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Lightning Speed Reading

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students focus on improving their reading fluency. They discuss what it means to be a fluent reader and practice repeated readings with a short story. They work in partners and take turns timing one another for one minute reads.
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Word Wall Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice recognizing sights words. In this literacy lesson, students recognize and read 200 sight words, use combinations of words to make sentences, use words to fill in basic sentences, successfully pass spelling tests with...
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Replace a Word

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read Dolch words and use them in their own sentences. In this sight words lesson, students read sentences from their teacher and identify the Dolch words needed to complete the sentences from a list. Students then write Dolch...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Grandfather’s Journey

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars are read Grandfather's Journey, by Allen Say. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three Two Tier words. They discuss the meaning of the words, as a group, both before and after...
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United Words Stand

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore contractions and compound words by playing a whole-class game. In this reading lesson plan, students define compound words and contractions, and describe how they are formed. The game format should make this an exciting,...
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Alphabetic Acting

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

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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How 'Bout Them Apples?

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils 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 in words and phrases.
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Charlie Chose Cheese

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise th /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph...
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Emergent Literacy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice speaking and spelling words, and recognize and demonstrate understanding of sounds (phonemes) that each letter contains. Students focus specifically on letter S and its sound.
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Abigail Ant

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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AAA!! The Baby is Crying! AAA!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders take out primary writing paper and review how to form the letter "a". They observe a large picture of a baby crying on the board, discuss it and make the sound a baby makes when it is crying. They listen to some words,...
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Batter's Up

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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What's Inside My Memory Bag?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students write sentences and illustrate pictures that relate to special mementos they bring to class.
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Emergent Literacy: Open Up and Say Aaaah!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars, through modeling, explore how to make the short /o/ sound. They practice /o/ sound tongue twisters and recognize the sound in written form as the letter 'a'. They practice writing the letter 'a'. They pick out the /o/...
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Pooh's Rumbling Tummy

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 identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Rub Those Eyes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 in words pictures,...
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Waaa... Abby is Unhappy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the letter 'a' and the short /a/ sound. They practice making the /a/ sound and recite tongue twisters with words containing short /a/. They listen to a story and, while listening, identify words from the story that...
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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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Eddie the Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students need to practice sight words to become proficient readers. So it is very important for children to learn common correspondences. The phoneme for the letter "e" is practiced in this lesson.
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Dribble The Basketball

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme /d/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /d/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /d/ with its letter representation and identify...
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People Making a Difference

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research the idea of basic needs, study philanthropists in their community, and think about ways to help others receive basic needs. For this needs and philanthropy lesson, students brainstorm about basic needs. Students use...
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Research Project

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students poll the class regarding their favorite pet and then research that pet using Internet research. They create reports including pictures made on KidPix.
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Animals in Japan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice.

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