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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the concept of organization. In this library skills instructional activity, students practice ordering and classification skills by playing the Flood Game as well as locating and shelving books in the school library.
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Zooming In, Zooming Out

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing lesson, students play a word game to help them formulate a plan to write descriptions of people or objects using descriptive words.
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Teaching Students To Follow Directions

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice following directions. In this listening activity, students play a game of "Follow the Leader" while coloring in an activity page. They must color their page according to the directions given by the teacher or leader.
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The Letter S

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore letter Ss. In this letter recognition lesson, students participate in country, state, food, literature, safety, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson page. Students explore the...
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The Letter Uu

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore letter Uu. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson...
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The Letter Vv

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore letter Vv. In this letter recognition lesson, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson page. Students...
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The Letter Yy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars explore letter Yy. In this letter recognition lesson, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson...
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Learning the Letters

For Teachers K
Students identify the letters of the alphabet. In this letters lesson, students use an iPad to play games, draw pictures, and listen to videos about the alphabet. They use pipe cleaners to create their name.
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Introduce qu-

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice saying and reading words beginning with qu. In this phonics lesson, students review the sound that the letter combination qu creates.  Students play a pronunciation game to ensure their understanding of the letter...
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Reintroduce /kn/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice reading words with the kn pattern.  In this phonics lesson, students review the sound kn makes.  Students then play a game to reinforce the correct use of the kn spelling pattern.
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Alphabet Animals

For Students K - 1st
In this alphabet animals worksheet, students cut out letters of the alphabet and match them to pictures of the animal that begins with that letter. Can be used as a game or flashcards.
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Car Race

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students cut out the parts of the story and play a game of putting it in the logical order and color the pages.
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_un Matching Cards

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood _un matching cards worksheet, students cut out the 6 word cards and picture cards that have the -un sound and use them to play a matching game.
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Snowman Sight Words

For Students K - 1st
In this sight words worksheet, students cut out 20 circles, each with a two letter sight word. Students match these word circles to the identical words on a game board.
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Candy Alphabet Cards

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood letter recognition activity, students use the uppercase and lowercase candy cards for various classroom letter recognition games.
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Valentine’s Day Unit: Writing & Literacy Center Activities

For Teachers K
Students participate in Valentine's Day writing and literacy center activities. In this writing and literacy lesson, students develop Valentine's Day journals using recycled cards and small blank sheets of paper. They write sentences...
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Looking Good

For Students K - 1st
In this Language Arts worksheet, students write 7 words for each different vowel sound. For example, under "ai" students could write, "pain" and "rain."
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My Crayons Talk Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts worksheet, students cut out 6 pictures and paste them on a chart of crayon colors to respond to a book called My Crayons Talk. Students paste the pictures of objects that the author Patricia Hubbard associates with...
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Changes, Changes Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts learning exercise, students respond to the book Changes, Changes by completing an activity at home. Students locate specified parts of book illustrations and check them off when they are found.
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Subway Mouse

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson plan, students read the book The Subway Mouse and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected...
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Irregular Word Fluency

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by participating in a word fluency activity. In this irregular word activity, students discuss the sounds that are made from different words as they read them from flash cards. Students shuffle the flash...
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Do the Hokey Pokey in Many Languages

For Teachers K - 8th
Students replace the body part words in the tune The Hokey Pokey with the same body part words in other languages. They learn the vocabulary more readily because of the connection to music.
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Phonic Noughts and Crosses

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading worksheet, students play a phonics version of tick-tack-toe. For example, kids place a symbol card "X cat" on a square on the board with the word "cat" on it. The winner is the students who gets 3 symbols in a row.
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Navigating the Internet with Safe Sites for Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover ways to surf the Internet while being kept safe from other web dangers.  In this web surfing lesson, students utilize several different web programs such as imbee.com, Disney's Surfswell, and Netsmartz, which allow...