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1st Grade Common Core: RF.1.2a

Common Core Identifier: RF.1.2a / Grade: 1
Curriculum: Reading Foundational Skills: Phonological awareness
Detail: Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
223 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned worksheets found:
Use this word wheel to practice words ending in -ck.
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Students can use a bingo dabber, marker, or crayon to color the circles that have words with a long i sound in them.
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Students can spin this world wheel to make the words jet, wet, get, net, let, set, yet, and pet.
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Students can use this word wheel to learn the words tool, pool, spool, drool, fool, cool, and stool.
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Cut out and sort the word cards into 2 groups: long e words and short e words.
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Trace and say the words that start with the v sound. Then color the pictures.
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This set includes more, sore, tore, wore, store.
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Your students can cut, color, and assemble this Christmas-themed mini-book as a fun way to practice Christmas vocabulary.
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Have your students trace and say the words with the y sound. They can also color in the pictures.
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This printable phonics activity is a fun way for students to differentiate words that have a short i sound by marking or coloring them.
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Students will cut out the six Christmas words on the bottom of the page and match the pictures to the correct vowel sound. After they will write that word on the primary-ruled lines next to it.
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Students can trace and say the words with the x sound. They can also color the pictures.
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Sort the word cards into two groups: long a and short a words.
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Cut out the words and rearrange them to form sentences. Try to use at least one Christmas word for each sentence. Use the lined paper to write down the sentences you make.
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These word and pictures cards can be used for a variety of different learning centers and class activities. Match the Easter words with the pictures. (If you prefer a full color version of this file, please click the "alt" button below.)
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This phonics worksheet involves coloring to distinguish words with a short u vowel sound from the other words.
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Use this word wheel to make the words bike, like, spike, hike, and strike.
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For this phonics worksheet, use a red marker or bingo dabber to color the circles that have a long i sound and a blue marker or bingo dabber to color the circles with a short i sound.
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This word wheel includes the words dig, big, pig, wig, twig, and fig.
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Trace and say the words that start with the b sound. You can color the pictures too.
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This word family wheel has the words boat, goat, float, and throat.
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Students can pick a color to use when coloring in the circles on this phonics worksheet to identify words that have a long u vowel sound in them.
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Use this phonics word wheel to practice the words pen, hen, men, ten, den, then, and when.
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The circles on this worksheet that contain words with a long u sound are to be colored blue and the circles with words with a short u sound should be colored red.
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Use this worksheet to practice tracing and saying words that start with the w sound. You can color the pictures too.
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Read the paragraph and highlight the long-a words. Then write the long a words on the lines.
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This printable card activity can be used in many different ways. This file features 30 cards (15-word cards and 15 color picture cards). The ALT version contains a black-and-white version of the cards.
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Trace and say the words that start with the letter z. Then you can color the pictures too!
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Challenge your students to find all of the words on this worksheet that have a short o sound. Once found, color in the circle with a crayon, marker, or bingo dabber.
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This file contains picture and word cards. You can use them to play a memory match game, for sorting activities, or any number of early literacy activities.
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Students will use scissors to cut apart the 18 cards and sort the words into 2 groups: Long i words and Short i words
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This word wheel features the words gain, rain, main, brain, pain, chain, drain, and train.
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This easy-to-read phonics poem has lots of short a words in it, such as cat, fat, glad, mat, tan, bad, and sad.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Trace and read the /h/ words, and color the pictures.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /d/ sound.
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This booklet includes the words kid, key, king, kite, and kitten.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /b/ sound.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words toys and tent.
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Phonics word wheel: glad, mad, sad, dad, and bad
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Trace and say the words that start with /r/ and color the pictures.
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The moon comes out too soon!  When I look out of my room, I see that the moon is out at noon.
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Trace and say the words that start with /p/ and color the pictures.
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Where is the zebra? There is the zebra. Where is the zoo? There is the zoo. Where is the zipper?
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Write the words that contain the /m/ sound.  Includes word list.
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There are three ways to pronounce suffix -ed. Sort the words into three different pronunciation groups.
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This phonics wheel has the words pine, line, dine, and mine.
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The -ear phonics circle has hear, near, pear, and tear.
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This word wheel includes the words tuck, luck, truck, and duck.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words man and mug.
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Trace and say the words that start with /k/ and color the pictures.
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Sort the /f/ words into five word groups: fa-, fe-, fi-, fl-, and fo-.
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The van is over there. The vase is over there. The vet is over there.
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Trace and read the /d/ words, and color the pictures.
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Read the words hat, ham, house, hand, and more.
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Write the correct b-word for each picture. Includes a word list.
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Sort the words into two groups: those that make the /s/ sound (like grass and spell) and those that make the /z/ sound (like has and was).
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The letters ow make a long o sound, as in show, or an /ow/ sound as in owl. Sort the ow word cards into two groups.
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Read about the snake sneaks through the grass looking for a snack. She snoops by the wood pile when she hears a snap.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words roof and rose.
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In this short o book, Fox hops in a box, then on mom, and then in a pot.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /p/ sound.
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Phonics wheel with -ight words: sight, bright, right, light, might, and light.
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Spin the circles to make the words: rat, bat, that, sat, mat, and cat
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short o words in it, such as odd, on, spot, dot, and dog.
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These words include how, now, cow, pow, and wow.
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Sort the /L/ words into three categories - words that begin with L, words that have an L in the middle, words that end with L.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /j/ sound.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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I see the star and the sky. I see the snow and the sled. I see the snake and the sand.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words cow and cat.
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This mini-book features a cow, cup, cat, cap, can, cap, and cake.
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Trace and say the words that start with /s/ and color the pictures.
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Color the short i words in the puzzle to reveal a picture. What picture do you see? A fish!
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Chad and Chip are chipmunks who play chess, chat, and chase each other.
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Cut the letters and glue them in order to make the word quilt.
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In this long i book, a girl lies to her mom about eating pie, cries when she hurts her arm, and needs help tying her shoe.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /n/, words that have /n/ in the middle, and words that end with /n/
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Phonics word family wheel: new, knew, grew, and drew.
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Spin the circles to make the words: than, pan, can, man, ran, and fan.
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short e words in it, including wet, pet, fetch, and better.
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This phonics wheel has the words dip, sip, lip, tip, and rip.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /l/ sound.
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Sort the /h/ words into five word groups: ha-, he-, hi-, ho-, and hu-.
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Trace and read the /f/ words, and color the pictures.
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Mom, mug, mop,mess, mat, milk, and mug are all featured words in this marvelous little book.
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Sort the /b/ words into five word families: -ab, -eb, -ib, -ob, and -ub.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /t/, words that have /t/ in the middle, and words that end with /t/
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /s/ sound.
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Circle the six short a words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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I see a sheep. Baa. Baa. I see a duck. Quack. Quack. I see a pig. Oink. Oink.
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Write the correct word for each picture (quilt & queen).
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Read about three friends: Rat, Cat and Pat. Rat and cat sit on a comfy mat, then they sit in a hat. They find they're most comfortable when they sit on Pat.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /n/ sound.
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This word family wheel has the words lock, stock, and rock, dock.
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Phonics word wheel: friend, lend, spend, send, bend
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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The queen won't be quiet and the duck won't stop quacking!
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Write the correct hard-c word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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In this mini-book, students will read about a bat, a boy, a bug, a bed, a bike, a ball, and a baby.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words six and star.
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Color the short a words to reveal a mystery picture. What picture do you see? A bat!
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Read about a family who gets in a car, goes too far, and follows a star.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the letters Qu.
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Do you see the bee? The bee is in a tree. The bee is on a seed. The bee in on a leaf.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words nest and net.
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Phonics word wheel: well, spell, tell, bell, smell, and sell
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Words in the -ail family include: sail, pail, mail, and fail.
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short e words in it, including beg, egg, get, pen, red, and end.
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This word family wheel has the words look, took, shook, cook, book, and hook.
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Trace and say the words that start with /l/ and color the pictures.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /h/ sound.
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Write the words that have the /d/ sound in them. Includes word list.
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That is my pan. That is my pet. That is my pen. That is my pool.
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Trace and say the words that start with /b/ and color the pictures.
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Trace and say the words that start with /t/ and color the pictures.
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Circle the six short u words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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Write the words that contain the /r/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Mr. Goat puts his boat in the moat.  His boat will not float.  He plugs the hole with his coat.
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Write the words that contain the /p/ sound.  Includes word list.
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After taking off her shoes and walking on the shore, the main character goes to the shake shop.
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Sort the /m/ words into five categories - ma-, me-, mi-, mo-, and mu-
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Words that end with -ing, including: sing, wing, thing, king, swing, and ring.
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This phonics spinner has meal, real, seal, heal, teal, and steal.
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This circle includes but, cut, gut, shut, and nut.
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Write the correct k-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words gift and goat.
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Write the correct d-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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This book features pictures of glue, grass, a garden, and a girl.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words ball and bug.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /t/ sound.
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Read about Stacy's car. It will steer and stop, but not start. Can Steve fix Stacy's car?
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words rat and ring.
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In this long u book, a boy uses his crayons to draw a unicorn, the USA, and a cube.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words pig and pen.
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Have you seen my yo-yo? Have you seen my yarn? Have you seen my yard?
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /m/ sound.
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short u words in it, such as puppy, dug, tub, rug, and tummy.
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This phonics wheel has the words sick, trick, thick, pick, stick, and kick.
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Word family word wheel: saw, law, paw, straw, and claw
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These words include got, lot, cot, and dot.
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Trace and say the words that start with /m/ and color the pictures.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words ball and bug.
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Here is my truck. Here is my toy. Here is my tent and my tree and my turtle.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words cup and cake.
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This mini-book features a fox, fish, foot, fly, fan, farm, and frog.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /s/, words that have /s/ in the middle, and words that end with /s/
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Circle the six short i words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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Find words with -ea- and -ee- in this easy-to-read, eight-page minibook. Words include, beat, heat, sleep, bees, leap, sea, free and street. Students assemble and color the pictures, then read the book.
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Trace and say the words that start with qu and color the pictures.
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Run, Bug! Run! is a cute story about a bug who runs away from the rug (because a vacuum is coming), runs away from a mug (because he doesn't want to be swallowed), and runs away from the tub (because the water is turned on).
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Write the words that contain the /n/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Phonics word family wheel: west, test, best, pest, chest, and nest.
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Words in the -and family include sand, hand, land, and stand.
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short i words in it, such as drip, sink, quick, slip, and sink.
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This set includes top, stop, hop, and chop.
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Write the correct M-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Sort the /f/ words into five word groups: ja-, je-, ji-, jo-, and ju-.
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Color the words that have the /f/ sound in them.  Includes word list.
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We see a web. We see a wagon. We see a wasp. We see a wall.
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Trace and say the words that start with the hard-c sound and color the pictures.
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Read the story about a jet, jelly, jar, jeep, and jacket.
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Find pairs of contractions and pairs of goofy monsters in this memory match card game.
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Write the words that contain the /s/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Circle the six short o words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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Find words with -ow- and -ou- in this easy-to-read, eight-page minibook. Words include, "cloud, cow, round, brown, flower, loud, and owl. Students can color the pictures and read the book.
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Write the correct /r/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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In this long o book, a boy rows his boat. When he drops his oar in the water, he needs a tow.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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This phonics wheel has the words time, dime, lime, chime, crime.
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Spin to make the words: map, tap, slap, flap, and nap.
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short o words in it, such as stop, hot,top, pot, and hopping.
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These words include tub, club, cub, and sub.
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Write the words that contain the /l/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Trace and read the /j/ words, and color the pictures.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /f/ sound.
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Do you like the rat? Do you like the ring? Do you like the rose?
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the hard-c sound.
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In this book, students will read about a dog, doll, duck, deer, dress, door, and a drum.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words snow and sled.
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Circle the six short e words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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Color, assemble, and read this 8-page mini-book about blue and black berries.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the word queen.
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Read about the adventures of Jen. First, Jen chases butterflies with her net. Then it rains and she gets wet. Then she lays in a tent.
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Trace and say the words that start with /n/ and color the pictures.
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This phonics wheel has the words price, slice, rice, mice, and nice.
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This word wheel has tall, mall, call, ball, fall, and wall
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short i words in it, such as pig, prince, jig, wig, and sit.
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Phonics word wheel: sit, quit, lit, bit, and slit.
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Write the correct L-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Sort the /d/ words into five word families: -ad, -ed, -id, -od, and -ud.
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Do you see the net? Do you see the nut? How about the note? The nest?
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Write the words that contain the /b/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Write the words that contain the /t/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Write the correct /s/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /r/, words that have /r/ in the middle, and words that end with /r/
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Who is this? This is the police officer? Who is this? This is the bus driver. Who is this? This is the doctor. Who is this? This is my teacher.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /p/, words that have /p/ in the middle, and words that end with /p/
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Kay-Kay! is a story about a young horse. There are plenty of easy-to-read long a words, like play, say, way, and hay.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Words that end with -ink, including: think, stink, sink, and wink.
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Black and white version: sweep, sleep, deep, beep, keep, and sheep.
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Make your own word family, phonics word wheel!
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /k/ sound.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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These 8 pages feature a log, leaf, lamp, lamb, lion, lock, and lizard.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Write the correct /t/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Spin the circles to make the words: rag, bag, tag, sag, snag, and wag.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /r/ sound.
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Two friends will bake a cake for Mike's birthday. Silent-e words include: bake, cake, smoke, nose, and face.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words pot and paw.
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This is a box. This is a fox. This is an ax. This is an ox.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words mat and moon.
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This short vowel phonics poem has many short u words in it, such as hug, buggy, bump, rug, up, and cut.
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This phonics wheel has the words pin, tin, and thin.
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Phonics word families:  plate, gate, state, mate, and late.
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This set includes tug, mug, rug, dug, and plug.
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