RF.K.2 Lesson Plans
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2
:"Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)."
These lesson plans can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Silly Socks: Poetry Featuring the Letter S!
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Silly Socks: Poetry Featuring the Letter S!
Rhyming, moving, coloring and silliness...How can your class resist? Your students will love reading and moving with a poem, writing the letter S, and designing their own socks!
Kindergarten
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Nonsense (Words)!
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Nonsense (Words)!
Phonological awareness is essential for reading success. This lesson puts the student in control of creating, reading, and sorting CVC words in interactive ways.
Kindergarten
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Letter Mania
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Letter Mania
Encourage your students to learn about letters and develop early literacy skills that will help them become great readers. This lesson helps students learn and review any chosen letter in the alphabet.
Preschool
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Short Vowel Sounds: A
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Short Vowel Sounds: A
Help your students improve their language skills by identifying the short A sound and decoding words.
Kindergarten
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Rhyming Words for Kindergarten
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Rhyming Words for Kindergarten
It's no crime to learn how to rhyme on a dime. This delightful reading lesson teaches kids about rhyming words and where they can be found.
Kindergarten
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Rhyming Fun: Hop on Pop
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Rhyming Fun: Hop on Pop
Who can resist popping bubble wrap? Students will love producing rhymes while jumping on or popping bubble wrap!
Preschool
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Music and Movement with the -IT Family
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Music and Movement with the -IT Family
Students will have no trouble at all using their w-, -it, wit to learn about the -it family in this lesson. It contains a bunch of songs and colorful worksheets to keep your youngsters engaged and entertained.
Kindergarten
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Words in the Family
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Words in the Family
Perfect for a unit on the family, this lesson uses “houses” to teach the concept of how rhyming words fit together in similar “families.” This lesson uses the -at rhyme but can be adapted for use with other three-letter rhyming words!
Kindergarten
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Meet the -Op Family
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Meet the -Op Family
Your students will learn about words in the -op family as they help two naughty cats solve a problem. This reading lesson is perfect for little kids with big imaginations.
Kindergarten
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Read with Beads
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Read with Beads
Build words with this fun lesson for emergent readers. Using beads and pipe cleaners, your students will enjoy working with manipulatives to create three- and four-letter words!
Kindergarten
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Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses
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Rhyming Word Family Fun Houses
It's rhyme time! Students will color-code rhyming words and put each one in its “word family house” with this fun rhyming mini book and fill in the "stair steps" writing activity page.
Kindergarten
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It's Raining Rhyme Drops
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It's Raining Rhyme Drops
Have fun rhyming in the rain with this lesson that teaches students the -og word family as they sing songs and glue rhyming rain drops onto a word family umbrella.
Kindergarten
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Rhyming with Sam I Am
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Rhyming with Sam I Am
"Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss is a favorite for children and grown-ups alike. In this lesson, your students will focus on Dr. Seuss's use of rhyming words in the story.
Preschool
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Scavenger Hunt: I Can See a...
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Scavenger Hunt: I Can See a...
This lesson, which features The Eye Book by Theo Lesieg, will keep young learners engaged with scavenger hunt activities that test their observational skills.
Kindergarten
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Ogs on a Log!
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Ogs on a Log!
Line up the -og words on a log! In this lesson, students explore similarities between words in the "-og" family. Using a combination of blending and rhyme recognition, young readers will discover a bunch of words that rhyme with "log"!
Kindergarten
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Henry Had a Hat: The Letter H
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Henry Had a Hat: The Letter H
A silly rhyme and group activity will help your students read and write words that begin with the letter H. This lesson is great for students who are building early writing skills.
Kindergarten
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Leafy Rhymes
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Leafy Rhymes
Your students will love to see rhyming trees! They will manipulate letters to form different words that have the same rhyme. This lesson also integrates science and could be used to discuss parts of a plant or a tree.
Kindergarten
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Rhyming Words for Pre-K
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Rhyming Words for Pre-K
Get your students ready to read by practicing rhyming words. Engage your class by introducing families of easily identifiable rhyming words.
Preschool
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Bat Cat Rat! The -at Family!
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Bat Cat Rat! The -at Family!
Meet the “-at family” with music, movement, and simple worksheet activities! In this lesson, your students will practice their reading skills with rhymes.
Kindergarten
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Pop! Pop! Pop! Words in the -Op Family
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Pop! Pop! Pop! Words in the -Op Family
Pop! Pop! Pop! Blending is fun when it includes balloons! In this lesson filled with balloons, students will learn how to substitute letters to create new words that are in the -op word family.
Kindergarten
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Cooking Up Blends
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Cooking Up Blends
Have students “cook” the right blends to make a fantastic word dish with beginning, middle, and ending letter sounds. In this lesson, your students will practice recognizing common CVC words.
Kindergarten
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Fruit Salad: Phonemes and Syllables
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Fruit Salad: Phonemes and Syllables
Stay active and encourage healthy eating with favorite fruits. This lesson emphasizes multiple core learning competencies including phonological awareness and greater than and less than number concepts.
Preschool
Math
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Football Word Families
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Football Word Families
Categorize words by their ending sounds using a fun-filled football theme. Your students will complete various word sorts and write down words to emphasize the principles of rhyming.
Kindergarten
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Color It Out
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Color It Out
Reading simple words can be a lot of work for young learners, but by adding in a cooperative game, everyone wins in this fun filled lesson. Students will be filled with pride as they master how to isolate sounds.
Kindergarten
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Switch That Sound!
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Switch That Sound!
Kindergarteners will learn how to make new words by changing the first letter of a familiar word. Watch students practice their reading, writing, and spelling skills in this lesson.
Kindergarten
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How Many Letters?
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How Many Letters?
Practice reading and spelling names in this math infused writing lesson!
Kindergarten
Math
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Play the Name Game!
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Play the Name Game!
This fun, fast-paced lesson will get your students excited about learning each others’ names while practicing phonological awareness skills! A great beginning-of-the-school-year lesson to remind students how to segment words into syllables.
Kindergarten
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Rhyming With Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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Rhyming With Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
In this lesson, your students will identify rhyming words and create illustrations from Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. They will love listening to this classic book!
Preschool
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Healthy Adventures: Practicing Syllables
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Healthy Adventures: Practicing Syllables
Clap along to pictures of vegetable-themed cartoons as your students learn about phonological awareness. Get ready to "chop" up words as you prepare them to be served.
Kindergarten
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Hungry for the Digraph Th
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Hungry for the Digraph Th
This quirky lesson will have young readers hungry to identify three and four letter words containing the digraph "th" in Eric Carle's classic The Hungry Caterpillar.
Kindergarten
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