Give language skills a boost with a series of ESL lessons in an Off to Adventure! themed unit. Using a speak, listen, move, and look routine, scholars enhance proficiency through grand conversation and skills practice....

Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...

Guide kids as they trip trap over their bridge of reading with an activity focused on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. First graders read the classic story before answering a few reading comprehension questions about the events and...

Whether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...

Listen, look, speak, and move are the routine steps of the English language development lessons found in a We Can Work It Out themed unit. Language proficiency is reinforced through picture cards, poems, and grand discussions about...

Celebrate the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a collection of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics activities, each linked to a popular Dr. Seuss story. 

Practice fundamental reading and number skills with a packet of worksheets for early readers. Pupils find sight words, trace letters, and complete number sequences.

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...

Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...

Students explore structures in a big city.  In this big city lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary about big cities through songs graphs, and hands-on art. Students practice phonic sound /M/.

Students explore the sounds of the alphabet. They practice making the /s/ sound. Students repeat tongue twisters. They write words with the /s/ sound. Students read a book about sounds and their spellings.

Students repeat the letter x sound following teacher modeling. In this phonics lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with the /x/ sound and say the sound as the letter is pointed out among a set. Students continue recognition and...

Students study /e/ in both written and spoken words using a tongue twister and letterbox activities. They recite a tongue twisters and make words using letterboxes. Next, they read "Red Gets Fed" and find words that contain the /e/...

Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...

First graders observe the letter "f" and the sound it makes. They practice making the sound /f/ and look at pictures to tell if they begin with that sound. They pretend to be angry cats and make the /f/ sound and try a tongue twister for...

Young scholars practice saying each letter of the alphabet to determine the different sounds from each letter. As a class, they are given a tongue twister to practice making the "a" sound and spelling the words. To end the lesson, they...

Students explore the letter 't' and the /t/ sound. Through instruction and modeling they practice writing uppercase and lowercase T's. They say 't' tongue twisters. They identify 't' words on a worksheet and as they are read aloud from a...

First graders discover that each letter of the alphabet has a sound then detect the /a/ sound represented by the letter a. They pretend to be magicians and say, "Abra-kadabra-kazam! POOF!" emphasizing the /a/ sound and then repeat an /a/...

First graders practice recognizing words with the short /a/ sound and applying /a/ phoneme in spoken words. They interact with the book, "Pat's Jam," and five picture cards with pictures of a hat, rat, cat, pig and a dog on each one....

First graders take out primary writing paper and review how to form the letter "a". They observe a large picture of a baby crying on the board, discuss it and make the sound a baby makes when it is crying. They listen to some words,...

Students examine the letter 'a'. Through instruction and modeling and a variety of practice activities, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters and read stories and pick out...

Students study the /a/ in both written and spoken words. They find the sneezing /a/ while saying words and reciting a tongue twister before they practice writing the letter 'a.' As they listen to a read aloud of 'Pat's Jam," they sneeze...

Students study the letter sound recognition for the /a/ by recognizing the sound one makes when they sneeze. They use a chart with a tongue twister on it and work with letterboxes and manipulative letters that focus on words with the...

Students practice the letter A sound in its different foms. They study a tongue twister that encompasses the letter A sounds. They use letterboxes and bags of letters to sound out different words with the a sound. They listen to a...