Phonics

Between the Lions: Exploring Short-Vowel Sounds
Students review short-vowel sounds, and practice their skills using a variety of innovative video clips, games, and activities on the "Between the Lions" website.

Designing a Big Book: Sheep in a Shop, book by Nancy Shaw
Students learn to recognize the digraph "sh" and associate it with the correct sound, and they draw illustrations that accurately reflect the text.

Dr. Seuss's Sound Words: Playing with Phonics and Spelling
Students explore the relationship between sound and spelling using onomatopoeia. This standards-based lesson uses Dr. Seuss's Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?.

The Folly of Jolly Old Phonics
Mem Fox speaks on effective reading instruction.

Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness
Students work with rhyming words to learn word and letter patterns.

Learn-a-lot Publications
Instructional materials designed by a teacher. Some are available free; others are available for purchase.

Phonic Generalizations in Chrysanthemum, book by Kevin Henkes
Using a variety of approaches, students work with the sounds of ow, ew, and aw. These activities are research-based and address address IRA/NCTE standards.

Phonics
Links to resources designed by parents who used phonics.

Phonics Activities and Games
Interactive games to help young children with phonics.

Phonics Online
Six modules designed to train teachers in how to teach phonics.

Phonics and Reading Games to Print and Play
Printable games, motivational posters, and word lists.

Phonics Through Literature: Learning about the lettter M
Students use a variety of approaches to understanding the sound of the letter M. This extensive lesson is research-based and addresses NCTE/IRA standards.

Phonics Word Search Puzzles
From "Words that begin with bl1" through "Rhyming Words that end with -ip, 35 printable reinforcemend handouts. Adobe Reader required for access.

The Role of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading
A position paper.

Teaching Short Vowel Discrimination Using Dr. Seuss Rhymes
Students identify rhyming words, discriminate between short u and o sounds, and more.

The Sounds of "EA"
Students use a PowerPoint presentation (available at the site) to understand the different sounds of EA.

Word Search Puzzle Archive
Printable word search puzzles; some related to the month, more related to initial consonant blends and end sounds.