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Perkins School for the Blind

Initial Consonant Activity

For Teachers K - 6th
Bingo is a super fun game and can be used to reinforce a vast number of recognition skills. These bingo cards are prepared by constructing nine squares, each delineated with raised Wikki Stix or gluedyarn and containing a...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Circle Time

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Oftentimes children or teens with one or more disability are reluctant to participate in whole-group activities. Foster good participation, verbal expression, and social skills through daily circle time activities. Each day you and...
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Show The Movie!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders deliver story presentations that establish a setting with descriptive words, contain a plot and show, rather than tell, what happens. In this language arts lesson plan, 5th graders utilize sentences from the book, "Tuck...
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Book Plus Games Equals Book-aims

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Research and incorporate gaming elements into the design of books for the 21st century. Young authors investigate why reading is important and good for individuals. In addition, they graph out the least exciting features of games and books.
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Word Pyramid-- Parts of a Sentence

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students build a word pyramid by following the detailed directions on the page Students use the indicated part of speech, number of letters and initial sound to construct the word. Example: A 4 letter...
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Elementary Homophones 3

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 15 words in a word bank. Students write a word that is a homophone, or word that sounds the same but is spelled differently.
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Complete the Sentences 2

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students read 10 incomplete sentences and choose the most concise appropriate word or phrase to make the sentence coherent.
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Alphabet Quiz 3

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students read 26 clues to words which begin with successive letters of the alphabet. Students write the answers.
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Question Forms Using Verb "to do" as an Auxiliary Verb (Present Simple Tense) 3

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 10 sentences which have the words in scrambled order. Students rearrange the words to make a question using the verb "to do." Example: you do OK feel (Do you feel OK?)
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Independence Day Acrostic Poetry

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this online interactive language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem regarding the 4th of July using the letters INDEPENDENCE. This worksheet may also be printed for use in classrooms.
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Recreation Book- Book Report

For Students 5th - 7th
In this literature learning exercise, student read a non-fiction book about a recreational activity that includes the rules and regulations. They write a dictionary of terms, teach others how to play, make a "play safe" poster, videotape...
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Question Forms Using Verb "to do" as an Auxiliary Verb (Present Simple Tense) 1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 10 sentences which are scrambled. Students rearrange the words to make each question correct, using the verb form of "to do." Example: do you how do (How do you do?)
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Question Forms Using Verb "to have" as an Auxiliary Verb (Present Perfect Tense) 2

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts activity, learners examine 10 scrambled sentences. Students rearrange the words to make a questions using verb "to have" as an auxiliary verb in the present perfect tense. Example: you her have before been (Have you...
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Question Forms Using Verb "to have" as an Auxiliary Verb (Present Perfect Tense) 3

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 10 sentences which are scrambled. Students rearrange the words in each sentence to make a question using verb "to have" as an auxiliary verb in the present perfect tense. Example: when...
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Using Capital Letters 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine a list of 30 mixed common and proper nouns. Students indicate which words should be capitalized and write them out correctly.
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Using Capital Letters 1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts learning exercise, students analyze a list of 30 mixed common and proper nouns. Students mark which words should start with a capital letter and write them out correctly.
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Softball Team

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students read the story about the girl making the softball team and then answer seven multiple choice questions.
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Really Useful List of 100 Plural Nouns in English

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts instructional activity, learners analyze a list of 100 nouns which do not follow the usual rule of adding an -s to make a plural. Students fill in the blanks of the chart and make irregular plurals. Example: tooth...
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Waving Flag

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this waving flag activity, students listen to the song, fill in the missing words, complete a crossword and word search, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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BBC

The Cream Cake Mystery - Seeing Patterns

For Teachers K - 6th
A great language arts lesson designed for emerging readers awaits your class. Rhyming words are the focus. Learners play an interactive learning game on the computer that helps them to understand words that rhyme. As with all of these...
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Knoxville Art Museum

Lee Walton: Codes in Drawings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Familiar with the systems-based sports drawing of experimental artist Lee Walton? If so, this drawing exercise if for you. Young artists observe an activity over time, develop a coded language for the activity, and then draw a...
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Genre Lesson: What is a Mystery?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Examine the elements in a mystery with The Westing Game. Learners unscramble words as if they had to put clues together. Additionally, they discuss terms used in mysteries. They practice the word using the context of the story, as well...
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World Cup Literacy

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students practice writing sentences and using the correct grammar. They also solve the crossword puzzles.
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Bibliotherapy - Prejudice

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read and answer questions based on One Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. In this tolerance lesson plan, students record their feelings and reflections during discussion of the book. Students create a dress using their own ideas.