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School-Home Links: Writing Your Name

For Students Pre-K - K
In this name writing worksheet, students practice writing their first and last names five times. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Tracing Lines

For Students Pre-K - K
In this tracing practice worksheet, students trace dotted lines to print 4 straight lines that go from an egg to a picture of a dinosaur. There are no directions as to whether the students start at the bottom or the top.
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Compound Word Match

For Students Pre-K - K
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students use cards that have pictures of frogs, with word parts on them, to build compound words. There are no directions or questions on this instructional activity.
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Printing Upper and Lower Case Kk

For Students Pre-K - K
In this printing Kk worksheet, students color or trace 4 examples each of Zaner-Bloser upper and lower case k. The letters are not on lines; this is tracing only.
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What words sound like rice?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students experiment with sounds of words. In this word comparison lesson, students complete a series of games to assist them in hearing and sounding out the letters in the word rice.  Students use this information to find or think...
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Perfect Manners/Roles of Citizens

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars discuss manners and citizenship. In this roles of citizens lesson, students read D.W.'s Guide to Perfect Manners and create a Venn Diagram with examples from the story.  Young scholars take a quiz.
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Learning from Letters and Other Mail

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students explore the history of our mail system. In this postal lesson plan, students evaluate mail as a means of communication, create a mail system in their classroom where they can send and receive mail. Once the students receive...
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The Photogingerbread Connection

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students draw pictures of themselves. They mail the picture of themself to the teacher prior to the start of the school year.
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Little Engine That Could Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students retell the story The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify the various trains featured in the story, focusing on the descriptive words. Students then create their own...
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Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students engage in reading comprehension activities for the story "Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet". In this reading comprehension lesson, students make prediction drawings before reading the story, create new illustrations for...
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Christmas at Mud Flat Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students analyze the characters in the book Christmas at Mud Flat. In this early childhood lesson plan, students analyze characters in the book, then choose which character they personally identify with the most. Students then use...
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Kinder-Pictionary

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create their own dictionary. In this spelling lesson, students make a dictionary with just words and pictures. They use these dictionaries when they are writing to remember how to spell words. 
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Teaching With the Power of Objects

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Learners define value of an object. In this value lesson plan, students identify reasons for collecting objects, compile a personal inventory of items they find valuable, and then define why those items are valuable to them. In step two...
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Building Bridges: Living in a Diverse Society

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students participate in various activities that help them build esteem, and explore racism. In this multicultural lesson plan, Students increase their awareness of, and appreciation for, cultural differences and similarities. This...
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Playing Historical Detective: Great Grandmother's Dress and Other Clues to the Life and Times of Annie Steel

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Young scholars draw conclusions about an mystery person based on documents and artifacts provided. In this drawing conclusions lesson, students become detectives by reading and analyzing evidence provided. This lesson includes...
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Frog Principal Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students read the fractured fairy tale, The Frog Principal by Stephanie Calmenson and compare it to the original version in order to gain deeper understanding of the fairy tale genre. In this fairy tale lesson, students identify and...
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Grammar and Writing: Writing Process and Action Verbs

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students review and revise their writing from a portfolio created during a thematic unit. For this writing lesson, students working in pairs examine and revise written pieces using action verbs. They add at least 10 action verbs to each...
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Above and Below Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this above and below worksheet, students name the musical instrument that is above and below the other. Students complete 2 problems.
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Message Time

For Teachers Pre-K
Students complete message time activities to improve their emerging literacy skills. In this emerging literacy lesson, students discuss writing symbols and the writing process with their teacher, as well as reading prompts. Students...
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Food Match Sheet

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this types of food worksheet, students view ten pictures of various types of food and then match each picture to their actual name on the right.
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The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Young scholars read the story The Day Jimmy's Boa At the Wash and put the event boxes in order from the beginning to end of the story. In this sequencing lesson plan, students do this on the computer.
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6 Traits: Organization

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students make logical patterns in their writing to demonstrate the trait of organization. In this organization lesson plan, students focus on events proceeding logically.
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6 Traits: Sentence Fluency

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Learners practice writing with sentence fluency in order to make the story more enjoyable for the reader. In this sentence fluency lesson plan, students focus on rhythm and flow.
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6 Traits: conventions

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students watch a video and write using conventions. In this conventions lesson plan, students edit their writing for the correct spelling, grammar, and paragraph usage.