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Underwater Descriptive Detectives
First graders utilize descriptive words to convey ideas in writing. After hearing the story, 'Rainbow Fish,' students create their own fish books. The books contain original writing and illustrations.
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Character Education Read Alouds
Students listen to the story Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and discuss the way each character interacts with the others. They role play pares of the story to practice showing compassion, and how to positively interact with their peers.
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"1, 2 Cha, Cha, Cha"
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letters ch. Students then listen to a list of words and identify the words containing /ch/, and...
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Moving from I Think I Can to I Can Read!
Learners listen as a sentence from "The Little Engine That Could" is read two times; the first time choppy and the second time smooth and tell which sentence was read with expression. They read the rest of the story with the teacher...
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Long Vowels With Clifford
Learners recognize long vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights words with long vowel sounds. They then construct an original story. They use picture clues to aid comprehension, and match words with similar vowel...
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Homophones: Word Search
In this homophones worksheet, students explore 20 common homophones by completing a word search puzzle. There is a word bank.
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Vowel Digraphs
In this vowel digraph worksheet, students write either long E or long A for the sound of the vowel digraph in a list of 16 words.
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Short E and Long E
In this long e and short e practice worksheet, learners study 16 examples of word pairs that feature the long and short e sounds.
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Long e Vs. Short i
In this long e and short i practice worksheet, students study 28 examples of word pairs that feature the long e and short i sounds.
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Worksheet 3/7 on Verbs
In this recognizing verb usage in sentences learning exercise, students read groups of three sentences with the same subject and predicate but different verbs and identify the sentence that uses the verb correctly. Students write 7 answers.
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The Clever Stick
Students read the book The Clever Stick and answer discussion questions about it. In this reading lesson, students read the given book, and participate in answering questions based on the book. There are also writing, drawing, and games...
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Students explore space awareness and safe movement. For this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing various...
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Cinderella Stories - Native American Cinderella Stories
Young scholars examine a Native American Cinderella story. In this Cinderella lesson, students listen to and compare Rafe Martin's, The Rough Face Girl, to other Cinderella stories. They complete the associated worksheets, role play...
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Short Vowel A: Find and Circle
In this short A words instructional activity, students read 15 words in a box that all have the letter A. Students circle all the short vowel words and write them on the lines.
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Long Vowels Practice
In this long vowel worksheet, learners choose long vowel words from a word box to correctly complete a set of 10 sentences. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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A Peaceful Classroom
Students complete activities to analyze and create a peaceful environment. In this peaceful living lesson, students read about Sadako and how she is associated with peace. Students practice making paper cranes, discuss their beliefs...
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Review Letters and Words: 10
In this reviewing letters and words worksheet, students name letters, read sentences, read words, name pictures, and more. Students complete 7 exercises total.
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Letter and Word Review
In this letters and word review worksheet, students name letters, read sentences, read words, name pictures, and more. Students complete 7 exercises total.
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Letter and Sight Word Review
In this letter and sight word worksheet, students practice naming letters, saying sounds, reading simple sentences and blending and reading words.
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Match the Sound
In this sound matching worksheet, students match the underlined sounds in the words with the sound in one of the 3 words next to it. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Ever Changing Pumpkin Faces
Students create different faces and facial expressions on a real pumpkin using laminated black face items. In this facial expressions lesson plan, students can use the pumpkin to show feelings.
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Mexican Memory Match
Students explore memorization by participating in a fun class game. In this Mexican culture lesson, students identify important Mexican symbols and utilize these images to play a memory game. Students match flash cards containing the...
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Deshawn's Days
Students read about a boy while exploring poetry. In this poetry lesson, students discuss how Deshawn's neighborhood and family are described.