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Sound Effects

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen carefully so they can say their "part" during a reading of a Cinderella story. In this listening and speaking lesson, students saying their "part" on cue during a reading of a familiar story. They actively listen to the...
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Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss communities and why rules are important. In this community lesson plan, students compare and contrast communities with and without rules and play with parachutes and balls.
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Contraction Baseball

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, students use cards to say and spell contractions and move around a baseball mound if they are correct. Each team goes up to bat 3 times.
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Iditarod Slide Show

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read The True Story of Balto, research Alaskan Iditarod, select factual information, and prepare presentation on the computer to present to their classmates.
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Exploring Nursery Rhymes on the Internet

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students recite nursery rhymes. In this literature lesson, students review the nursery rhymes "Humpty Dumpty" and "Jack and Jill." Students then use the Internet to find more nursery rhymes.
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Summer List

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this summer worksheet, students make a list of things they did over the summer. Students make a list of 10 things with possible answers given to them and write 1 sentence about it.
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Sentence Structure

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners complete sentence structure activities. In this sentence structure lesson, students discuss ways to piece together a sentence using the given words from the teacher. Learners may also participate in related activities that range...
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My First Sentences

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this sentences worksheet, students use the words given to make regular sentences and negative sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Reading: International Year of Rice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are asked to identify the five grains and the types of food they eat. They read two articles about rice and even make rice recipes later in the lesson.
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Reading: David Beckham

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars read a story about David Beckham. They answer comprehension questions and study vocabulary words with the prefix un.
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Reading: Graded Reader Blind Date

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students talk about what they like and do not like to read. They are assigned a new partner and they try to pick a book their original partner would like.
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Speaking: What's Your Problem?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students give advice to other students about what they should and should not be doing when speaking to a group.
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A Weekend With Wendell

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete activities with the story A Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes. In this literature lesson, students listen to the story and answer comprehension questions. They compare this story and its characters to other ones...
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Create a Storybook in KidPix

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Young scholars illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.
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Exercises on the Past Tense

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this interactive grammar learning exercise, students complete the 20 sentences by selecting the correct form of the verb from the drop down menu.
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Smiles Change the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils develop speaking and listening skills while evaluating a list. In this consensus lesson, students define consensus and discuss how it might be used at recess. After pupils understand how consensus works, students review and...
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ABC Order: Back to School words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this abc order worksheet, students put back to school words in abc order. Students put 15 back to school words in alphabetical order.
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Christmas Scrambled Sentences

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Christmas sentences worksheet, students use words in 2 sentences to make sentences that make sense. Students complete one 13 word sentence and one 16 word sentence.
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Complete the Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story instructional activity, students fill in the blanks to a story about Christmas with words from a word bank. Students fill in 13 blanks total.
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Word Wall Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use the basic required 200 words by sight in sentences of three to six words, use the words to play bingo and rhyming word activity.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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The Big Green Monster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They complete center activities in groups of four in order to aid in decoding...
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Hop on Pop - Short 'o'

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the alphabetic significance of the letter /o/ along with its awareness of phonemes in spoken words. They assess on construction paper the phrase, "We like to hop on top of Pop who's on top of a hot rock" written on it...