This book of activities gives children practice in learning the various sounds of the alphabet, helping them decode new words as well as build on their knowledge of previously learned words. The activities cover a wide array of topics, including consonant blends and digraphs, vowels, rhyming words, homophones, silent letters, prefixes, suffixes, root works, plurals, syllables, and more. Many of the worksheets engage children in thinking out new words and putting tem in sentence context. Others ask students to select a correct answer form several choices. Some have students working with a partner or using a dictionary to create word lists not found on the worksheet. The words are age-appropriate and the reading selections have been created using the Spache Readability Formula. These activities can be used in any reading program with children of all ability levels. They provide the extra practice that most children need as they continue to master intermediate reading skills.
Wilma H. Miller, Ed.D., has written nearly 200 published journal articles on various aspects of reading and has authored numerous books on the topic, including Alternative Assessment Techniques in Reading & Writing, Ready-to-Use Activities; Materials for Improving Content Reading Skills, and The Reading Teacher's Survival Kit, all published by The Center for Applied Research in Education.
Using Consonants, Consonant Blends, and Consonant Digraphs to Form New Words Using Consonants, Consonant Blends, and Consonant Digraphs to Form New Words IIUsing Initial Consonants to Form Words in Sentence ContextSelecting Consonant Blend Words and Using Them in Sentence ContextSelecting Consonant Blend Words and Using Them in Sentence Context IIDetermining the Hard and Soft Sounds of c and the Soft Sound of gDetermining the Hard and Soft Sounds of c and the Soft Sound of g IISelecting Consonant Blend or Consonant Digraph Words and Using Them in Sentence ContextSelecting Consonant Digraph Words and Using Them in Sentence ContextSelecting Words with the Same Rime or Suffix and Using Them in Sentence ContextSelecting Words with the Same Rime or Suffix and Using Them in Sentence Context IIIdentifying Consonants, Consonant Blends, Consonant Digraphs, Rimes, and DiphthongsWriting Plurals with s or esWriting Plurals for Words That End with yWriting Plurals for Words That End with f or feDetermining Suffixes Based on DefinitionsDetermining Prefixes Based on DefinitionsIdentifying Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root WordsIdentifying Silent Letters in WordsIdentifying Silent Letters Missing from WordsDetermining Words That Do or Do Not Have Silent LettersLocating Words with Missing Silent LettersIdentifying Long and Short Sounds in Words with Vowel DigraphsLocating and Writing Out ContractionsMore Practice with ContractionsWorking with Syllables--Double Consonant WordsDetermining the Number of Syllables in WordsWorking with One-, Two-, and Three-Syllable WordsDetermining Vowel Sounds of ee and ea WordsDetermining the Long, Short, and Regular Sounds of the Letter yMatching SynonymsMatching AntonymsWriting Antonyms and SynonymsLocating Compound WordsSelecting the Correct Homophones in Sentence ContextDetermining the Correct Usage of who's/whose and you're/yourSelecting Definitions for HomographsIdentifying Rhyming WordsRhyming Definitions (Hinks Pinks) with One-Syllable WordsRhyming Definitions (Hinks Pinks) with One-Syllable Words IILocating Words with Long and Short oo Sounds in a StoryLocating Words with the aw Sound in a StoryLocating Words with a Diphthong in a StoryWord Puzzle DefinitionsLocating Words with the Schwa ([characters not reproducible]) Sound in a StoryAnswer Keys