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"Eddie the Excited Elephant"

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize each letter in the alphabet and the phoneme it makes. They recognize phonemes in spoken words and their corresponding letters or spelling maps and distinguish phonemes in their oral contexts.
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Say Aaaaa for Apple

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students say words by blending sounds and phonemes. They decode words in order to read and identify and understand the letter a. This phoneme /a/ is one of the short vowels that are needed to read and write. They will show example of...
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Alphabetic Order Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students fill in missing letters in a chart in order to complete the alphabet. Worksheet includes a link to additional activities.
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Popcorn Spelling (Elementary, Language)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders stand with letter cards to spell words given by the teacher. A quick time-filler game to practice spelling words.
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Pigs Love Pink Pancakes

For Teachers K
Students explore the grapheme along with phoneme it represents. The teacher teaches letter reconginition by having the students write the letter and practice the sound. This helps studens investigate the letter faster (p). Students...
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Wetlands A - Z Book

For Students 4th - 8th
In this wetlands worksheet, students follow directions on how to make an online a - z book about the wetlands. Students follow 5 sets of directions.
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Cool Cats Counting

For Teachers K
Students practice number sense with the book Cool Cats Counting by Sherry Shahan.  In this number lesson, students listen to the book and count from 1-10 in English and Spanish. They practice their alphabet, rhyming words, and...
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Spelling Vocabulary Words with "PH"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this completing the "ph" words with missing letters worksheet, students read sentences with incomplete words, use the scrambled missing letters and context clues, and fill in the missing letters to complete the words and sentences....
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Spelling Challenge

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students count and spell out the value of the integer. In this game of spelling, they use algebra to answer the questions of which letters were not ever used. There is an answer key.
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Sounds Like Science- Bottle Organ

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate the relationship between pitches and notes. In this musical pitches and notes instructional activity, students use different sized bottles, water, and sugar to demonstrate different sounds. Students create musical...
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Helen Keller- Book Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students learn about the life of Helen Keller. In this cultural and disability awareness lesson plan, students read a biography about Helen Keller and discuss the differences in her life and theirs. Students discuss which sense they...
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A Family of Planets-Science Puzzlers, Twisters & Teasers

For Students 5th - 8th
In this space science worksheet, students complete 7 science puzzles, riddles, word scrambles, and teasers about the planets and solar system.
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Name Clothesline Graph

For Teachers K
Student matches the initial letter of his/her name with the corresponding letter on the clothesline. They then participate in the classroom discussions by offering information relevant to the topic and answering or asking questions...
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Teaching Strategies: The Word Wall: A Tool for Beginning Readers and Writers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners participate in various activities through the school week involving the high-frequency words on their word wall in order to increase familiarity with reading and spelling the selected words. In this word wall lesson, students...
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Putt-Putt Old Car

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars study the phoneme /p/ both in written and spoken language while differentiating from the phoneme /b/. They think about the "put, put" sound that an old car makes, and work with at tongue twister. Next, they write the...
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Look at that BIG PIG!!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders give examples of words that have the /i/ sound. They make the /i/ sound with their mouths and follow along as the poster is read which contains /i/ words. They read the poster together stretching out the /i/ sound and...
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Ladybug Dot to Dot

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood ladybug connect the dots instructional activity, students connect the dot to dot as they connect letters a-h in order to practice their alphabet skills.
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Alphabetical Order

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students working in pairs or small groups match up letters of the alphabet to their images. Students then match up letters of the alphabet to market items (a-apples).
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Phonics and Vegetable Books

For Teachers K
Students participate in phonemic awareness and phonics activities and develop a list of vegetable vocabulary words. They break up words into beginnings and endings, and trace and write the letter s. Students then create a Vegetable...
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Symmetry

For Students 9th - 12th
In this symmetry worksheet, students use the alphabet to determine how many letters have a mirror plane, rotational axis, or an inversion center. Students determine the symmetry elements and the point group for different chemical...
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Dictionaries

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students understand the way the dictionary is laid out as well as the purpose for why people use dictionaries. In this language arts lesson, students recognize the need for alphabetical order and are able to find words using a...
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The Nature of Light

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students answer questions that are related to the concept of color and they discover what color shirts are being worn by reading the clues.
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Morning Message-Mystery Code

For Teachers K
Students copy and figure out the Mystery Codeword each day. They copy Mystery Code into journal. They match the number with the letter to decipher the code word. They draw a picture to match code word. At the end of the week, the...
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Science Hits Activity

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students listen to a song that teaches the elements of the periodic table and write their own song to be used as an aid in remembering scientific information.