Students examine the relationships that exist between ocean currents, wind and climate. Using those relationships, they discuss how they affect the oceans. They create their own music to represent the sounds of the ocean and share them...

Learners perform a series of tasks that integrate hands-on inquiry-based activities with the Internet to explore sound and acoustics. They develop an acoustics Web page to show what they have learned.

In this phonics learning exercise, students discover the sound of long vowel E by cutting apart 28 word cards with their corresponding picture cards. Students read the words and match the cards.

In this short a worksheet, 1st graders read a story using the high frequency words come, here, is, an, are, and some as well as words with the short a sound. Students create a student made book of the story and the pictures that accompany.

In this vowel worksheet, students trace the word beside a picture. All words have either the long e or long o sound. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and child when completed.

In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of words that all have R-controlled vowel "or" or the sound of O as in "fought". Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities on this page.

Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...

First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...

In this long u learning exercise, students read about the long u sound, then circle those pictures in a set whose name has the sound. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this sound and letter worksheet, students tell the sound that each of the eight words ends with. Parents first say each word to the child, then the child tells the sound the word ends with. For more fun, students choose five words...

In this ow-sounds spelling worksheet, 3rd graders complete 14 fill in the blank questions with missing spelling word letters. each blank gives a few letter clues in addition to a picture clue. Students must identify the "ow" sounding...

In this literacy and word usage worksheet, students complete several pages of activities that help them learn how to spell and use words with the sounds of ou, ow, oi, and oy as well words with the silent consonant sounds of b, g, gh, w,...

In this phonics/vocabulary learning exercise, students examine the sound of letter M by cutting and pasting words on a blank grid. The directions say "Cut. Glue. Write," but there are no pieces provided and it is unclear what students...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn 6 vocabulary words, each has the by, ny, ry or sy sound. First they practice writing each word, then they complete a word scramble and finally they write sentences with the vocabulary words....

In this spelling patterns worksheet, 2nd graders write six words that contain the short sound of e. They complete an unscrambling activity. Students write each word in a sentence.

In this recognizing words with the "ch" sound worksheet, learners read words spelled with "ch" at the beginning and illustrate them. Students draw 6 pictures.

In this recognizing words with long vowel sounds worksheet, students read the words and color the letters with long a and silent e patterns. Students color 8 words.

Young scholars observe language arts by reading children's stories in class. In this alphabetical lesson, students read the books The Sound of the Week and Alphabetivities and practice making letters using arts and crafts. Young scholars...

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.

Blend letters into different sounds using a series of posters on blended phonics sounds. It includes 36 pages of posters, including 18 sounds with accompanying pages with examples of words.

What do the words van, man, and pan have in common? The /an/ sound! Reinforce this target sound with this resource, intended for an audience with autism or other special needs. Your learners will see an image and the corresponding word,...

Follow the phonics train and get your special needs class on the reading track. To promote the /an/ sound and phonemic awareness, each page contains an image of a train, and each car contains an item. The word representing that item...