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Sounding out accuracy, Mix, Mix, Match

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore English by identifying segments of words in class. In this phonetics activity, students utilize flash cards which contain letters and mix them in order to create a "match" word. Students sound out the words they...
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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short...
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Capital Letters

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this capitalization interactive workhsheet, students read seven sentences and select the proper capitalization for each sentence.
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Consonants: g, j, x, qu, y

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a reading comprehension lesson that focuses on specific sounds found in words. The lesson includes a variety of experiences that include games, a storybook, and literature response writing.
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Strong to the Hoop

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Strong to the Hoop. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
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Roll the Dice

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice recognizing and blending letters together to create new and unique words in the process of decoding text. They play a game where they roll dice to help blend a variety of words together and create new ones to analyze...
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Falling Apples

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying individual sounds in words by interacting with the phoneme /a/. They recite the tongue twister, "Abby had an apple in the bag," and play the game beware of the falling apples. Each student also reads the...
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Drills "Passive Voice"

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this verbs online interactive worksheet, students determine the voice and tense to 9 verb phrases. Students choose the multiple choice passive tense verbs to make 6 sentences passive. Students formulate 6 sentences with passive...
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Woodland Animals and Their Habitat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the natural environment through a video and nature sounds tape. They keep journal's of the unit's activities and vocabulary terms. They play a web of interdependence game and compose a list of forest animals and write...
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King of the Playground by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners discover ways to resolve conflicts. In this bullying lesson, students read a book about a boy who is having problems on the playground. Learners discuss how the characters feel and what they do to stand up for themselves....
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I Spy Blends

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this phonics worksheet, learners practice matching consonant blends, with a partner, in a game of I Spy Blends where they match a set of consonant blend cards to a variety of pictures.
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Literature Response for Home-School Connections: Fables

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in home and school based literacy activities in this unit. They examine fables in school and practice the literacy activities at home.
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Express Yourself!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the five main components to reading fluency: faster reading, smoother reading, expressive reading, silent reading and voluntary reading. This lesson is designed to help children use expression as they read. Improvement...
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Road Manners

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine manners and citizenship. In this citizenship and safety lesson, students build an understanding of the relationship between good manners and safety. Students talk about what good divers do to be safe on the road, then...
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Rhyme Match

For Teachers 1st
First graders match rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson plan students play a game with a partner matching rhyming words and a coordinating picture. The student pairs make a list of rhyming words that fit with their game.
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Musical Chair Review

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners play a simple game designed to reinforce letter names, sounds or sight words. They walk in a circle as music plays, and stop in front of a chair when the music stops. Each chair has a letter or sight word that the child must...
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Snatch A Card

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice recognizing sight words by playing a word card game. In this snatch a card lesson, students read at least 10 dolch words, play a mixing the word cards game, and read rotating cards.
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Sounding out accuracy, The Sum of the Parts

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore word structures by participating in a group activity. In this word segment lesson, students collaborate in small groups and pass out cards with certain letters that can form words when put together. Students win the game...
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#14 Riddles

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to riddles and identify Dolch sight words in the riddles. In this sight words lesson, students listen to riddles and guess the sight word for the riddle. Students solve sight word riddles.
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1st Grade Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st
In this vocabulary words worksheet, 1st graders answer multiple choice questions about opposites of words, root words, meaning of words, and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
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The Letter Aa

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore letter Aa. In this letter recognition lesson, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson page....
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Spelling Lesson Plan: Shaving Cream Printing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars practice their spelling words with shaving cream. In this spelling skills lesson, students practice their spelling words using shaving cream on their desks.
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_un Matching Cards

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood _un matching cards worksheet, students cut out the 6 word cards and picture cards that have the -un sound and use them to play a matching game.