Phonics Teaching Resources for 1st Grade
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Initial Sounds - Fingerprint Art Activity
A cute way to keep track of the single sounds that have been introduced to your students.
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Phonics Assessment - Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
Test your students' knowledge of the uppercase and lowercase letters in the alphabet with this assessment kit.
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Letter Sound Digital Task Cards
Explore letter sounds with your students using this Alphabet Letter Sounds Game Bonanza digital activity.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Maze Worksheet Set
Help students learn to recognize both uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet with this fun set of maze worksheets.
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Days of the Week Spelling Worksheets
Use these Days of the Week Spelling worksheets to help your students practice reading, writing, and spelling the Days of the week.
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Roll and Read Vowel Teams Diphthong Activity
Explore different diphthongs with this fun gamified diphthong activity.
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Vowel Teams Phonics Journal
Help students remember and record words and examples of different vowel digraphs during your phonics lessons.
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Long Vowel Digraph Cut-and-Paste Worksheet
Reinforce your students' knowledge of long vowel digraphs with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Long A Vowel Team Interactive Activity
Practice identifying the different vowel team graphemes that spell the long /a/ sound with this fun space-themed interactive activity.
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Long Vowel O Teams Interactive Activity
Practice identifying the different graphemes that spell the long /o/ sound with this fun boat-themed interactive activity.
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EE, EA and EY Vowel Team Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to EE, EA and EY vowel digraphs with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Diphthongs Maze Worksheet
Excite your students to practice their knowledge of diphthongs with this fun clue-based maze diphthong worksheet.
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R-Controlled Digraphs Worksheet Pack
Practice writing and enhancing knowledge of r-controlled digraphs with this worksheet pack.
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CVC Word Chain Ladders - Worksheets
Build word chains with CVC words using this set of printable phonics worksheets.
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Spaceship Word Chains - Worksheets
Manipulate the individual phonemes in 3- and 4-letter words to create new ones with this set of word chain worksheets.
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Word Study List - Long E Words
Explore and practice the many ways to spell the long E sound with a list of 50 long E words.
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Phoneme Spotter Story – /oy/ Sound
A decodable text featuring various graphemes that make the /oy/ sound.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - VERY
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “very” from the Second Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Quick Phonics Screener- Single Letter Phoneme
Test your students' knowledge of single letter phonemes with this student assessment kit.
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Sign Language Alphabet Poster
Display this poster in your classroom as a reminder of how to represent the letters of the alphabet when spelling words in ASL (American Sign Language).
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My Little Sight Word Book - Editable
An editable little book for learning sight words.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - HAD
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “had” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Roll it! Read it! Write it! Dolch 1st Grade Sight Words
Practice reading and writing Dolch’s first grade high-frequency words with this board game for multiple players.
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Building Sundaes - Digraphs
Identify initial and final consonant digraphs with this set of 4 yummy digraph sundaes.
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Who Is Rosa Parks? – Shared Reading and Activity
Learn about and discuss activist Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott with this 15-slide read-along PowerPoint presentation.
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Alphabet Matching Caterpillar Activity
A vibrant and fun activity to teach lowercase and uppercase to young children.
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Vowel Digraphs Poster Pack
A poster showing words and pictures for various vowel blends.
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Sock Letter Matching Activity
Match socks together for a great letter matching activity where the lowercase letter, uppercase letter and beginning sounds are matched.
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Letter Sound Bingo
Practice applying letter-sound correspondence with a set of 20 BINGO game boards and cards.
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Letter Sounds Matching Game - Parking Lot
Practice applying letter-sound correspondence with this set of upper and lowercase letter cards and matching game boards.
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Beginning Sounds Match Dominoes
Explore letter-sound correspondence and beginning word sounds with this set of 52 letter and picture dominoes.
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Blending Words Reading Warm-Up Task Cards
Get your students ready for reading with these blending words reading warm-up task cards.