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Hickory Dickory Dock Webquest

For Teachers K
Pupils listen to and read nursery rhymes. They discuss rhyming words. Students play a variety of computer games with rhymes, numbers and telling time. They retell the story through dramatic play, speech, and comprehension questions.
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Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ sound by mimicking the sound one makes when they sneeze. Next they work with a tongue twister, which they recite while stretching out the initial short a sound. Next, they practice writing the letter and read "A...
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Go Fish

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in a story...
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Phonics Long Vowel 1

For Students K - 1st
In this vowel sound learning exercise, learners review the words in the word bank and circle the words that have the long a sound. Students then draw a picture to show words that have the long a sound.
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Open Wide

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Eerie Exits

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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The Cat Ate My Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme for the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through a variety of activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Batter's Up

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Where Am I? Determining Relative Location

For Teachers K
Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. In this spatial lesson plan, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position words in...
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Letter Charts

For Teachers K
Students participate in an activity to find initial consonant "D" words.  In this phonics activity students find as many "D" words as they can. Students play again with various letters.
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Letter T

For Students K - 1st
In this letter t worksheet, student find and circle the letter in 3 simple words next to their pictures. There is one example given at the top.
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Sesame Street Letter Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study the letters of the alphabet, explore different shapes, rhyme, and listen to the different sounds of the alphabet to help them sound out words and begin elementary level reading.
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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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Big Pig

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the/i/ sound and letter recognition using Elkonin letterboxes and letter manipulatives. They work with tongue twister that contains words with many examples of the /i/ sound. Next they buddy read "Liz is Six" before...
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Waaahhh Cries the Baby!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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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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Leo the Late Bloomer Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
For this reading worksheet, students respond to the book Leo the Late Bloomer by completing an activity at home. Students cut out 6 speech balloons and paste them by the character who said those words.
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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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Doc on Top

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short /o/ sound in written and oral words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "The Big Top" and identify the words in the story...
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Good Grape Soda--Gulp, Gulp, Gulp

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme /g/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /g/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme /g/ in various...
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I Love to Eat Apples!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the a=/a/ correspondence by first examining how they hold their mouths when biting into an apple. They practice the sound while reciting a tongue twister and making a gesture each time they hear the /a/. While looking at...
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Reintroduce -er

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students identify words in the English language which contain the "er" sound. Students play a class game in which the teacher uses...
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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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Kindergarteners Study the Four Seasons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Examine the weather of the four seasons, look at seasonal activities, and tell which months are part of each season with this lesson. Your class will play a game, sing a song, and write additional stanzas to seasonal poetry.