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Now let's review our phonics skills with these handy tools.  

Click below to watch a movie on vowels.

Click below to review consonants and consonant digraph sounds.

Click on the running horse to review the r-Controlled vowel sound.

Click on the letter blocks to play a game to review beginning consonants.

Now that we have reviewed our handy reading skills, let's begin our jobs.  Farmer 1 will go first and then Farmer 2 will go right after.  Good luck and more importantly have fun!

*Remember to circle on your handout as you go along*

Farmer 1- Animals                             

• Find and circle the animal name that begins with consonant digraph ch.
• Find and circle the animal name with a r-Controlled (-or) sound.
• Find and circle the animal name with a long ō  spelled ow.
• Find and circle the animal name with short ĭ at the middle.
• Find and circle the animal name that begins with hard g. 
• Find and circle the animal name with a short ŭ at the middle. 

Good Work Farmer 1!  

*Remember to circle on your handout as you go along*

Farmer 2- Crops

• Find and circle the crop that begins with the consonant digraph ch.
• Find and circle the crop that has  r-Controlled (-ar) sound.
• Find and circle the crop with long ē spelled ee.
• Find and circle the crop with long ē spelled ea.
• Find and circle the crop that has r-Controlled (-ur) sound.
• Find and circle the crop that begins with hard c.

Nice Job Farmer 2! 

Time to Put the Farm Together!

  Follow these steps below:

1. Bring your crops and animals handout to a cleared work area in your classroom.

2. Farmer 1, ask your teacher for Farmer Fred's barn and construction paper.

3. Farmer 2, get scissors, glue sticks, and crayons.

4. Farmers, color and cut the pictures that you circled on your handout.

5. Together color the barn and make a fenced in area for the animals and a field for your crops to grow. 

6. Glue the cut out animals and crops to their areas on Alpha Farms.

7. Make a sign that reads Alpha Farms at the top of your paper. 

8. Don't forget to give yourselves credit.  Write your names nice and visible on your farm.