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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:
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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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 use this word wheel to learn the words tool, pool, spool, drool, fool, cool, and stool.
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This set includes more, sore, tore, wore, store.
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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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Use this word wheel to practice words ending in -ck.
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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 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 can spin this world wheel to make the words jet, wet, get, net, let, set, yet, and pet.
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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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Students can trace and say the words with the x sound. They can also color the pictures.
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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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This word wheel includes the words dig, big, pig, wig, twig, and fig.
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This word family wheel has the words boat, goat, float, and throat.
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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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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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Trace and say the words that start with the b sound. You can color the pictures too.
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Sort the word cards into two groups: long a and short a words.
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Use this word wheel to make the words bike, like, spike, hike, and strike.
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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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Read the paragraph and highlight the long-a words. Then write the long a words on the lines.
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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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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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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 word wheel features the words gain, rain, main, brain, pain, chain, drain, and train.
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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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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 mini-book features a cow, cup, cat, cap, can, cap, and cake.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words roof and rose.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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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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Spin the circles to make the words: rat, bat, that, sat, mat, and cat
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Write the words that contain the /m/ sound.  Includes word list.
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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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Trace and read the /f/ words, and color the pictures.
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This booklet includes the words kid, key, king, kite, and kitten.
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Circle the six short a words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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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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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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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 /s/ sound.
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Phonics word wheel: friend, lend, spend, send, bend
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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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Sort the /f/ words into five word groups: fa-, fe-, fi-, fl-, and fo-.
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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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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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Phonics word family wheel: new, knew, grew, and drew.
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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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Trace and say the words that start with /p/ and color the pictures.
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Sort the /h/ words into five word groups: ha-, he-, hi-, ho-, and hu-.
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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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This word wheel includes the words tuck, luck, truck, and duck.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /b/ sound.
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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 o words in it, such as odd, on, spot, dot, and dog.
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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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Cut the letters and glue them in order to make the word quilt.
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These words include how, now, cow, pow, and wow.
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Trace and say the words that start with /k/ and color the pictures.
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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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This short vowel phonics poem has many short e words in it, including wet, pet, fetch, and better.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words cow and cat.
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There are three ways to pronounce suffix -ed. Sort the words into three different pronunciation groups.
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Read the words hat, ham, house, hand, and more.
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Trace and say the words that start with /r/ and color the pictures.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /l/ sound.
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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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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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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /d/ sound.
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The -ear phonics circle has hear, near, pear, and tear.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /n/ sound.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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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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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words man and mug.
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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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This word family wheel has the words lock, stock, and rock, dock.
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Trace and say the words that start with /s/ and color the pictures.
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This phonics wheel has the words pine, line, dine, and mine.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /p/ sound.
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Trace and read the /h/ words, 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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Write the correct b-word for each picture. Includes a word list.
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Phonics word wheel: glad, mad, sad, dad, and bad
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Phonics wheel with -ight words: sight, bright, right, light, might, and light.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words toys and tent.
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Write the correct word for each picture (quilt & queen).
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /j/ sound.
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Chad and Chip are chipmunks who play chess, chat, and chase each other.
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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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Trace and say the words that start with /t/ and color the pictures.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the letters Qu.
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This set includes top, stop, hop, and chop.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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The queen won't be quiet and the duck won't stop quacking!
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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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Write the correct hard-c word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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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 mini-book features a fox, fish, foot, fly, fan, farm, and frog.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words rat and ring.
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Trace and say the words that start with /l/ and color the pictures.
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Have you seen my yo-yo? Have you seen my yarn? Have you seen my yard?
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Circle the six short i words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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Write the correct d-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Word family word wheel: saw, law, paw, straw, and claw
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Sort the /m/ words into five categories - ma-, me-, mi-, mo-, and mu-
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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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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Trace and say the words that start with /m/ and color the pictures.
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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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Words that end with -ing, including: sing, wing, thing, king, swing, and ring.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words six and star.
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This phonics wheel has the words sick, trick, thick, pick, stick, and kick.
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Write the words that contain the /n/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words gift and goat.
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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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Read about Stacy's car. It will steer and stop, but not start. Can Steve fix Stacy's car?
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Phonics word family wheel: west, test, best, pest, chest, and nest.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /t/ sound.
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Write the words that contain the /p/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Read about a family who gets in a car, goes too far, and follows a star.
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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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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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Trace and say the words that start with qu and color the pictures.
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Write the correct k-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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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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Words in the -and family include sand, hand, land, and stand.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /m/ sound.
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This circle includes but, cut, gut, shut, and nut.
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Write the words that have the /d/ sound in them. Includes word list.
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This book features pictures of glue, grass, a garden, and a girl.
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Write the words that contain the /r/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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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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This word family wheel has the words look, took, shook, cook, book, and hook.
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Circle the six short u words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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This phonics spinner has meal, real, seal, heal, teal, and steal.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words nest and net.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words ball and bug.
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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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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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Phonics word wheel: well, spell, tell, bell, smell, and sell
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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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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words pig and pen.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /h/ sound.
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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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These words include got, lot, cot, and dot.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words ball and bug.
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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 i words in it, such as drip, sink, quick, slip, and sink.
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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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This phonics wheel has the words price, slice, rice, mice, and nice.
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Write the words that contain the /s/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words pot and paw.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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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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This set includes tug, mug, rug, dug, and plug.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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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 o words in it, such as stop, hot,top, pot, and hopping.
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Write the words that contain the /t/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the word queen.
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These words include tub, club, cub, and sub.
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Sort the /f/ words into five word groups: ja-, je-, ji-, jo-, and ju-.
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Do you like the rat? Do you like the ring? Do you like the rose?
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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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Match the words and pictures that begin with the hard-c sound.
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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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Read the story about a jet, jelly, jar, jeep, and jacket.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /r/ sound.
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Write the correct L-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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This is a box. This is a fox. This is an ax. This is an ox.
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Circle the six short o words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Phonics word families:  plate, gate, state, mate, and late.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /f/ sound.
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Circle the six short e words in the box, then write the words in alphabetical order.
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Write the correct M-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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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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Words that end with -ink, including: think, stink, sink, and wink.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words snow and sled.
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This phonics wheel has the words pin, tin, and thin.
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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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Two friends will bake a cake for Mike's birthday. Silent-e words include: bake, cake, smoke, nose, and face.
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Find pairs of contractions and pairs of goofy monsters in this memory match card game.
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Spin the circles to make the words: rag, bag, tag, sag, snag, and wag.
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This phonics wheel has the words time, dime, lime, chime, crime.
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Write the correct /t/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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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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Trace and read the /j/ words, and color the pictures.
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Color, assemble, and read this 8-page mini-book about blue and black berries.
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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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In this book, students will read about a dog, doll, duck, deer, dress, door, and a drum.
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Write the correct /r/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /k/ sound.
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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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Spin to make the words: map, tap, slap, flap, and nap.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words mat and moon.
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Make your own word family, phonics word wheel!
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Sort the /d/ words into five word families: -ad, -ed, -id, -od, and -ud.
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These 8 pages feature a log, leaf, lamp, lamb, lion, lock, and lizard.
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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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Write the words that contain the /l/ sound.  Includes word list.
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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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Phonics word wheel: sit, quit, lit, bit, and slit.
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Write the correct /s/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Black and white version: sweep, sleep, deep, beep, keep, and sheep.
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Trace and say the words that start with /n/ and color the pictures.
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Color the words that have the /f/ sound in them.  Includes 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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