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Mmm, Mmm, Good

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme /m/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate /m/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in various...
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Today is Monday Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students read a book and recite the days of the week in a story. In this lesson about the days of the week, students which become familiar with the parts of the day. Students read Today is Monday, and situate the days of the week on 8...
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Reintroduce /ea/

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners are reintroduced to the letter combination "ea" and its sound. In this letter combination "ea" students review the sound for "ea" by recalling words with this letter combination. Learners then practice the pronunciation of the...
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Dynamics

For Teachers 1st
First graders review Frere Jacques and perform crescendos and decrescendos. In this music lesson plan, 1st graders also learn about the dynamics of music including piano, forte, mezzo piano, and mezzo forte.
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Spend, Save or Donate

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the difference between spending, saving, and donating. They brainstorm reasons to give and options to donate. They sing a song about donating to charity.
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Number Tick Tack Toe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in activities that apply Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences in order to improve literacy skills. The lesson is ideal for diverse learners because of the application of the theory.
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Techno Letters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars explore the alphabet by completing a computer activity. In this letter identification lesson, students utilize Kid Pix to create artwork based upon each letter of the alphabet. Young scholars utilize drawings,...
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Berlioz the Bear

For Teachers K - 1st
Young children read the story, Berlioz the Bear and complete various reading and writing activities. They learn about fiction and non-fiction, and complete graphing and writing activities for the story. Youngsters draw the bear and use...
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The ABC's of Breakfast

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the food group of various culturally diverse breakfast foods and discuss the importance of eating a healthy, well-balanced breakfast every morning. They then try different foods that begin with the letter A, B and C and...
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Animal Alphabet Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify each letter of the alphabet. They listen as the teacher reads an animal alphabet picture book. Students listen to the alphabet song. They create their own movements for the alphabet song. Students are asked to name...
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Strega Nona Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore story characters as well as cause and effect. In this Strega Nona lesson plan, students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United...
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Rainbow Joe and Me

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Rainbow Joe and Me. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have...
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Sharing, caring

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students hear the story, "The Sand Castle" and answer a given set of questions. They discuss their answers and then perform a skit of the story, "The Sand Castle." Students practice and sing a new song about sharing and caring.
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Being Grateful

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students consider feelings about the things we have. They look at their friends, their home, possessions, and things given to us and if we take them for granted, wish for something else, or are grateful for them. Students reflect on how...
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The Three Little Pigs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students analyze storytelling by reading a classic children's tale.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read The Three Little Pigs, discuss their predictions and practice using the vocabulary from the story....
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Caring

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the importance of caring about themselves and for others. As a class, they listen as they are read a story and answer questions using examples from the story. They brainstorm definitions of love and role play another...
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Goldilocks and the Bears Make Their Pitch

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and identify the pitch of the bears' voices as high, medium, and low. They improvise on xylophones a melody to accompany the bears in the telling of the story.
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Thai Children's Trust

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners read the story of Father Ray Brennan who is a priest who helps people. In this helping lesson plan, students recall details of the story as it is read.
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Emergent Literacy Design: Going to the Doctor

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. Like a doctor would, they look at each other's throats as they say "ahhh" and make the short /o/ sound. They say and make...
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Teacher Erase/Color a Rhyme

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this rhyming worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks to a rhyming poem about a teacher, then color a partially completed drawing of the teacher based on the rhymes in the poem.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan "Alphabet Letters"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize the capital letters of the alphabet.
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Create a Storybook in KidPix

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Learners illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.
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Mexican Memory Match

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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Alphabet Recognition Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play game to identify letters in the alphabet.