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Handout
Granite School District

Kindergarten CCSS Math Vocabulary Word List

For Teachers K
Help kindergartners develop the academic language they need to master the Common Core standards with this list of math vocabulary. Including the definitions of each term as well as a set of word cards with supporting images and examples,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Improve Your Spelling with the Visual Thesaurus

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Using Visual Thesaurus software, class members participate in a computer-based spelling bee. Then they work in groups to analyze the words and use deductive reasoning to infer spelling patterns. They then present one of their "rules" to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Custom Flash Cards - Free Printables

For Students Pre-K - 6th
Learners can practice high frequency sight words, vocabulary words, spelling words, or math facts with materials made at this flash card printer site. Teachers can type in words or math equations that they want their charges to learn and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Phonics Instructional Routine: Read and Write Words with Consonant Digraphs

For Teachers K - 1st
Use consonant digraphs to introduce learners to word patterns and high frequency words. They observe a chart with the digraphs /sh/, /ch/, /th/, and /wh/. After listening to each of these phonemes, scholars watch as the teacher...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Picture the Word

For Teachers K - 1st
This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Word Steps

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Blending basic CVC letters to make words is one of the first steps to independent reading. Provided here are several images of stairs and several letters to cut and arrange. The learner rearranges the letters to form CVC patterns, sounds...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Short Vowels

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners will create a list of short vowel sound words and participate in computer phonics activities to practice. They will read an interactive storybook online. Next, they will complete words in order to better understand short vowel...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

English Skills Worksheet (6.203)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this multiple English activities worksheet, students complete a variety of assignments: write three onomatopoeia sentences, add ten endings to ten words, give the root words to eight words, play two rounds of word chess, find the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Present Tense -ar Verbs: Singular Forms

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Present tense -ar Spanish verbs are outlined in this PowerPoint, prior to a quiz of over twenty multiple choice/fill in the blank sentences. This is a great presentation to kick off your next Spanish lesson!
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Present Tense -ar Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Enrich your Spanish lesson with this useful PowerPoint that tests student knowledge of present tense -ar verbs. There are over forty multiple choice/fill-in-the-blank sentences for students to complete. Tip: Use individual whiteboards...
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

It’s All Greek to Me: Greek and Latin Roots

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Ancient Greeks and Romans have contributed far more to modern culture than mythic heroes and stunning architecture. Greek and Latin roots are the foundation of many English words. Middle schoolers engage in an activity that asks them to...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Advanced Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Homophone Bingo!

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Phonics doesn't just have to be a daily routine for class members. Spruce up their phonemic awareness with an exciting game of Bingo! Young grammarians select cards, locate their matching homophones, spell the pairs, and identify how...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Word Blender

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Little learners will love being able to blend sounds together to make words. This game provides eight onsets and eight rimes that can be used to mix and match to sound out words. This activity is to be completed in pairs and is a great...
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Interactive
Arcademics

Spelling Bees

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A multiplayer game challenges participants to spell as many of the given words as fast they can. 
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Interactive
Arcademics

Koala Paddleboards

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A multiplayer game challenges scholars to spell words. A voice says a word then participants race to spell the word quickly. Results display a scholars' rate and accuracy.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Informational Essay Planning: Essay Rubric and Essay Planner

For Teachers 8th Standards
Class members dig into the expectations for the end-of-unit assessment for A Mighty Long Way by studying the rubric. The Rubric Criteria strips help pairs of readers look more closely at specific rubric points. They share ideas with the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit Assessment, Part 1: Best First Draft of an Informational Essay

For Teachers 8th Standards
This is just the beginning. Learners take the first step toward their end-of-unit assessments of Unbroken. They use their tools and knowledge gained from the unit to create first drafts of their informational essays. Writers then respond...
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Activity
Curated OER

Thinking Spelling

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
An etymology resource is packed with suggestions for activities designed to build phonological, visual, morphemic, and etymological spelling skills.
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Writing
Breaking News English

The World Is 0.28% More Peaceful Than a Year Ago

For Students 6th - 12th
Some days, the world seems like it is becoming darker, but research suggests that the world might actually be becoming a more peaceful place. An informational reading passage accompanied by a series of activities builds English language...
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Lesson Plan
Harper Collins

The World of Ramona

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Bring the fun and whimsy of Beverly Cleary into your classroom with a teaching guide created to accompany the Ramona series. The guide offers several ideas for classroom use, including independent reading, reading aloud, and literature...
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Activity
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Penguin Books

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activity Booklet

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Enter the colorful world of The Very Hungry Caterpillar with a booklet filled with activities to celebrate Eric Carle.
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Worksheet
Heidi Songs

Uncle Sam Hat CVC

For Teachers K - 2nd
American students can show their patriotism by coloring Uncle Sam's hat with red and blue! To do so, they need to identify which words are real and which ones are made up.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

That’s Amazing!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers 4th Standards
That's Amazing! is the theme of an English language development unit created by Houghton Mifflin. Following a speak, look, move, and listen routine, scholars delve into topics; seasons, weather, animals, landforms, telling time,...
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Activity
Have Fun Teaching

March ABC Order

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Reinforce alphabetizing and spelling skills while getting into the St. Patrick's Day spirit with a festive word sort that challenges young scholars to place and write words in alphabetical order.