Young learners participate in a guided reading activity. They will read the book Cat on the Mat by Brian Wildsmith. The teacher helps provide the group with reading strategies, and provides more one-on-one support during independent...

Students use phonograms to create pairs of rhyming words. After a discussion of nursery rhymes, students listen to an oral reading of "The Cat In The Hat." Through matching activities, they identify rhyming pairs and create their own...

Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words from the story...

Students read a story.  In this rhyming words instructional activity, students learn what rhyme is, read Gwendolyn the Library Fairy and identify rhyming words.

Students practice the strategies of phonemes and spellings maps to sound out new words. They work on the short vowel /a/ sound with a sentence strip with "Allie the Alligator sat on a mat eating apples," on it and the book, "Cat in the...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

First graders match rhyming words. In this rhyming instructional activity students play a game with a partner matching rhyming words and a coordinating picture. The student pairs make a list of rhyming words that fit with their game.

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then play a concentration matching game, listen to the book "Cat Traps," and...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...

Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...

First graders recognize the short vowel A in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...

First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...

Students investigate rhyming words. In this literacy lesson, students evaluate word pairs to discover rhymes. Students use a picture deck to rhyme words supplied by the teacher.

Students recognize the short vowel A in spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and picture worksheets.

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Students practice recognizing the phoneme /a/ in spoken and written words as well as by symbol. They interact with the book, "The Cat Nap," from Educational Insights and the Dr. Seuss book, "ABC's Book." Each student also plays a memory...

Pupils complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...

Students explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /a/ (short a). Students read and write words containing the phoneme /a/. They identify /a/ in written and spoken words. Students recognize the letter symbol for /a/ and find words with...

Students explore letters and phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /o/. Students recognize /o/ in both spoken and written words. They discuss the shape their mouths make when saying /o/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them identify...

Students distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading and...