- Recognize and produce rhyming words.
- Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
- Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
- Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
- Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
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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.
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In this 5-day lesson, students will engage in a variety of activities using the beloved Dr. Seuss books, Green Eggs and Ham and Wacky Wednesday. Students will explain the roles of the author and illustrator of a story. They will identify rhyming words in the stories and produce additional words that rhyme. Students will answer text-dependent questions to complete a story map and sequencing graphic organizer about each story. Using the graphic organizers, students will retell the stories. Finally, students will choose their favorite Dr. Seuss book and write an opinion statement telling why the book is their favorite.
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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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This activity introduces the concept of segmentation and blending words.
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Students will listen and recognize rhyming words using poetry or rhyming books.
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Student Center Activities
In this activity, students will segment the onset and rimes of words represented on picture cards. They will then identify the blends, digraphs, and vowel teams that represent each part.
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In this activity, students will substitute specific sounds in words to create new words.
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In this activity, students will delete the second phoneme in an initial blend and select the picture that represents the new word.
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In this activity, students will decide which phoneme has been changed by comparing two pictures.
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In this activity, students will sort pictures based on the location (initial, medial, final) of phoneme substitution.
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In this activity, students will delete initial phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word. In an extension activity, students can segment and count the phonemes in each word and sort by the number of phonemes.
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In this activity, students will delete final phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word.
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In this activity, students will delete initial phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word.
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In this activity, students will segment and blend phonemes to make words by playing a picture card game.
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In this activity, students will segment and blend phonemes in words using Elkonin boxes.
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In this activity, students will segment phonemes in words by playing a counting game.
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In this activity, students will segment and count phonemes in words while playing a board game.
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In this activity, students will segment and count phonemes in words and sort by number.
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In this activity, students will isolate initial, medial, and final phonemes by comparing pictures.
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In this activity, students will isolate medial phonemes by listening to words and choosing a picture that has the same medial sound.
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In this activity, students will isolate final phonemes by listening to words and choosing pictures with the same ending sound.
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In this activity, students will identify initial phonemes in words represented by objects. As an extension, students may also identify the medial and final phonemes.
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In this activity, students will sort pictures based on vowel sounds (long and short).
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In this activity, students will match medial phonemes by playing a card game.
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In this activity, students will match medial phonemes by playing dominoes.
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In this activity, students will match final phonemes by playing a board game.
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In this activity, students will match final phonemes by playing a memory game.
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In this activity, students will identify initial phonemes to match picture cards.
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In this activity, students will match initial phonemes by sorting pictures.
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In this activity, students will match initial sounds to letters while playing a timed memory game.
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In this activity, students will make words by matching and blending onsets and rimes.
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In this activity, students will sort words by rimes.
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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.
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In this activity, students will determine if a sound, represented by a targeted letter, is the initial or final sound in a word.
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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.
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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.
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In this activity, students will match medial sound picture cards to targeted letters while making a mobile.
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In this activity, students will match medial sounds in words to the target letter on a train.
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In this activity, students will match final sound picture cards to letters/letter combinations that represent targeted sounds.
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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.
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In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represent that sound.
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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.
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In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.
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In this activity, students will select words (images) that have the same initial sound as their names.
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In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that makes that sound.
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In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.
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In this activity, the student will manipulate phonemes in words by substituting initial, medial, or final sounds to create a new word.
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In this activity, the student will manipulate phonemes in words by deleting the beginning or ending sound to create a new word.
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In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words and sort the words (picture cards) based on the number of phonemes. As an extension activity, the student can also sort picture cards based on the number of syllables in the word.
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In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will isolate initial, final, and medial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will isolate medial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, students will use final sound clues to identify objects.
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In this activity, the student will identify initial phonemes in words. As an extension activity, students can also identify the final sound in words and count the syllables in each word.
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In this activity, students will match medial phonemes in words. As an extension, students can also match objects with the same initial or final sounds.
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In this activity, the student will match final phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will match final phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.
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In this activity, the student will manipulate onsets and rimes in words.
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In this activity, the student will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. The student will also match rimes by identifying rhyming words.
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In this activity, students will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. They will also match words with the same rime (rhyming words).
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In this activity, the student will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. As an extension, the student will produce a rhyming word to match the picture.
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In this activity, the student will segment and blend syllables in words.
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In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.
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In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.
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In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.
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In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.
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In this activity, the student will segment sentences into words. This skill is typically taught prior to the segmentation of syllables. To fully align to the standard, this activity will need to be extended to include the segmentation of each word in the sentence into syllables.
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In this activity, the student will segment sentences into words. This skill is typically taught prior to the segmentation of syllables. To fully align to the standard, this activity will need to be extended to include the segmentation of each word in the sentence into syllables.
Type: Student Center Activity
In this activity, the student will segment sentences into words. This skill is typically taught prior to the segmentation of syllables. To fully align to the standard, this activity will need to be extended to include the segmentation of each word in the sentence into syllables.
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In this activity, the student will recognize and produce rhyming words.
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In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.
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In this activity, the student will recognize and match rhyming words. As an extension activity, the student will match words based on initial sounds.
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In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.
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In this activity, the student will identify rhyming words by completing a closed sort. As an extension activity, the student will complete a closed sort based on initial sounds.
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In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words. As an extension, the student can segment the onset and rime of matching pairs.
Type: Student Center Activity
In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.
Type: Student Center Activity
In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.
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In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.
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In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.
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