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Fry Lists
Keep track of your learners' mastered sight words with 11 sets of words. Four columns list the words, as well as three columns for you to mark the date of mastery.
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Fishing Fun
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Fishing Fun. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have...
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Mapping My World
First graders make two maps. In this developing and reading maps lesson, 1st graders read Mapping Penny's World, discuss the parts of a map, create a map of their classroom, and create a list of directions of how to get to various...
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Reading Comprehension
First graders listen and read along as a story is read to them. They discuss what they read when finished with the text. Students discuss the story vocabulary and the word meanings. They practice decoding unknown words and complete a...
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Add Three Numbers - Leveled Problem Solving
There are many ways to add. Learners add 3 single digit number together to find an answer to each of the 6 word problems. A great worksheet that builds problem solving and basic addition skills.
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Reading Follow-up Activity
Students color a worksheet while discussing characteristics and composition of caves.
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Newspaper in the Classroom
Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...
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Learning Sight Words with Picture Me Reading and the Document Camera
First graders identify sight words. In this learning sight words lesson, 1st graders view flash cards to practice the words and identify them in a poem.
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Good Old-Fashioned Books
Teen Read Week offers learners the chance to discover the educational, as well as entertainment, value of reading.
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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves Storia Teaching Guide
There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves? Little learners read a new version of the old swallow story with a fall twist as they try to answer the big question; Why is that lady swallowing all that weird stuff? The teacher's guide...
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What Can I Do?
Young scholars identify how they are feeling and deal with feelings constructively. In this conflict resolution lesson, students explore their feelings through discussion. Young scholars read and complete the What Can I Do? e-sheet....
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English Exercises
In this recognizing animal names reading instructional activity, 1st graders name 10 animals. A word bank of the animal names is provided and students must write the name to match each animal picture.
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Alexander Used to Be Rich
Reading Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, launches this lesson appropriate for children who recognize coins and have been introduced to coin values. Using addition and subtraction skills, the class tracks Alexander’s spending...
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Words We Know
Students explore environmental print. In this emergent literacy concepts of print lesson, students bring examples of environmental print from home which are put on display in the classroom. Students view websites to locate and...
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Dolch Work Bingo
Students play Bingo using Dolch sight words on their game cards. In this sight word instructional activity, students create their own Bingo card, filling it out with dolch words from their provided list. When a student has...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Young gardners read and listen to books about seeds, plants, and the growing process. They plant seeds in plastic cups to observe the process of root-growing and plant formation. The whole class walks through a field to collect seeds...
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Life Cycle of the Plant - The Pumpkin
First graders access prior knowledge about pumpkins and read the story Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They will sequence the life cycle of the pumpkin through the use of picture cards and then sing a song about the life cycle of the pumpkin and plant...
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Duplo/Lego Tower Pattern Busy Bag
Turn young learners into pattern detectives with this fun hands-on activity. Using the included set of cards showing different block towers, children replicate each pattern with their own manipulatives while...
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Froggy Gets Dressed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 1st graders complete a variety of comprehension and vocabulary tasks: missing letters, short answers, yes/no questions, matching. All pertain to the Level 1.8 book Froggy Gets Dressed.
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Dolch Word List - Alphabetical
Sight words are listed in alphabetical order for preschool through third grades on this language arts workshet. There are at least 50 words for each of the grade levels, and some have more than that. This would be a good, general...
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All Aboard!
Learners recognize and identify onomatopoeia. They will read the book All Aboard! A True Train Story, by Susan Kuklin. After reading the book, they list and illustrate examples of onomatopoeia. Then they write a poem or...
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Build Skill and Word Experience: Level One Priority Words
First graders complete spelling activity for frequently used words. In this spelling lesson, 1st graders practice spelling frequently used words. Students also complete a word search for high-use words.
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Thanksgiving
First graders summarize similarities and differences of life in England and America for the Pilgrims by reading a mini-book. Then, they write a journal entry in first person on what it is like to be a pilgrim in England and in America....
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Incorporating Reading Comprehension Using Cinderella Stories from Different Lands
First graders investigate Cinderella tales from different lands to discover their commonalities in this unit. They perform their favorite Cinderella story.
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