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Got 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 with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in various words...
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D says DUH! Duh?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter D, both upper and lower case and recognize and identify the letter d in various words and illustrations. They identify how the mouth moves with the letter D through various word pronunciations. Finally,...
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Tick Tock /t/

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review letter recognition for the letter /t/ and the sound of the letter /t/. They write an upper- and lower-case /t/ and recognize the sound of t as well as the letter when combined with other letters in the form of a word.
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Teaching the Subjects You Never Liked

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Having to teach your least favorite subjects isn't always fun, but can be a learning experience for both teacher and student.
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Shapes: Large or Small?

For Students Pre-K - K
For this shape worksheet, students color large shapes of a set, and circle small shapes, 4 sets total. Worksheet is part of a site with links to additional activities.
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Love of Learning

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss times when learning has been fun and when it hasn't. They imagine that the are going for a ride in an aeroplane. Students imagine that they are looking through the window at the land below, they see the uneven shape...
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Flip Flop Flee

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover the sound /f/ and practice making the sound and brainstorm a list of words that have the sound in them. They look at picture cards and say the words represented. They then try a fun tongue twister with lots of /f/.
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Learning Shapes: Ovals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape worksheet, students trace a large oval, then trace the word oval beneath the shape. Worksheet is part of a site with links to additional activities.
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Shapes and Colors: Blue Ovals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape worksheet, students trace ovals and color them blue, then trace and color ovals on a picture of a crown. Worksheet is part of a site with links to additional activities.
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Article Practice 1

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this article practice instructional activity, learners fill in blanks in paragraphs with correct articles. Worksheet consists of 5 short practice paragraphs.
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The Little Red Hen Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading activity, students respond to the book The Little Red Hen by completing an activity at home with their parents. Students cut out the characters on the page and staple them to a straw. Students say the parts for each...
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
For this reading worksheet, students respond to the book The Three Billy Goats Gruff by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students cut out the 2 characters and staple them to a straw. Students act out the story with a parent...
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Animal Artists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a current events non-fiction article and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this animal artists paint for fun lesson plan, students also work on dictionary skills, geography, and creative thinking by...
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Math Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and teach mathematics vocabulary. They work in groups to prepare presentations using MultiMedia Lab V and songs to create fun ways to remember the vocabulary terms. Students use these presentations to teach the...
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Test Your Speaking And Listening Skills: Role Playing- Family

For Students 7th - 8th
In this speaking and listening worksheet, students improve their oral language skills by collaborating with a classmate in a dialogue. The subject of the dialogue is "my dad's new girlfriend" and would be best suited to older students.
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He Never Stopped Moaning! --adjectives

For Students 6th - 7th
In this grammar activity, students discover that careful choice of adjectives can make a piece of writing more interesting and powerful. Students read a story about a girl and her first date with a hard-to-please boyfriend. Students...
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Language Practice #7: Grades 2-3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students write proper nouns correctly, choose words to complete sentences and replace nouns with pronouns.
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Homeschooling Chronicles: Summertime Blues

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Homeschoolers may feel the onset of the summer time blues, but there are great ways to make learning fun.
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Creating a Cranimal

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students design their own mix and matched animals. They reinforce their literacy by working with pieces of animal names to invent a new animal. They use their drawing skill using a lesson plan framework that emphasizes transformation.
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Punch in the Stomach

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel U in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Speedy Reader

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice the fluency of their reading by incorporating a variety of techniques and strategies. They read with stop watches and analyze "In the Big Top" and "Charlie," by Richard Vaughan. Students race and record their personal...
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Vinegar Experiment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders mix vinegar with different substances and explore the reaction. They record data from the experiment. Students examine chemical change, reaction, physical change and physical reaction.
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An Investigation Into Our Community

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine maps of Palmer, Massachusetts and practice giving directions. As a class, they discuss how it changed from a farming community to more industrial. To end the lesson, they take pictures of the community to show how it has...
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Teaching the Class about Community Helpers

For Teachers K
Students use the computer to research information about community workers on the Internet. For this technology lesson, students pretend they are the teacher and that they have to share what they know about the community member chosen....