This page contains sequential and supplemental activities that help teachers teach students to read word families, compound words, contractions, double-letter words, silent-letter words, -ed words and 's words.
Kindergarten
A collection of word lists by syllable type and phonics pattern based on Orton-Gillingham organization of six syllable types.
This resource was created by Cindy Sellhorst, in collaboration with Lynn Bowder, as part of ESU2's Mastering the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education and experiential learning.
This project encourages students to delve into database research (this lesson plan uses CultureGrams and TrueFlix, but any database could be substituted). Students will research a state, find facts and pay attention to syllables and rhythm so that their words fit into the song 12 Days of Christmas written by Frederic Austin. Students will also search for images with Creative Common licenses as well as learn how to copy, paste, and format images (bring to front, etc).
This resource was created by Brenda Sebade, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.