Cluster 3: Phonics and Word RecognitionArchived

In this close reading lesson, the teacher will read aloud Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. Students will answer text-dependent questions and explain the meaning of new vocabulary. They will identify sight words and choral read repetitive parts of the text. Students will identify the setting, characters, and important events (including the problem and solution) and record these on a story map. They will retell the story and create a tri-fold book with illustrations and sentences explaining the beginning, middle, and end of the story. After analyzing the text, students will draw and dictate or write to explain the problem and solution in the text.

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Students will begin by discussing the difference between letters, words, and sentences followed by a reading of The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni. After partaking in a fun sentence strip activity, students will be asked to practice their star writing skills by writing a sentence about a time that they were happy.

Type: Lesson Plan

The students will participate in reading the rhyming story The Crayon Box That Talked and help to generate words that rhyme with colors. Then, students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of rhyming words by completing a sorting activity.

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In this activity, students will identify the sounds of letters in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read high frequency words on a practice sheet in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read high-frequency words in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will take turns reading high-frequency word cards in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read and spell high frequency words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a memory game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a checker game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words by playing a card game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will practice reading fluently by reading teacher-selected text with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will practice rereading decodable text with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read phrases containing high frequency words in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read and match high frequency words on a game board.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly identify words on word cards as they are read aloud by a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read high frequency words on a practice sheet while being timed.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read words in the same word family by doing timed practices.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read words with the same rime in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will identify letters and their sounds in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will say the names and sounds of letters and consonant digraphs on a spinner in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match initial sounds to letters while playing a timed memory game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly write and name the letters of the alphabet. In an extension activity, students will say the sound for each letter.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will orally segment words represented by picture cards and write the corresponding letters on spaces in Elkonin boxes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating cards in a binder.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating a vowel slide.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read words with and without the silent "e" pattern.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read and sort words based on long and short vowel sounds.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a bowling game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a memory game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a baseball game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a "fishing" game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while they play a checkers game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment names of pictures into phonemes and use letter tiles to spell each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment names of pictures into phonemes and use letters to make each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using digraph and letter spinners.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will use consonant and vowel cards to make words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using consonant and vowel cubes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by manipulating one letter at a time.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will blend sounds of letters to make words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using onset and rime cards.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using onset and rime cubes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by matching and blending onsets and rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by matching and blending onsets and rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will sort words by rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by selecting various letters (onsets) to complete provided rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students select onsets (initial sounds) to complete words using pictures as clues.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using a variety of onsets (including blends and digraphs) and sliding rime strips (including short, long, and variable vowels). They will also determine if the new word is real or nonsense.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match initial, final, and medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters, filling in a missing letter for each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will determine if a sound, represented by a targeted letter, is the initial or final sound in a word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters while playing a spinner game. As an extension, students can also match initial or final sounds of words to letters.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters while playing a game. As an extension, students can also match initial and final sounds of words to letters.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sound picture cards to targeted letters while making a mobile.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sounds in words to the target letter on a train.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match final sound picture cards to letters/letter combinations that represent targeted sounds.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the final sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound. As an extension, the student can also match the initial or medial sound of a word to the corresponding letter.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represent that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match final sounds of words to corresponding letters while playing a pyramid game. As an extension, students can also match words with digraphs and vowel teams.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will select words (images) that have the same initial sound as their names.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that makes that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify letters of the alphabet within words in nursery rhymes. As an extension, the student may also identify high-frequency words within the text.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using letter tiles containing digraphs and vowel pairs.

Type: Student Center Activity