Novelinks
Nightjohn: List-Group-Label Strategy
Encourage readers of Nightjohn, Gary Paulsen's young adult novel about slavery set shortly before the Civil War, to develop their categorization and organizational skills with a strategy that asks them to list all the words they can...
Museum of Disability
A Picture Book of Louis Braille
Teach kids about the beginnings of the Braille writing system with a lesson about Louis Braille. A series of discussion questions guide young readers though A Picture Book of Louis Braille by David A. Adler, and once they finish the...
Queen of Heaven School
Computer Curriculum
Need some extra resources to get your class computer savvy? How about several years' worth? Show pupils in K-8 a progression of proficiency in a series of computer lessons. Learners master the basics, then work with the Microsoft Office...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)
Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Binary Basics
Back to the (binary) basics. The resource provides a simple overview of binary code and gives two different activities to introduce it to elementary and middle school learners. Classmates write and decode messages to each other in binary...
Curated OER
"C" Unit
Explore the letter C and the concept of courage with your class. In this religious lesson plan, learners are introduced to the concept of courage through stories from the Bible and then have a variety of multi-disciplinary activities...
Reading Resource
Ways to Practice Words at Home
Looking for more ways to practice writing words? A list of 27 strategies will engage learners of any level. Kids can choose between writing their words in peanut butter, criss-crossing them with words that share common letters, and...
National Council of Teachers of English
Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas
Scholars scour thematically aligned texts to gather a bank of words they can use in an original acrostic poem.
Curated OER
Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
Curated OER
Using "Kindness"
Students discover the benefits of kind acts by dissecting the word itself. In this vocabulary activity, students utilize the letters in the word "kindness" to create other words which they record. Students figure out what...
Curated OER
Pumpkin Carving Sequencer
Students arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization lesson, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Students then click and drag...
Curated OER
Printing the Letter S
In this early childhood alphabet letter S worksheet, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters on...
Curated OER
Printing the Letter R
In this early childhood alphabet letter R worksheet, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase letters on...
Curated OER
Picture Dictionary
Students create picture dictionaries to encourage the development of letter-sound recognition. For this alphabet project, students cut out pictures from magazines and glue them onto tagboard, and then write the name of the picture below...
Curated OER
Dot To Dot A To Z
In this alphabet activity, students will master the correct order of the alphabet. Students will complete a dot to dot using both upper and lower case letters.
Curated OER
The Letter Zz
Students complete multi-curricular activities for the letter Zz. In this letter Zz themed lesson, students complete music, geography, science, and online activities to learn about the letter Zz.
Curated OER
Words that Start with the Letter F
In this alphabet recognition worksheet, students read 15 words and then circle the words that begin with the letter F. Next, students look at 4 different pictures and circle and color the pictures that start with the letter F.
Curated OER
Lowercase and Uppercase I, J, K and L Worksheet
In this lowercase and uppercase I, J, K, and L worksheet, learners practice recognizing letters as they look at the uppercase letter and then circle the correct lowercase letter that matches in the box.
Curated OER
Lowercase and Uppercase Y and Z Worksheet
In this lowercase and uppercase Y and Z worksheet, students practice recognizing letters as they look at the uppercase letter and then circle the correct lowercase letter that matches in the box.
Curated OER
Lowercase and Uppercase Q, R, S and T Worksheet
In this lowercase and uppercase Q, R, S, and T worksheet, learners practice recognizing letters as they look at the uppercase letter and then circle the correct lowercase letter that matches in the box.
Curated OER
Lowercase and Uppercase U, V, W, and X Worksheet
In this lowercase and uppercase U, V, W, and X activity, students practice recognizing letters as they look at the uppercase letter and then circle the correct lowercase letter that matches in the box.
Curated OER
Uppercase and Lowercase Worksheet - I, J, K and L
In this uppercase and lowercase I, J, K, and L instructional activity, students practice recognizing letters as they look at the uppercase letter in each row and then circle the letter that is the lowercase version.
Curated OER
Uppercase and Lowercase Worksheet - E, F, G and H
In this uppercase and lowercase E, F, G, and H instructional activity, students practice recognizing letters as they look at the uppercase letter in each row and then circle the letter that is the lowercase version.
Curated OER
The Letter Ww
Students explore letter Ww. In this letter recognition instructional activity, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main...