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Cookie Crisp Howl

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and it's placement in words. They write a message using words...
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Choir Singer says.../o/

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars develop aromaticity of recognizing letters. They recognize short o, /o/, in written and spoken words. Students read a story and discuss the shape their mouths make when saying the short o sound. They identify words with...
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The Cat in the Hat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an emerging literacy lesson in order to focus on the skill of phonemic awareness. The letter "a" is the phoneme that is chosen for letter and sound recognition in the lesson.
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Do Fish Clean the Ocean?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars analyze a reading selection. In this ocean lesson, students read a story about the ocean, ocean animals and coral reefs. Young scholars have the option to complete internet research on coral reefs. Students write in...
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Vocabulary Lesson-Pre-K Through Grade 2 and ESL

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students say the name of pictures of simple objects, people and places, choosing 15 to use for the lesson. Students glue pictures in a scrapbook and write the word for each picture beside it. Students complete word recognition worksheets...
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The Alphabet is Historic

For Teachers K - 9th
Young scholars describe how the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans passed down the alphabet through the generations. They compare and contrast the letters from early alphabets to the one of today and discuss how they are different. Using a...
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Alphabet Line-up (Elementary, Language)

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students put the letters of the alphabet in the correct order. They practice working as a team.
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"Wheels, Wings and Other Things"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various reading and writing activities related to the book "Wheels, Wings and Other Things" by Monica Hughes and Barbara Hunter. They participate in a shared reading activity, and write a new page for a book...
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Extra, Extra Read all about E!

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils examine the letter 'e'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, etc. They recite tongue twisters and use letterboxes to write 'e' words. They pick out short /e/ words...
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Body Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars use their bodies to form the letters to spell each of the five words that they were given. They must spell the word correctly and the teacher must be able to read the word from left and right on their "baseline." The...
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ABC DETECTIVES

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students alphabetize words according to the first letter while pretending to be detectives with magnifying glasses. They also work on their social skills and character development when working with their teams and partners.
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Thinking About Our Troops

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine various ways to support America's military troops. They conduct Internet research, and compose and send online letters to troops overseas through the "Operation Dear Abby" program.
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Message to Mother

For Teachers 1st
First graders write sentences to their mothers and include them Mother's Day gifts made with paper cups, a balloon and newspaper.
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Keypals

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover how to write and send e-mail messages/letters. They correspond with other students of same age level in another geographic area on a social level.
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P is for P-P-Pumpkin

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'p'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is written, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /p/ sound in them. They...
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The Plain Train sat in the Rain

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the ai=/A/ grapheme by reading "James and the Good Day" with a partner and discussing it. Next, they recite a tongue twister focusing on the ai=/A/ correspondence. They make words using their letterboxes and letters before...
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The Desert Alphabet Book

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use a book to discover an interesting fact from the desert using each letter of the alphabet. Using a United States map, they identify the meanings of symbols and locate deserts within the U.S. In groups, they participate in...
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Easter Egg Alphabet Fun

For Teachers K - 1st
For this alphabet worksheet, students trace letters inside Easter eggs, then write missing letters in those eggs with none. Eggs and letters are sequential and form the alphabet.
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Identify your bunk!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners identify their bunk bed at summer camp by decorating it. In this bunk bed lesson plan, students get materials such as glue, twigs, and noodles to write their name and identify their bunk.
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Literature Response for Home-School Connections:

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore learning skills that can be practiced at home in the ten lessons of this unit. Oral reading, letter formation, fairy tale identification, and phonic awareness exercises are provided in this unit.
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Ask a Volunteer!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars investigate the motivation of volunteers. In this philanthropy lesson, students interview school volunteers on why they volunteer and write thank-you letters to them
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars read words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy. They write and spell words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy.
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Spelling Basic Sight Words

For Teachers K - 7th
Students practice spelling the words on their spelling list. They read each word after the teacher writes them on the board. They trace the words with their fingers to help them remember them. They take a quiz over the spelling words.
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Spark (A Variation on Sparkle Spelling Game)

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in a game in which they practice their spelling words, in which each student adds another letter to the word. They are given the chance to rejoin the game if they miss a letter.

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