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  Long A Short A   Long E Short E   Long I Short I   Long O Short O   Long U Short U   Long Y Short Y
a ate apple   - -                        
b base bat   bee been   bike bitten   boat bottle   - button   bypass Byrd
c cape cat   cease cell   cider cinder   cope cod   cute     Cyclops cycle
d day damp   deep depth   diaper dirt   doe dot   duplicate     dye dyeing
e - -   eel egg   - -               eye -
f fate fan   feel fell   fight fib   focus fog   fuse fuzzy   - -
g gate gadget   geek get   giant giggle   goat gobbler   guru gulp   gyroscope gym
h hate half   heel head   hide hiccup   hold hot   huge hunt   hybrid -
i - -   - -   ipod icky               - -
j jade Jacky   jeep jet   - jiffy   joke jog   Jude juggle   - -
k Kate Karen   keep kept   kite kit   koala -   kudos Kurt   - -
l late lack   leak let   light lit   loaf log   lute luck   lying Lydia
m made mad   me medal   Mike middle   motor mother   mute muck   myself mystery
n navy napkin   neat near   night nickel   note not   nuclear number   nylon nymph
o - -   - -   - -   open option            
p paper pan   peek pear   pipe pickle   poke pocket   puny push   pylon pygmy
q quake quack   queen queer   quite quick   quote -   - -   - -
r rate rare   real ready   ride rid   rope rotten   ruby rubber   rye bread -
s safe sack   seek set   sigh sick   soak sob   super supper   - sympathy
t tape tack   teeth tether   tight tickle   token toad   tube tub   tycoon tying
u - -   - -                        
v vase vat   vehicle vegetable   vitamin victim   voter volcano   - vulture   vying -
w waste water   weep wet   wide widow   woke wolf   - -   Wyoming Wynn
x - xenon   xenon Xerox   - -   - -   - -   xylophone -
y yeah yak   yeast yell   - yippee   yoke young   Yucatan yucky   - -
z zany Zack   zebra zest   - zip   zone zombie   zucchini Zurich   zygote -

  Repeat & Identify Identify the sound /buh/of the initial letter /b/
a
b buh-buh-buuuh Does baby start with a /buh/ or a /guh/
c cuh, cuh, cuuuh Does _(cow)__ begin with a _/c/_ or a _/p/__
d duh, duh, duh, duh Does _(door)__ begin with a _/d/_ or a _/_/_
e eh, eh, eh, eh
f fuh, fuh, fuh, fuh Does _(foot)__ begin with a _/f/_or a _/_/_
g guh, guh, guh, guh Does _(good)__ begin with a _/g/_or a _/_/_
h huh, huh, huh, huh Does _(hurry)__ begin with a _/h/_or a _/_/_
i ih, ih, ih, ih
j juh, juh, juh, juh Does _(jump)__ begin with a _/j/_or a _/_/_
k kuh, kuh, kuh, kuh Does _(kook)__ begin with a _/k/_or a _/_/_
l Laa, Laa, Laa, Laa Does _(Larry)__ begin with a _/l/_or a _/_/_
m muh, muh, muh, muh Does _(Monday)__ begin with a _/m/_or a _/_/_
n nuh, nuh, nuh, nuh Does _(nod)__ begin with a _/n/_or a _/_/_
o
p puh, puh, puh, puh  Does _(plate)__ begin with a _/p/_or a _/_/_
q
r rah, rah, rah, rah Does _(root)__ begin with a _/r/_or a _/_/_
s suh, suh, suh, suh Does _(soon)__ begin with a _/s/_or a _/_/_
t tuh, tuh, tuh, tuh Does _(tool)__ begin with a _/t/_or a _/_/_
u uuh, uuh, uuh, uuh
v vuh, vuh, vuh, vuh Does _(Venus)__ begin with a _/v/_or a _/_/_
w wuh, wuh, wuh, wuh Does _(wood)__ begin with a _/w/_or a _/_/_
x
y yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh Does _(yellow)__ begin with a _/y/_or a _/_/_
z zuh, zuh, zuh, zuh Does _(zoo)__ begin with a _/z/_or a _/_/_

Word Endings: Does blanket end with a /t/ or a /p/ Does cold end with a /d/ or a /h/
Does mother end with a /t/ or /r/ ? Does light end with a /t/ or a /d/ Does cried end with a /t/ or a /d/
Does sleep end with /p/ or /d/ Does Goldilocks end with a /s/ or a /t/ Does girl end with a /r/ or a /L/
Does room end with /m/ or /l/ Does look end with a /k/ or a /d/  

Resources:
ERC:371.9144 G624S Sourcebook of Phonological Awareness Activities: Children's Classic Literature. Candace L. Goldsworthy
CMC:372.465 H976P Phonics Activities in Story & Rhyme Helene D. Hutchinson
371.9144 H636p Practical Ideas That Really Work for  Students with Dyslexia and Other Reading Disorders Judith Higgins
371.9144 W241t Teaching Reading and Spelling to Dyslexic Children Margaret Walton
371.9144 H244d Dyslexia Action Plans for Successful Learing Glynis Hannell

Read the sentence: Count the words, count the syllables, identify words beginning with the letter /p/.

Read and spell root words: add endings (i.e. yell, yellow, yelling)

Read rhyming words: identify the odd word.
three, bee, free, stair three, stair, bee, free
burn, turn, learn, door door, burn, turn, learn
sore, four, more, cried cried, sore, four, more
shiny, whiny, tiny, porridge shiny, whiny, porridge, tiny
cold, bold, mold, back cold, bold, back, mold
small, wall, fall, knock knock, small, wall, fall
bed, said, dead, bowl bed, said, dead, bowl
chair, bear, fair, keyhole chair, bear, keyhole, fair
back, tack, sack, sleep back, sleep, tack, sack
table, cable, fable, cold table, cable, fable, cold

WORD LEVEL
  Counting words  
  ID missing words  
  ID missing words: phrase/sentence  
  Supplying word  
  Rearranging words  
SYLLABLE LEVEL
  Syllable counting  
  Syllable deleting  
  Syllable adding  
  Syllable reversing  
  Syllable substituting  
PHONEME LEVEL
1 Initial Sound matching which word begins with the letter 's'--tree, stone?
2 Generating words beginning with particular sound 'p'-plank, pray, poke
3 Blending sounds: onset-rime 2-consonant beginning put 2 sounds together-- sp+ot
4 Blending sounds: onset-rime single consonant beginning g+oat, v+oice
5 Blending sound beginning with continuant sound m//long A// n
6 Blending sounds beginning with noncontinuant sound  
7 Recognizing rhyme  
10 ID rhyme oddity  
11 Matching rhyme  
12 Producing rhyme  
13 Matching initial sound-to-word  
14 Matching final sound to word  
15 Supplying final sound in words  
16 Segmenting initial sound in words  
17 Deleting initial sound in words  
18 Deleting final sound in words  
19 Substituting initial sound in words  
20 Substituting final sound in words  
21 Segmenting middle sound in monosyllabic words  
22 ID all sounds in words What sounds do you hear in the word 'nose'--/n/ long O/ z
23 Deleting sounds within words say the word 'sweet' without the 'w'
24 Pig Latin pig--igpay
25 Phonemic switching. mean wolf--wean molf

 

Web site Description
http://www.Poetry4kids.com  Kenn Nesbitt’s Children’s Poetry Playground
http://falcon.jmu.edu/∼ramseyil/poechild.htm The Internet School Library Media Center is a metasite
designed for elementary and middle teachers, librarians,
parents, and students to preview selected curriculum-related
web sites
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/ home.do The Children’s Poetry Archive is an ever expanding archive of
poets for children reading their work
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/6  Academy of American Poets educators’ resource page,
including poems, poetry glossary, and poetic forms and
techniques
http://www.favoritepoem.org/forteachers/lessonplans.html  Selected poetry lesson plans for teachers from the Favorite
Poem Project
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm  Online poetry writing resources that teachers and students can
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http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/POETRY/  Old-time poems for children of all ages, brought to new life with
electronic enhancement; new postings monthly by Antelope
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http://www.storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/classicpoems.htm  Story It: Language Art Resources for children and their teachers
http://www.childrenspoetrybookshelf.co.uk/default.asp  A Web site solely dedicated to children’s poetry. Links to
original poems by children
http://www.poetryclass.net/resource.htm  This Web site makes readily available high quality teaching
materials, including downloadable lesson plans linked to the
NLS framework
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm  Classroom resources for teachers from The Poetry Zone Web
site, including poetry worksheets
http://poetryfoundation.org/features/children.html  Links to information on popular children’s poets and poems
from the Poetry Foundation
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listpoetrymr14.html  Poetry Place—a collection of poetry Web sites, online poetry
activities, online poetry, curriculum resources, and book lists
http://www.proteacher.com/070034.shtml  Pro Teacher lesson plans for elementary school teachers
http://www.jpatricklewis.com/  Children’s poetry book author, J. Patrick Lewis’s home page.
His writings include the book A World of Wonders:
Geographic Travels in Verse and Rhyme