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Phonological Awareness Lesson Plans

Sometimes, even teachers need a helping hand when it comes to explaining complex subjects. The below phonics lessons plans were designed as a complete package to both meet standards and achieve real learning. Try out hearing beginning sounds lesson plans with students who are having trouble identifying the first letter in words and you’ll see marked improvement at the next class spelling bee.

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Sight Words

Use this fun lesson plan to practice identifying common sight words and rhyming words with your el's. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rhyming Words for Kindergarten

Rhyming Words for Kindergarten

It's no crime to learn how to rhyme on a dime. This delightful reading lesson teaches kids about rhyming words and where they can be found.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

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Helpers in Our Community

Helpers in Our Community

In this lesson, students will have the chance to discuss community helpers! They will explore people who help them everyday and then complete an expressive activity.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fun With Blends

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

Reading & writing

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Reading Round Up!

Reading Round Up!

Preschoolers can have a range of reading abilities. Find out what they know about letters and reading with this lesson plan!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Phonological Awareness

Phonological Awareness

Use this helpful phonological awareness lesson to introduce or review the beginning and ending sounds in CVC words with your ELs. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Color it Out lesson plan.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Blending Sounds and Spelling Words

Blending Sounds and Spelling Words

Use this fun kinesthetic awareness and spelling lesson to help your ELs practice identifying and blending together the sounds in common CVC words. Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for **Letter Roll Reading**.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Caterpillars and the hard C sound come together in this colorful lesson. With help from the ever-popular *The Very Hungry Caterpillar* by Eric Carle, students will learn about metamorphosis while developing their phonics skills.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rhyming Words for Pre-K

Rhyming Words for Pre-K

Get your students ready to read by practicing rhyming words. Engage your class by introducing families of easily identifiable rhyming words.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Letter Roll Reading: Blending Sounds

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

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Ending Blends: Word Practice

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

Reading & writing

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Practicing P!

In this lesson, students will learn to identify the letter P, create the sound the letter P makes, and complete activities to go along with it! This lesson reinforces letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and writing skills.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rhyming Words with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Rhyming Words with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Help your students become shining stars with this lesson that uses "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" to teach them about rhyming pairs. Students will make the connection between spoken and printed words while making a dazzling star.

Preschool

Reading & writing

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“I Am Thankful For…”

“I Am Thankful For…”

Finding reasons to be grateful is a big part of the Thanksgiving season. Students won’t forget these reasons once they write them down!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Cooking Up Digraphs

Cooking Up Digraphs

In this lesson, students take letter ingredients to cook up some digraphs.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Listening for Beginning Blends

Listening for Beginning Blends

This is a perfect lesson plan to use when introducing or reviewing beginning blends with your EL students! Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the **Blending Sounds** lesson plan.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Color It Out

Reading simple words can be a lot of work for young learners, but by adding in a cooperative game, everyone wins in this fun filled lesson. Students will be filled with pride as they master how to isolate sounds.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Green Eggs and Ham: Comparing and Contrasting Text to Media

Green Eggs and Ham: Comparing and Contrasting Text to Media

This lesson features the beloved story of Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. After working through some rhyming challenges and completing Venn diagrams, your students are sure to improve their reading comprehension skills.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Blending with S Blends

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

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rhyming with Sam I Am

Rhyming with Sam I Am

"Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss is a favorite for children and grown-ups alike. In this lesson, your students will focus on Dr. Seuss's use of rhyming words in the story.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fruit Salad: Phonemes and Syllables

Fruit Salad: Phonemes and Syllables

Stay active and encourage healthy eating with favorite fruits. This lesson emphasizes multiple core learning competencies including phonological awareness and greater than and less than number concepts.

Preschool

Math

Lesson plan

Same Sound Sort

Same Sound Sort

What does that begin with? In this lesson, students will work on sorting pictures with the same initial consonant.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Phonics Puzzle

Introduce your class to the way words are formed using individual letters with this hands-on activity. Students will practice important prereading skills, while having fun making silly new words.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses

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

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Keep rainy days at bay with this activity that makes the rhyme *Rain, Rain, Go Away* come to life. Students will illustrate a rainy day while learning about rhyming pairs.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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