If your child is at reading level D or above, he or she may be ready to work on long vowel spellings.
Begin to introduce long vowel spellings to students at reading level D or higher. Students below level D should continue to review short vowels, but may also benefit from an introduction to long vowel sounds.
Long and Short Vowels: "A"
Long and Short Vowels: "A"
With this worksheet, your child will match picture names to creatures representing short "A" and long "A" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Long and Short Vowels: "E"
Long and Short Vowels: "E"
With this phonics worksheet, kids match picture names to items representing short "E" and long "E" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Long and Short Vowels: "I"
Long and Short Vowels: "I"
With this phonics worksheet, kids match picture names to items representing short "I" and long "I" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Long and Short Vowels: "O"
Long and Short Vowels: "O"
With this worksheet, kids match picture names to items representing short "O" and long "O" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Long and Short Vowels: U
It takes a long "U" sound to make "music"! On this worksheet, learn to distinguish long and short "U" sounds.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Spot the Silent E Words: Camping
Spot the Silent E Words: Camping
Kids play detective and practice phonics in this engaging silent e game.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Tangrams are shapes puzzles that can help your child build math skills.
Offer students hands-on tangram activities to help them understand that shapes can be put together to create new shapes.
Color a Tangram Template
Build reasoning and logic skills with a fun puzzle full of geometric shapes! Your little one can color his own tangram template in his favorite colors.
Shapes in the Forest
Use this fun outdoor-themed worksheet as you engage your students in identifying 2-D shapes!
Easy Tangrams Puzzle #10
Here's a fun challenge for little learners to build math and reasoning skills. Your child will re-create this picture using the geometric tangram shapes.
Follow the Shape Maze
Help! The rabbit is lost and needs to some help getting to her garden! Follow the squares to find the path.
Two-Dimensional Shapes
Trace, then color, then write, all while getting familiarized with basic shapes: circles, squares, triangles and rectangles.
Shapes Song
Kids learn simple shapes and their attributes in this sweet song.
Tangrams: An Ancient Chinese Puzzle
Tangrams: An Ancient Chinese Puzzle
How do you build spatial reasoning, critical thinking, and problem solving skills while doing something that is fun? With tangrams! In honor of Chinese New Year, this lesson introduces your students to the Chinese puzzle of tangrams.
Try incorporating some poetry into your reading routine! This can help your child review language arts skills.
Display poems around your classroom on chart paper for shared reading. Poetry is a great opportunity to practice fluency and to review blends, digraphs, long vowel spelling, and sight words.
Find the Letter S: Sally Sells Seashells
Find the Letter S: Sally Sells Seashells
How many S's does Sally have in her seashell tongue twister? Kids find and count each letter S in the silly poem on this kindergarten reading worksheet.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Find the Letter Z: Fuzzy Wuzzy
Find the Letter Z: Fuzzy Wuzzy
How many Z's does Fuzzy Wuzzy have in his tongue twister? Kids find and count each letter Z in the silly poem on this kindergarten reading worksheet.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Find the Letter Q: Five Little Ducks
Find the Letter Q: Five Little Ducks
How many Q's can your child spot in the Five Little Ducks poem? Kids find and count each letter Q in the rhyme on this kindergarten reading worksheet.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Complete the Poem: Cats
See if your preschooler can finish this poem using the rhyming words provided.
Preschool
Reading & Writing
Find the Letter V: Five Vipers
Find the Letter V: Five Vipers
How many V's do the vipers have in their rhyme? Kids find and count each letter V in the rhyme on this kindergarten reading worksheet.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Spring Senses Poem
Spring is here! You can feel it, hear it, smell it, taste it, and see it! In this spring lesson plan, students will create a spring poem using their five senses.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Five Senses Mystery Bags
In this fun mystery bag lesson, students will practice using their five senses to describe objects to their peers. This can be used as a stand alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the **Spring Senses Poem** lesson plan.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Is your child interested in a particular nonfiction topic, like sea animals? Extend learning by tying art into your studies. Have your child create a detailed drawing or painting of an animal they have studied.
As students begin to tackle nonfiction writing, provide them with leveled books on the subject they are learning, and ask them to include facts they gather in their writing. Tie in a fun art project with their writing to display at the end of the year.
Swimming in the Ocean
Practice creative writing with some simple sentence prompts. Fill in the holes to describe what it's like to swim in the ocean.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Blissful Blue Whale
This blissful blue whale offers a fun and educational coloring activity for your first grader.
Amazing Ocean Animals
There are so many amazing animals found in the ocean! Help your students decide on one animal to write and draw about as they practice their writing skills.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Writing about Turtles
Break out all of your informational books about sea turtles to help your kindergarteners learn even more interesting facts about this amazing sea creature!
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
What Lives in the Sea
Your student will research and identify the animal and plant life that live near the sea, using both her own knowledge and the help of the Internet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
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