RF.1 Lesson Plans
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1
:"Foundational Skills"
These lesson plans can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Multiple Meaning Motivation
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Multiple Meaning Motivation
Help your students' understand the English language with this lesson that teaches them that there are word "twins" that look and sound the same but have different meanings.
1st Grade
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Silent E: 1, 2, 3!
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Silent E: 1, 2, 3!
It’s easy as 1, 2, 3! In this lesson, students will explore the long vowels A, I, and O and learn how a silent E turns short vowels into long vowels. Students will use technology, music, and body movement to learn all about silent E.
1st Grade
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Rhyme and Writing
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Rhyme and Writing
Rhythm, reading, and writing make a perfect pair in poetry. Let your young writers practice these skills with the -at word family and common CVC words.
1st Grade
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Play With Punctuation
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Play With Punctuation
Featuring a series of hands on activities and worksheets, this ESL-friendly lesson will give your young writer a comprehensive overview of common punctuation marks.
Kindergarten
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A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game
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A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game
What do the letters A, E, I, O, and U have in common? They're all featured in this engaging reading lesson. Give your young learners a chance to play a version of Red Light, Green Light that doubles as a vowel review.
1st Grade
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Question or Statement
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Question or Statement
Are your students ready to learn about questions and statements? Well, this lesson is definitely ready to provide some help. Through playing a fun game, young readers will improve their language abilities.
Kindergarten
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Word Families: Bake a Cake
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Word Families: Bake a Cake
Let's bake a cake and take it to Jake. Kids will have fun discovering the -ake word family in this teacher-approved lesson on rhyming and vocabulary building.
1st Grade
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I See Long E!
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I See Long E!
I see a long E! In this lesson, your students will explore and find three different spellings for the long E sound. By the end of the lesson, they will be able to tell and read three different types of long E words!
1st Grade
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Short Vowel Round-Up
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Short Vowel Round-Up
Bingo! Short vowel word recognition turns into a fun and engaging game in this teacher-approved reading lesson. Your students will have a blast identifying vowel sounds and using their knowledge to fill in bingo spaces.
1st Grade
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Shake and Roll Vowels
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Shake and Roll Vowels
In this lesson, students pair up to play an educational dice game. By finding words and sorting them based on their vowel sounds, young learners will have fun while practicing their reading skills.
1st Grade
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Bugs On a Rug
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Bugs On a Rug
Which bugs go on the rug? In this bug-themed lesson, students will look for words that are similar and fit into the -ug word family! By the end of the lesson they will create their own bugs for their uniquely designed rugs!
1st Grade
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All Long Vowels Please Stand Up!
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All Long Vowels Please Stand Up!
Students will learn long vowel tricks to expose impostor vowels who “say” their name in this fun game that teaches the long vowel rule.
1st Grade
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Magnetic Sight Words
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Magnetic Sight Words
This simple review helps first-graders familiarize themselves with common words. By building their vocabulary, they'll simultaneously improve their reading skills.
1st Grade
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Ask an Ant About the Letter A
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Ask an Ant About the Letter A
This early reading lesson involves identifying pictures and making words with the short 'a' sound. Your kids will learn words with the initial, medial, and final short 'a' sound while having fun!
1st Grade
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Sight Word Salad
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Sight Word Salad
Your students will “eat up” this salad of sight words! In this lesson, your students will practice recognizing words that are tricky to spell.
1st Grade
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Fun with the Short I Sound
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Fun with the Short I Sound
Kids will be thrilled to fill their short "i" vocabulary banks using this lesson plan. It includes worksheets and oral activities to keep young learners engaged.
1st Grade
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Blending with S Blends
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Blending with S Blends
In this lesson, students use the visual of a blender to blend letters together to make smooth sounds they can identify independently.
1st Grade
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Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses
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Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses
It's rhyme time! Students will color-code rhyming words and put each one in its “word family house” with this fun rhyming mini book and fill in the "stair steps" writing activity page.
Kindergarten
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Punctuation: Lost and Found!
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Punctuation: Lost and Found!
Help, help! Some sentences are missing an end mark! Throughout this lesson, your students will solve the "mystery" of missing punctuation marks and learn the difference between a period, question mark, and exclamation point.
1st Grade
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I Have, Who Has? Sight Word Practice
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I Have, Who Has? Sight Word Practice
A fun spin on a classic game! This sight word game will help your students with their reading fluency and reinforce foundational reading skills. Students should be fairly fluent in reading Pre-Primer Dolch sight words prior to the lesson.
1st Grade
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Letter Roll Reading: Blending Sounds
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Letter Roll Reading: Blending Sounds
Read and roll! This interactive game can be used as an engaging activity or an assessment tool that allows you to easily monitor your students’ ability to blend phonemes together to create words.
Kindergarten
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Scavenger Hunt: I Can See a...
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Scavenger Hunt: I Can See a...
This lesson, which features The Eye Book by Theo Lesieg, will keep young learners engaged with scavenger hunt activities that test their observational skills.
Kindergarten
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Short Vowel Name Sort
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Short Vowel Name Sort
Short vowels can be found just about anywhere. One great place to look is inside your own classroom. In this lesson, students will enjoy going through the class list to sort the names of their peers based on short vowel sounds.
1st Grade
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Caterpillar Cut-Out Sentences
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Caterpillar Cut-Out Sentences
Help your students go through a writing skill metamorphosis with this teacher-approved lesson plan. By searching for words to create statements, questions, and exclamations, students will improve their own language skills.
1st Grade
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Ending Blends: Word Practice
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Ending Blends: Word Practice
Make reading as fun as A-B-C and 1-2-3! Introduce your first grade students to ending blends such as NK, LK, NT, MP, and ND.
1st Grade
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Pick Up the Phoneme!
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Pick Up the Phoneme!
Pick up the phoneme and practice! In this lesson, your students will practice their sense of sound-symbol relationship to develop solid spelling and reading skills.
1st Grade
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The -Ig Word Family
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The -Ig Word Family
Have a blast engaging your students with word families. This lesson will focus on -ig words that your students can see visually.
1st Grade
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Popcorn Sight Words
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Popcorn Sight Words
Help your students get comfortable with reading with this lesson that makes reading sight words into a game!
1st Grade
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Fun With Blends
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Fun With Blends
Give your students the extra motivation they need to master consonant blends. Hook them in with this exciting lesson on the L blend. Expose them to beginning blends such as FL, SL, CL, GL, and BL.
1st Grade
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Cooking Up Digraphs
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Cooking Up Digraphs
In this lesson, students take letter ingredients to cook up some digraphs.
1st Grade
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