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Milton Hershey Quilt Activity
Learners extend their understanding of Milton Hershey. In this notable figures lesson, students create a paper quilt about Milton Hershey. Learners use the template provided to design their own quilt square, including an illustration and...
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Animal Similes
For this English worksheet, learners use animals in similes. Students fill in the blanks with the names of animals. The subjects of the sentences are compared to animals.
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Literature Book: Rat-a-tat-tat
Students explore choral reading. In this oral reading lesson, students listen to the book Rat-a-tat-tat by Jill Eggleton and participate by reading certain parts chorally and adding sound effects with instruments and noise makers.
US Mint
Symbols in My Eyes
Explore the hidden meanings behind the images on US currency with this elementary school lesson on symbolism. Starting with a class discussion about symbols, children go on to brainstorm different objects that represent the Unites...
One Billion
Math, Age 3-5
Jump start children's math education with this fun basic skills resource. Offering dozens of different touch-and-swipe activities with colorful graphics, this program is perfect for all young learners.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep
Students build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Students may print out their work when finished.
International Reading Association
Literacy Survival Tips for New Teachers!
Whether new to teaching or a seasoned pro, this 12-page phonics and phonemic awareness guide is a must for your curriculum library. Everything from a summary of research on the topic to exercises and activities is included.
Pyro Innovations
Get into Shape
Shapes are so fun! Little ones explore, identify, and create shapes using tangrams or pattern blocks. The activity is intended to stimulate critical thinking while engaging learners through play and shape identification. Each child will...
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Reading Strategies for Decoding Tricky Words
Help primary school pupils learn valuable reading strategies. As they choral read a poster or big book, they predict covered words and learn various reading strategies for figuring out an unknown word. This will help them gain an...
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It's Time to Open Wide for O
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students match the phoneme and letter in words they read on index...
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Visualizing: Hill Fire
Students use visualization while reading Hill of Fire. In this language arts activity, students read the story and draw a picture of what they see while listening to the story. Students use manipulatives to create the figures described.
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Mystery Box
Pupils use their sense of touch to describe an object in the mystery box. In this mystery box lesson plan, students use linguistic abilities to describe the object. Pupils give as much detail as they can as to what they feel that object...
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The Scary, Creaky Door
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a...
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Sorting
Students practice sorting books. In this sorting instructional activity, students play the Flood Game on the PBS web site. With knowledge of the sorting system used by libraries, students sort small numbers of books using categories...
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Technology-commected Folklife Lesson Plan: Fables
Learners discuss ways the stories were alike and different. The teacher demonstrate how to draw a Venn diagram using Microsoft Word. They label the two circles and enter the likenesses and differences on the diagram.
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Sharing & Magic Words
Pupils share and communicate with each other. In these two lessons about sharing and using words to communicate students will begin to socialize with each other. Pupils practice sharing by learning how to "take turns" and by role-playing...
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Eggs Filled With Sound-Five Senses
Students use their five senses to examine an eggs with objects inside them. They use their hearing to identify the object in the egg and open them to see if their guess was correct. They end the lesson by discussing their sense of hearing.
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Are You My Mother Game
Students identify unknown sounds using their sense of hearing. They predict what objects were for the "Mother" game.
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Find the Word That Doesn't Belong
Students, after listening the "My Hero" story, are given four words in which they have to figure out which one does not belong with the others.
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Put a Stop to "Choppy and Stoppy" Reading
Students use a crosscheck strategy to improve their oral reading rate and fluency. They are timed reading "Bud the Sub" orally three times, and work to improve their time and expression each time through. Students encourage each other...
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Method for Teaching the Blending of Sounds: Train Technique
Students explore the blending of individual sounds to make words and, using visuals and manipulatives, equate this process to the hooking up of railroad cars to make a train. They link individual letters/sounds to make short words.
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Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Learners compare and contrast historical and contemporary photographs of important figures in African American history. In this photography analysis lesson, students learn key photography vocabulary and use a Venn Diagram to explore...
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Eat Your Words!
Learners make spelling words using cheese crackers. In this spelling instructional activity, students use Scrabble Cheez It crackers to make words before eating them.
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Story Mapping
Students prewrite a story using graphic organizers. In this prewriting lesson plan, students create a story map before they start their writing.