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Curated OER

Letter War

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story, "The War Between the Vowels and the Consonents" by Prescilla Turner and create words using letter tiles.
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Curated OER

Writing & Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine Chinese and East Asian writing characters. They discuss how their writing systems differ from others found in the world. They practice reading and pronouncing Chinese and Japanese names and words.
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Curated OER

Hispanic, Latino - What's the Right Word? an Examination of the Language Used To Categorize People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define "Hispanic" and "Latino," analyze where these terms come from, and develop an awareness of racial labels.
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Curated OER

Narrative Prompt

For Teachers K
Students write to describe a summer activity. They read a book about the seasons. They describe grab bag props and how they are used in summer.
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Curated OER

Describing Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders brainstorm adjectives, recognize adjectives within text read by teacher, identify sentences that contain adjectives using Hyperstudio stack, and write two descriptive sentences for abstract image they create.
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Curated OER

Gaining Familiarity With Haitian Creole

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of Haitian Creole. They first fill out a worksheet asking for prior knowledge. Then students compare and contrast the languages of English, French, and Haitian Creole. They define Creole and discuss its...
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Curated OER

A? I Can't Hear You

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, students practice a tongue twister containing the digraph ay. They identify the digraph in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

K is for Keystone

For Teachers K - 5th
Students are introduced to the history of Pennsylvania. After listening to a story, they discuss each letter and sound and practice saying them. As a class, they complete a quilting project in which they discover the coal mines and steel...
Worksheet
Curated OER

"Schwa" Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this schwa sound worksheet, students answer true/false questions, underline syllables with the schwa sound and complete a related preposition activity.
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Ancient scripts.com: Phonetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Ancient Scripts features a tutorial on phonetics and the terminology used to describe the sounds and the tones that make up spoken language.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Build a Word

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the Activboard and Activprimary, students assemble words by arranging various letters on the flipchart page. Students create words given pre-assembled word endings or listen to words delivered by...
Website
Other

Sounds of English

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on English pronunciation for English language learners and their teachers. It offers explanations and activities for pronunciation of specific sounds, of letter combinations, of word stresses, and of phrasal words....
Website
Other

Fonetiks: Phonics Practice

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This English pronunciation guide is useful for young English speakers, as well as English language learners of all ages. It offers practice in reading, pronunciation, and writing of vowels and consonants and of vowel and consonant...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Basic Spanish Grammar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site houses worksheets that have been prepared for both ELL students and students who are learning to speak Spanish as their second language. Most of the worksheets focus on the phonetics of the...
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Das Alphabet

For Students 9th - 10th
Match the German letter with its phonetic pronunciation in this interactive activity.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ipa Is Cool![ai Pi E ?Z Kul]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that introduces students to the International Phonetic Alphabet. Students learn the symbols for vowels used in Italian and apply them to an Italian song. The lesson culminates with students creating a podcast.
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Education.com

Education.com: l.k.2.d Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to reinforce the common core standard of spelling simple words phonetically.
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Education.com

Education.com: L.1.2.e Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of spelling words phonetically.
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Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Pygmalion: Etext

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to access an online version of Shaw's famous play, based on the classical myth.
Handout
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies

Famsi: Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs

For Students 9th - 10th
John Montgomery's Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs is a unique reference to the hieroglyphic writing of the ancient Maya that presents over 1,200 hieroglyphs or glyph compounds. Each entry includes the hieroglyph, phonetic transcription,...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the five-act play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. It includes a preface by a professor of phonetics and a sequel "What Happens Next."
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Around the World Game: Sounding Out Accuracy

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A fun game involving the entire classroom that builds word and sound recognition phonetically.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Guess What I'm Thinking?: Initial Sound Accuracy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A version of the "20 Questions" game. The instructor tells the class he is thinking of something that starts with, for example, /b/. The students have to come up with what the teacher is thinking of.

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