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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words 2

For Students K - 1st
In this reading words instructional activity, students practice reading the common words from the list from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then make flashcards of the words and practice again. Parents or guardians must sign...
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School-Home Links: Read Words Quickly

For Students K - 1st
For this reading words worksheet, learners learn to read some words quickly without sounding them out. Students read the words on each strip to their child and ask them to practice reading the words aloud.
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A Good Scientist Can . . .

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientist worksheet, students use a decoding system to determine the characteristics of a good scientist. Students decode 16 terms.
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Decode Words #2-Grade 7 Spelling

For Students 7th
In this spelling worksheet, 7th graders decode a set of 19 spelling words using a decoding key at the top of the page. Worksheet is designed for grade 7. 
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December Holidays Vocabulary Decoder Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this December holiday worksheet, students match letters of words to definitions, decoding December holiday words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Introduce Silent-letter Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to silent letter words and practice their silent sound. In this silent letter words activity, 1st graders take turns reading words with silent letters. Students sound out words and recognize the silent...
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Introduce -ed = /d/, -ed = /t/ Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore word structure by participating in a phonics activity. In this word ending instructional activity, 1st graders discuss the -ed endings to many words and practice sounding out words with that ending. Students...
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Initial Consonant Clusters 3

For Students 11th - 12th
In this ESL instructional activity, students analyze word and picture cards. The instructional activity focuses on using consonant blends tr, pr, dr, and gr at the onset of words. Students also practice reading words that contain "ee"...
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'Ai' Words Decode

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this phonics learning exercise, learners use the decoding box of letters to decode the words and write them down on the provided lines.
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Trace and Read 1

For Students K - 1st
In this printing and reading learning exercise, students trace and practice reading the words bell, fish, hand, and moon. The words have pictures associated to aid in reading.
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Telephone Numbers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this three-digit identification worksheet, students determine who has each of the telephone numbers listed using the key shown. They also use a standard telephone keypad to decode the phone numbers with the correct letters in the name.
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Secret Writing Devices

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Elementary and middle schoolers explore the world of secret writing, otherwise known as cryptography. After an interesting introduction to the activity, learners utilize a decoder badge which uses the St. Cyr cipher - which is a cipher...
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All Systems Go!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Secret codes are so much fun, and a great way to practice nearly any math skill. Let your class become code breakers as they investigate inverse matrices. They use TI-Nspire technology to solve systems of equations which help them crack...
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CSI: Florence

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Who done it? Class groups adopt the role of crime scene investigators and examine exhibits (primary source documents) to determine who attempted to assassinate the members of the Medici dynasty.
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Skill Lessons – Prefixes and Suffixes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Sometimes the best way to understand a concept is to break it down. Young vocabulary pupils work with word parts in a hands-on activity that prompts them to connect flash cards with affixes to their root and base words....
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Cracking the Code

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Some interesting reading on the history of barcodes opens this technology lesson plan. Readers find out how engineers contribute, and then they gather into groups to discuss possible improvements to our current UPC barcode system. Know...
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A Speeding Rocket, a Shooting Star... It's a Racing Reader!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Prepare a gameboard and die-cut race cars to play a fun fluency game. Also create several flash cards to review the long /i/ sound. Then, model reading smoothly and with expression, emphasizing the importance of re-reading...
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Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

“Double Double Speak Speak”

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Bilateral suborbital hematoma? Call an audible? 404? Have fun with “the twittering or warbling of birds,” or as 14th century French speakers would say, have fun with “jargon.” Groups match specialized jargon with plain speech, decode...
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Using Matrix Operations for Encryption

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Data encryption is an important security measure for sensitive data stored on computers. Pupils learn how to utilize matrices for creating code. They also get a great review of matrix multiplication, inverse matrices, and the identity...
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Reading Fluency Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learn the basics behind teaching reading fluency. With descriptions of both direct and indirect fluency instruction and practice, this article also includes a few lessons teachers can put to use in their classroom today. 
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Oral Reading Fluency

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Accuracy, phrasing, flow, and pace, the four traits of of oral reading fluency, are the focus of a series of exercises that are designed to help readers develop these comprehension and literacy skills.
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SLIDE INTO A RHYME

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Have your young readers practice phonetic analysis skills with onsets and rhymes. Groups of students create animations in PowerPoint to demonstrate combining beginning letters with rhyme patterns.
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The Cream Cake Mystery - Seeing Patterns

For Teachers K - 6th
A great language arts lesson designed for emerging readers awaits your class. Rhyming words are the focus. Learners play an interactive learning game on the computer that helps them to understand words that rhyme. As with all of these...
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Beginning Consonant Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young readers practice their beginning consonant sounds. Solid worksheets prompt students to practice their consonant in fun ways. These worksheets use Clifford the Big Red Dog as a theme, and give the kids excellent and colorful practice.

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