They discuss symbols that could represent their school and design a school quarter.
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Sound Boxes

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language fluency by identifying word segments. In this word structure lesson, students utilize words from their vocabulary lesson, dissect them into syllables and sound out their individual parts. Students participate in...
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The Letter C- Sound and Printing Practice

For Teachers 2nd
In this phonics and printing practice worksheet, student say the sound of Cc at the beginning of words as they name the pictures on one side of the worksheet, and say the ending sound of Cd as they name pictures on the right side of the...
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Hh- Beginning and Ending Sounds; Printing Practice

For Teachers 2nd
In this printing and phonics worksheet, 2nd graders color outline pictures of H and h. They say the Hh sound at the beginning of the name of 3 pictures and at the end of 3 pictures. They print for lines of H and h, circle three items...
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Blow That Sound!

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letter F sound worksheet, students participate in singing a song to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" Students will learn the proper pronunciation of the consonant F by singing this song.
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Home Spelling Practice: Consonant Sound J

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that all have the J sound of soft G. Students write each word one time on the lines.
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Science Activity 2: Light & Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Little learners experiment with sunlight and map out how light travels. Using a mirror and slotted card, they find out about items that can reflect or absorb the light. They experiment with a variety of materials to find out how light...
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Science Activity 1: Light & Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Are you looking for lab sheets to go with your class experiment on plant response to light? You are no longer in the dark! This is a lesson that was written for a unit on light, but could easily be used to demonstrate plant behaviors in...
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Introduce -wh

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice the wh- sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students read the letters "wh" from the board and practice the sound of the letters. Students repeat the sound after the teacher and continue to practice using this sound by...
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Reintroduce -th

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize and pronounce the /th/ sound. In this pronunciation of the /th/ sound lesson, students speak only if the sound is /th/.
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Here's the Pitch

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners define pitch, measure varying amounts of water into containers, make predictions about the sounds made when striking the containers, put containers in order from highest to lowest pitch, and create their own sound patterns with...
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The Listening Walk

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play instruments that reflect sounds in the story: hoots, toots, creaking, shrieks, clacking, crunching, whooshing, etc. They make vocal sounds from the story: whispered, sniffled, sigh, giggled, croaked, laughed. The...
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Low and High with Ives

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the Poem "The Elephant" by Shel Silverstein and create a descriptive web in the shape of an animal. In this cross curricular music lesson, 1st graders recite a poem with rhythm, then listen to the song "The...
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Musical Imagery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experience musical imagery. They link this musical concept to literary imagery to gain an understanding of the use of imagery in both genres. After listening to a varriety of sounds, students will compose and perform a melody.
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TE Lesson: Habitat Mapping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the current technologies used in mapping resources in the marine environment. They look at remote sensing, sounding, and underwater vehicles. They examine image from the benthic habitat produced by the GIS in...
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Creating a Thunderstorm

For Teachers 1st
First graders contrast sounds and make a thunderstorm rhythm.  In this rhythm activity, 1st graders listen to Native American music and make an original rhythm with their hands and feet.  Students discuss Native Americans.
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Phonemic Awareness Infusion

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students explore and describe various kinds of work experiences and skills practicing the regular past tense -ed sounds. They practice pronouncing those sounds with verbs within their reading passages as well. In addition, they repeat...
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Short Vowel Movements

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use gestures to recognize the short vowel sounds.  In this cvc lesson, students use a cue to recognize the vowel sound.  Students practice various words with the cues. 
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The Big Hit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall instructional activity, students build sound letter...