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Guided Reading Activities with Pizzazz
Get the most out of your guided reading lessons with this collection of literacy materials. Offering a system for using color-coded tags to mark pages while reading books, as well as an assortment of comprehension and grammar worksheets,...
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Learning Life Lessons through Fables
Explore a variety of fables to learn life's lessons through engaging stories. Add rigor to the learning process with activities that include matching a a fable to the story's moral, short answer exit slips, and a three-column graphic...
Clark County School District
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
A thorough lesson plan takes your first grade class through Jane Yolen's beautiful Owl Moon. It crafts the unit with clear objectives, high-level guiding questions, cloze activities and sentence frames, and extension activities at the...
Center for Civic Education
What Is Authority?
Young scholars examine the concepts of power and authority as they begin learning about government in this elementary social studies lesson. Through a series of readings, discussions, and problem solving activities, children learn about...
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Arthur's Reading Race: vocabulary words
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 8 words.
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Verb Tenses
Discover how to use proper verb tenses with context clues. Five sentences help first graders decide if they should use -ed or -ing to end simple verbs. Each sentence provides context clues to indicate the time. Use the resource in...
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Parts of Speech: Adjectives
What is an adjective? Read the informational paragraphs before having your elementary learners take the 10-question quiz. Learners distinguish between a group of words to find the adjective. Possessive adjectives and plural adjectives...
Lied Center of Kansas
The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare
Both The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare are great additions to an elementary language arts lesson. Young readers focus on the literary elements of each story, including characters and plot development, and apply counting and...
American Forest Foundation
Who Speaks for the Trees?
Help young conservationists appreciate the important role that trees play in ecosystems around the world with this collection of six engaging activities. From a shared reading and class discussion of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, to in an depth...
Macmillan Education
Happy 40th Birthday Brown Bear
What do you see? Wish a happy birthday to Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The lesson includes six extension activities for the books and its companion stories, including a maze and animal...
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The Pianist
Do you play any musical instruments? Consider using this question to interest readers in this short passage. Then, have them read the passage and answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.
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Sight Words and Letter Sounds
Is your elementary class learning letters and letter sounds? This take-home sheet provides a week's worth of practice for your learner at home. The repetitive nature helps learners remember!
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SSR Teacher/Student-Run Conferences
Looking for a simple way to connect with each of your pupils about a book they've read? While the rest of your class is engaged in SSR, each learner comes to you for a one-on-one session. Great for formative assessment or just a good...
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Poems: calligrams
Have fun with shape poems! First and second graders write calligrams that add to the meaning of their poems. Great for your poetry unit or if you want to combine poetry and art lessons.
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Elementary Student Pages Lesson 1: What About You?
In this social studies worksheet, students learn that it is easier to read stories about things you already know about or like. Students look at 4 pictures and circle the ones that show things that are liked. Students then draw a picture...
Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research Program
Paper Plate Fishes
Tropical fish make great art projects! Use paper plates to design, color, and assemble round and oval-shaped fish based on photographs of actual fish found along the Moorea Coral Reef. Kids learn about different fins- including the...
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A Birthday Surprise: vocabulary words
In this vocabulary words instructional activity, students read the book A Birthday Surprise and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 8 words.
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Town Hall: vocabulary words
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students read the book Town Hall and put their high frequency words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 10 words.
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Cross Country Vacation: vocabulary words
In this vocabulary words activity, students read the book Cross Country Vacation and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 10 words.
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Frog and Toad All Year: vocabulary words
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students read the book Frog and Toad All Year and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 8 words.
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Henry and Mudge: vocabulary words
In this vocabulary words learning exercise, students read the book Henry and Mudge and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 8 words.
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Dogs: vocabulary words
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students read the book Dogs and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 8 words.
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Neighborhood News: vocabulary words
For this vocabulary words worksheet, learners read the book Neighborhood News and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 8 words.
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Winners Never Quit: Vocabulary words
In this Winners Never Quit worksheet, learners read the book Winners Never Quit and then use the vocabulary words in a sentence. Students use 8 words in sentences and put the words in alphabetical order.