A set of beginner-level reading comprehension materials focusing on cloze passages for first graders. Covering topics like seasonal animal behavior and classroom expectations.
A comprehensive set of fill-in-the-blank phonics worksheets based on Words Their Way units 1-3, designed for first grade students to practice initial sounds, word families, digraphs, and blends.
A comprehensive packet of fill-in-the-blank sentences for Unit 4 through Unit 8 of the Letter Name-Alphabetic stage, designed for first-grade literacy practice with word banks and randomized sort ordering.
Covers final y as a vowel, plural endings with -ies, common prefixes (re-, un-, dis-, mis-), and a comprehensive review of patterns from Sorts 13-50.
A foundational phonics lesson focused on identifying initial consonant sounds, short vowels, and common blends through a fun jungle safari theme. Students will practice sorting pictures by their beginning sounds to build phonemic awareness.
Focuses on complex consonant clusters including triple blends (scr, str, spr, thr, shr, squ), silent consonants (kn, wr, gn), and variations of hard/soft c and g. Students will practice these intricate spelling patterns through context.
This lesson explores diphthongs and ambiguous vowel patterns including oi, oy, oo, aw, au, wa, al, and ou/ow. Students will practice identifying these sounds through context and word searches.
A comprehensive spelling assessment tool designed to identify specific orthographic strengths and weaknesses across five key phonics and spelling patterns.
Investigation into r-controlled vowel patterns including ar, are, air, er, ear, eer, ir, ire, ier, or, ore, oar, and ur patterns.
A comprehensive progress monitoring collection featuring 5 distinct word sets (75 words total) for tracking mastery of vowel teams and diphthongs. Each set includes a student reading list and a multi-trial teacher tracking sheet.
A progress monitoring tool designed to assess a student's ability to decode words with initial and final s-blends, r-blends, and l-blends. This lesson includes a student reading list and a teacher scoring checklist.
A comprehensive phonics lesson focusing on identifying and matching 100 CVC words grouped by their short vowel sounds.
Review of CVVC patterns and introduction to open syllables with long a, o, u, and i patterns across Sorts 18-24.
Foundational practice for Sorts 13-17, focusing on short and long vowel patterns including CVCe and CVVC for a, o, u, and e.
A comprehensive spelling packet focused on R-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur) with a Forest Ranger theme. Includes practice, games, and assessments.
A phonics lesson for kindergarteners to practice blending CVC words through visual cues and matching exercises. Students will identify pictures of common objects and connect them to their written CVC counterparts.
A hands-on lesson focused on mastering CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) sight words through tracing, visual recognition, and repetitive practice.
A comprehensive Grade 1 literacy test prep lesson focused on phonics, fluency, and comprehension strategies for the Arkansas ATLAS assessment. The lesson uses a fun space exploration theme to engage students in foundational skill-building.
Students become 'Sentence Architects' by using color-coded building blocks to construct complex sentences. This hands-on lesson focuses on the structural relationship between subjects, verbs, and descriptive phrases for K-3 learners.
A primary-level lesson focused on identifying and understanding compound words through a nature-themed scouting activity.
A phonics lesson focusing on the -ck digraph through an engaging animal story about a duck and a buck. Students will practice decoding, identifying, and writing words with the -ck ending.
A collection of wizard-themed games and activities focusing on Fundations Level 1 Trick Words from Units 5 through 9. Includes a board game, partner card game, and a comprehensive teacher guide for center implementation.
A collection of Grade 1 decodable passages focusing on bird adaptations, specifically beaks and feathers, featuring common North American and exotic birds.
A mystery set in a natural history museum where a rare fossil map goes missing, with tiered assignments for different grade levels.
A Grade 1 phonics lesson focusing on Vowel-Consonant-e (V-C-e) syllables and specific heart words, themed around birds and the purposes of their beaks and feathers.