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Language Arts: Understanding Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners discover the relationship between letters and phonemes. The teacher leads an oral demonstration of pronunciation and focus on the /a/ sound. Next, students examine a series of pictures, circling the ones where they hear the...
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Fuzz and the Buzz

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars practice various strategies for becoming fluent readers. They review the skills of phoneme recognition, decoding, crosschecking and spelling in order to read with automation. Working in pairs, students complete a...
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Doct or Help! This /i/ is ITCHING!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short /i/ sound in written and spoken words. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /i/ sound. They then listen to the story "Liz is Six" and identify the words in the story with the...
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Buzzy B's

For Teachers K
Pupils identify /b/ in spoken words and recognize the letter symbol b in written words. They say a tongue twister which contains words with /b/. They then listen the the book "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Suess and identify the words...
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A Punch in the Gut

For Teachers K
Students recognize /u/ in spoken words by observing a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. They then practice finding /u/ in words. They listen to the story "Fuzz and the Buzz" and identify the words they hear with the /u/.
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"Aaa-Aaa-Aaa-Choo!!"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study /a/ in written and spoken words. They make sneeze sounds, recite a tongue twister, and write the letter /a/. Next, they listen to a book talk about 'Pat's Jam' before listening to the story and making the sneezing movement...
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I'm Thinking

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in...
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Uh??? I Don't Know

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They recite tongue twisters and read with a partner, 'Fuzz and the Buzz.' They practice writing 'u' words and draw a circle...
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Don't Make that Baby Cry

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the short "a" sound in words by examining the mouth movements made when making the sound. They practice making the sound by pretending they are making baby sounds. Next, they recite a tongue twister that contains a number...
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Unopened Umbrella

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore vowel correspondences. They discuss the vowel correspondence u=/u/. They identify u=/u/ in written words and a meaningful representation and letter symbol for the sound. Students read and write words using u=/u/.
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Buh, Buh, Buh B!!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter "B." As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter "B." Students identify the words in the poem that contain the /b/ sound and draw a picture of...
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A Tisket-A-Tasket, Let?s Make a Flower Basket!!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice blending words with the phonemes /i/ and /e/. Working with a specific groups of letters, 1st graders create words using the vowels i and e. they decode those words and read them repeatedly to increase fluency.
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And a Baby Cries

For Teachers K
Students model the sound a baby makes when it cries, saying "aaaaa". They say the word "rat" stretching out the vowel sound and look at a tongue twister for the /a/ sound; repeating it together as a class. They then practice making the...
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The Fat Cat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes. They identify that a=/a/. Students recognize /a/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students practice finding /a/ in a variety of words. Students read a book that...
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Laugh at the Cat!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then play a concentration matching game, listen to the book "Cat Traps," and...
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Ugly Umbrellas

For Teachers 1st
First graders make the /u/ sound together and repeat a sentence that contains several /u/ words until they become familiar with it. They raise their hand to tell which word contains the /u/ sound and then use letterboxes to spell words...
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Reading is Fun

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the benefits and joys of reading. They review the reading comprehension strategy cross-checking. They then are introduced to the library and are encouraged to check out an independent book they would independently...
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Arsenic and Human Health

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders concentrate on arsenic poisoning as an example of the connections among health, geography, and geology as they develop a persuasive presentation about the dangers of arsenic in the drinking water, targeting a specific...
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Insect Biodiversity

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars observe the process of transect sampling using insect nets, to get a chance to compare the presence of different species and populations in various vegetational areas. They study the different specimens caught and compare...
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A Baby is Crying...Aaa!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /a/ (short a). Students read and write words containing the phoneme /a/. They identify /a/ in written and spoken words. Students recognize the letter symbol for /a/ and find words with...
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The Baby is Crying

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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A Doctor's Visit

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel A in spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and picture worksheets.
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Icky-Icky Sticky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They identify names of items with the short /i/ sound in them...
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Special Delivery-Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of global climate change. Using data, they determine how much of the world is being affected by the increase in temperatures. They complete a worksheet and consider the evidence giving to them and...

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