Less than $5 Homeschool Phonics Lesson (by date, oldest first)

I am giving away one of the lessons from my Beginning Reader Phonics lessons! I used 95% Phonics, Wilson Fundations, and the Science of Reading to create these beginner reader lessons! This first lesson works on segmenting and blending CVC words with vowel a.

Included:

Detailed Lesson Plan

Phonemic Awareness

Letter Tiles

Introduction to reading words

Introduction to writing words

High-Frequency Word Page; the

Delight your 3rd-grade students with "The Spooky Show," a fun Halloween-themed reading passage designed to strengthen their reading skills while practicing common consonant blends! In this charming story, Chase and his sister Shelly attend a spooky show at the town wharf. They’re thrilled to see flying bats and spooky ghosts, but the unexpected appearance of a playful cat brings laughter and fun. This engaging passage will capture students’ imaginations while reinforcing their understanding of blends like ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl.

What’s Included:

• Fiction Reading Passage: A high-interest, 300-word story perfect for 2nd graders, featuring beginning blends such as ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl.
• 5 Multiple-Choice Questions: These questions check for understanding and encourage higher-level thinking, focusing on key story elements like plot, character emotions, and story details.
• 2 Discussion Questions: Thought-provoking, open-ended questions that foster classroom discussion and deeper comprehension of the story.
• Blend Practice: The passage includes multiple examples of words with common consonant blends, helping students recognize and reinforce these patterns in a meaningful context.

Skills Covered:

• Reading Comprehension: Questions target understanding of key story details, character responses, and cause-and-effect relationships.
• Phonics: Focus on consonant blends ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl to build fluency and word recognition.
• Critical Thinking: Higher-level questions and discussion prompts encourage students to think beyond the text and relate to characters' actions and emotions.
• Story Elements: Practice identifying characters, setting, and plot development.
• Vocabulary: Introduces descriptive, seasonal vocabulary within the context of a fun, relatable story.

Possible Uses in the Classroom:

• Guided Reading: Use the story and questions in small groups for focused comprehension and phonics practice.
• Phonics Review: A great resource for reinforcing blends in context, making phonics practice more engaging.
• Independent Reading Practice: Suitable as a Halloween-themed assignment for individual reading time.
• Classroom Discussion: The included discussion questions can prompt a lively group conversation about the story and its fun Halloween setting.
• Homework or Early Finisher Activity: Perfect as a quick reading assignment that balances comprehension and phonics.

This worksheet makes phonics practice fun and engaging for your students, all while strengthening reading comprehension! It’s ideal for October and will keep your students excited and focused on learning, just in time for Halloween.

Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go!

CVC Words & Reading Fluency included!  Guided reading instruction & planning made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!

Take the guesswork, hours of planning, & the headache out of prepping for your small group guided reading instruction!

Teaching word families and practicing nonsense cvc words has a dramatic impact on reading fluency in early readers.  Year over year, over 80% of my students achieve benchmark or higher in reading fluency and nonsense cvc word fluency using this amazing resource I created.

What you get with this Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go! unit:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom-tested word family sorts

Labels for word family sort envelopes (These are the envelopes I use)

Word work pages to work on segmenting, blending, and handwriting

Reading fluency passages and assessment

Nonsense cvc word practice and assessment

Word family BINGO and word family coloring pages

Sample small group schedule and tracking sheets to help plan your small groups or for use at home

Just print & teach! EASY!✔️

Word Families included:

at

an

and mixed short a

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These resources work well with any curriculum (homeschool curriculum, reach for reading, wonders, etc)

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Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go

Preschool to Kindergarten will gain fine motor skills while learning the letter B with these 3 Letter B crafts! Decorate the large letter with crayons, markers, paint, etc. Use at your Centers with manipulatives or bingo markers. There is a cut and paste letter activity and a take home or room décor art project all celebrating the letter B.

What you will need:

• Small google eyes (optional)
• Printer and paper
• Scissors and glue/paste
• Crayons, markers, paint, etc.
• Toilet paper rolls

You get three crafts:

• 1-Decorate the Letter Bb
• 2-Cut and paste Bees
• 3-Buzzing Bee Craft

You get two versions:

• Color and B/W
• Lowercase and uppercase

BONUS

• Sing-a-long Letter B song poster

• Song 3" x 5" card

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Make healthy choices part of an alphabet book with these action words! This alphabet book in color or B/W will give the young learner 26 ideas of what they can do to exercise body and brain all while reinforcing the letters of the alphabet!

Includes images of:

A-Adding B-Bowling C-Catching Butterflies D-Drawing E-Eating F-Football G-Graduating H-Holding a Frog I-Ice Skating J-Jumping Rope K-Kitty Sitting L-Line Leading M-Making a Snowman N-Not Napping O-Organizing P-Playing in Dirt Q-Questioning R-Reading S-Playing Soccer T-Teeter Tottering U-Underlining V-Valentine Delivering W-Writing X-Xing Y-Yawning Z-Zoo Visiting

Preschool to Kindergarten will gain fine motor skills while learning the letter C with these 3 Letter C crafts! Decorate the large letter with crayons, markers, paint, etc. Use at your Centers with manipulatives or bingo markers. There is a cut and paste letter activity and a take home/room décor project all celebrating the letter C.

What you will need:

• small google eyes (optional)
• Printer and paper
• Scissors and glue/paste
• Crayons, markers, paint, etc.
• Egg cartons

You get three crafts:

• 1-Decorate the Letter Cc
• 2-Cut and paste caterpillars
• 3-Egg carton caterpillar craft

You get two versions:

• Color and B/W
• Lowercase and uppercase

BONUS

• Letter C fingerplay poster
• 3" x 5" card with the fingerplay

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