A Figure of Speech is a word or phrase that possess a separate meaning from its literal definition. Examples of figures of speech are simile and metaphor which are designed to make a comparison. Other examples can can be personification, repetition called alliteration, onomatopoeia and irony. Below are some of the figures of speech with their definition… Read More »
A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. Examples of synonyms are clever and smart, big and huge, bad and evil,… Read More »
The short /u/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as rub, hub, tub, hug, mug, rug, fun, bun, and sun. Here are CVC with short /u/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to… Read More »
The short /o/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as job, rob, fog, log, dot, not, mop and fox. Here are CVC with short /o/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve… Read More »
The short /i/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as pin, bin, dip, tip, bin, fin, kin, kid, lid, rid and pig. Here are CVC with short /i/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational… Read More »
Synonyms are words with the same meaning. Examples of synonyms are happy and glad, sad and lonely, hungry and starving, big and large, small and tiny. Check out the FREE Synonym worksheet below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve literacy and numeracy. These FREE and downloadable… Read More »
The short /e/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as ten, men, hen, get, let, red and peg. Here are CVC with short /e/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve literacy… Read More »
The short /a/ vowel sound can be heard in English words such as cat, mat, mad, car, fat and can. Here are CVC with short /a/ vowel sound word lists for beginning English readers. See FREE Printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve… Read More »
Practice reading in English using these short reading passages about parts of the house. These reading passages include the following: Living Room, Dining Room, Flower Garden, Bedroom and Kitchen. Check out the printable PDF copy below. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve literacy and numeracy. These… Read More »
Sight Words are words every reader should recognize by sight. When applied to early reading instruction, it may also pertain to the set of words that keeps reappearing in almost any page of text. Some examples of sight words include the words “the, their, does and always.” In addition to its high frequency, many of these… Read More »