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Give the Dog a Bone

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen as the /sh/ sound is modeled and discover the sound as it appears in the words "sheep", "fish", and "ship". They then play a secret game with a magic code placing the correct dog with its bone. Once all the words are...
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Truth or Hogwash

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Explore the history of domesticated pigs and their important byproducts. After discussing the use of pigs, class members create game boards describing the animals. While playing the game, they determine if the answers are true or...
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Christmas Spelling Quiz

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Christmas spelling instructional activity, students analyze the given letters and find the missing letters to spell the 20 words that relate to Christmas.
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The Long A Sound: Worksheet 3

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Let's learn about the long A sound! Youngsters practice saying the name of each picture listed, and then they unscramble the letters in the boxes provided. They write the word that contains the long A sound on the line. Note: The...
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Roll A Sentence

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this modifiers worksheet, students play a game where they roll cubes and write sentences that include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
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Now Picture This

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this grammar worksheet, students solve word puzzles that contain prepositional phrases. An example is given, but puzzles have to be made.
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Musical Chairs Review Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners review material by playing musical chairs. They identify shapes, colors and vocabulary. They give the definition of the new vocabulary words while playing the game as well.
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Feeding Red

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, rereading and reading with expression, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor,...
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A-Okay

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the a_e vowel correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ae/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students...
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Baby Sally is Upset Again!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students, assessing how to read and write, join together grapheme's and the phonemes that make up words. They practice recognizing in oral and written form the vowel /a/. The book, "Matt and Rags," is introduced to the students in this...
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Red Fish-Blue Fish Make a Wish

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students to read and pronounce words correctly. They investigate the letters that stand for phonemes so that spellings map out the phoneme sequence in spoken words. Students attach sounds to appropriate letters. They have some sounds...
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Writing Activity: School Activities

For Students K - 2nd
In this writing worksheet, learners draw a picture of something they like to do at school, then complete a sentence describing it. A word box is given to help students make a choice.
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Read with Speed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through various techniques. After reviewing decoding and rereading as good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a teacher selected text. They complete a timed reading drill and...
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Racing to Read Fast

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify and interpret how to speed up the pace of their reading. Then they read slow and monotonous to avoid making mistakes. Students also read to comprehend the text that they need to identify to vary the rates of speed at...
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"Ehh?" Says Grandpa Edward"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. This lesson plan helps students to identify the correspondence e=/e/ by recognizing the sound of an elderly person ¿¿¿eh?¿¿¿ throughout words.
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Comparisons

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comparisons worksheet, learners practice comparing things and working with dialogue. Students have eight sets of dialogue where they choose a word or phrase which best fits the sentence.
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Verbal Spin-Off

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this making sentences worksheet, students use spinners to determine sentence patterns and write them with correct verb tense.
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Author Study: Kevin Henkes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use the Internet to access information about author Kevin Henkes and his many books. They read interviews, explore book-related mazes, recipes and activities and complete coloring pages, etc.
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4 in a Row!

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students learn to recognize 3 letter sight words by participating in a Bingo-type game. Students listen to the word which is read or shown and mark the words if they have it on their boards. Four...
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Grammar Bingo

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these grammar bingo worksheets, students identify the words as verbs, nouns, and adverbs. Students use the verbs to play grammar bingo.
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Past Tense Verbs

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this past tense verbs activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with past tense verbs, where the present tense of the verb is given. Students complete 8 sentences.
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Rhyme Time Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
What words rhyme? Help young learners deepen their understanding of rhyming words with this interactive plan. First they identify some words that rhyme, then they participate in a picture walk. Use books with rhyme, like Come Rhyme...
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Grade 2 Reading Quiz

For Students 2nd
In this grade 2 reading quiz, 2nd graders complete a 12 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 2 reading concepts. 
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Ss is for Snake

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, learners practice writing the letter s. Then they write about the objects who represent that letter of the alphabet.