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Introduce Writing a Letter
Students explore the process of writing by participating in an early writing activity. In this alphabet letter instructional activity, students utilize a pencil for the first time and identify the proper grip for writing. Students...
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Alphabet Train
In this alphabet learning exercise, students color and cut out 26 large pieces, each with an upper and lower case letter. These could be used to make a train bulletin board display.
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The Letter Bb
In this recognizing the letter Bb worksheet, students trace and print the upper case B and lower case b and color pictures of objects that start with B. Students complete 6 activities.
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Letter Ee
In this recognizing the letter Ee activity, students trace and print the upper case E and the lower case e and color the objects that begin with E. Students complete 4 activities.
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D is for Dog
In this alphabet learning exercise, students color and study a large bubble letter D. There is a fun picture of a dog, and the words, "D is for Dog" printed underneath.
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My Book About Xx
In this Xx booklet worksheet, students color, cut out, and assemble the booklet. Students read the 6 prepared pages and then draw something that begins with the letter Xx on the final page of their booklet.
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Friendly Letter Format
For this Westward Ho worksheet, students write a friendly letter and fill out a cause and effect chart for the story Westward Ho. Students complete 7 rows in the chart.
Anti-Defamation League
‘Migrant Caravan’ and the People Seeking Asylum
The controversies surrounding migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. have recently been a hot topic. To understand some of the issues involved, young scholars investigate the Migrant Caravans of 2018. A 10-page packet, including photos, a...
Leadership Challenge
Rock the Clock
Watch young leaders as they totally rock this activity! Pupils partner up and set appointments with one another during the third in a series of 12 character-building lessons. Instructors call out the appointment time, then partners meet...
US Institute of Peace
Becoming a Peacebuilder
"Be the change you wish to see in the world!" The 15th and final lesson in a peacebuilding series uses this quote from Gandhi to prepare pupils for their own action projects. Individuals research a global issue, then brainstorm a method...
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Long or Short Vowels?
Vowel letters of the alphabet and the sounds associated with the vowel are the focus of this lesson. Students distinguish between both long and short vowel sounds by reading, writing, speaking, and listening to the words and sounds....
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What Lives in Water?
Students learn about a variety of sea creatures. They look at sea creatures pictures and identify the creatures by name and by their unique characteristics. Phonemic Awareness skills are reinforced using the beginning sounds of the...
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ESL Vocabulary & Writing: Shapes and Colors
English language learners review names of colors and shapes, creating a sentence for each color or shape provided. Each vocabulary word includes two lines of handwriting paper to guide young learners' letter formation.
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Applying Phonetic Principles
Young readers develop their phonetic skills by using a nifty tool called a word pocket. They use the tool to help them organize individual letters that they have at their desks to spell entire words and to construct beginning and ending...
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Printing Practice - M
In this coloring and printing practice worksheet, students work with the letter M. They color the large M at the top of the page and trace dotted lines to form 15 M's in rows at the bottom of the page.
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Practice Sentences
This sentence uses every letter in the alphabet! What a perfect way to practice printing with your budding writers. They copy the words, remembering to leave space between them. Because there is no dotted middle line to guide their...
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Halves And Fourths
Young learners start out by going to the board to draw lines through shapes to identify halves. Then they are given a square of paper and are directed to fold the paper into halves and then into fourths. They color the halves...
University of Washington
Toothpick Fish
With colored toothpicks representing genes, youngsters practice passing them through generations of fish and learn about heredity. Consider this as an introductory activity since it does not represent recessive genes with lowercase...
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R is for Rabbit - Dot to Dot and Printing Practice
In this printing practice and dot to dot worksheet, students follow the numbers 1-10 to finish a picture of a rabbit which they color. They trace the dotted lines to print a row of upper case M's, and a row of lower case m's.
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Periodic Table of the Elements
First graders discuss, at their level, the concept of elements making up all matter. They discover the story of Dimitri Mendeleev and his discovery of the Periodic Table of the Elements. They locate and color some of the most common...
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What Letter Am I? Letter L Coloring Page
In this phonics coloring page, students color a cartoon of a person formed into the letter L. They answer the question, "What Letter Am I?'
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Purple Primate Beginning Consonant G Coloring Puzzle
In this beginning consonant G words instructional activity, learners use purple to color all of the words that begin with the letter G. They color all of the other words green. They see a purple primate if the color the picture correctly.
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Spelling Activity for Thanksgiving
In this spelling activity for Thanksgiving instructional activity, students color the letters that spell a Thanksgiving word, then write the word.
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Spelling Puzzle for Christmas
In this spelling puzzle for Christmas worksheet, students read the clue, then color the letters to spell the answer, and write the answer word on the line.