Curated OER
Weather Emergency Safety
Students identify different types of weather emergencies that may happen during the seasons. They list the steps involved when taking cover and fleeing dangerous weather patters. A comprehensive list of service agencies that can...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness
Kindergarteners and first graders alike are engaged as they learn the initial sounds of objects by taking turns flipping cards to form a long train. This complete and ready-to-print activity helps young ones build the basic foundations...
K12 Reader
He Must Take the Bus
Build your youngsters' knowledge of the short /u/ sound with a quick exercise. Class members read a brief poem designed to include many words with the short /u/ sound and then answer three reading comprehension questions about...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting, Phoneme Hopscotch
Your class will love playing phoneme hopscotch! Scholars choose a card, say the name of the object on the card, break the word into phonemes, count the phonemes, then hop that many spaces on the hopscotch mat. Super fun!
University of Arizona
Yoruba Legends: Southern Nigeria
Explore legends and storytelling with your learners. After listening to some legends, pupils work collaboratively and then individually to come up with original legends about animals.
Bainbridge Class
End of the Year Photo Writing Project
Close out the school year with a look back at a specific event. You provide individuals with photos of themselves, and each pupil fills out the graphic organizer here to prepare for writing a paragraph about the memory depicted in the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Problem Solvers: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)
When it comes to reading and understanding a text, sometimes readers need extra help. The third and final resource in a series of guides to accompany Theme 4: Problem Solvers provides additional activities to help struggling learners....
Literacy Design Collaborative
Catching a Grenade: How Word Choice Impacts Meaning and Tone
Beyonce's "Halo" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" provide eighth graders with an opportunity to consider how a writer's choice of words can create a very different tone even when the subject is the same. After a close reading of both lyrics,...
Curated OER
Calling 9-1-1
Students analyze emergencies. In this safety activity, students discover when and why they should dial 9-1-1. They discuss as a group various scenarios in which they would need to call 9-1-1 and then role-play those situations. This...
Curated OER
The History of Rock and Roll: Part 10 - Up From the Underground - Lesson 2
Young scholars discuss the societal roots of music from times of slavery and black spirituals, and compare it to the emergence of Rap and Hip Hop music.
Curated OER
Preparation and Community
Young scholars explore community crisis and how to work together to improve a community. In this community stability instructional activity ,students explore how communities work together to solve problems and provide security. Young...
Curated OER
Bunny See, Say, Write and Read!
Develop the reading, writing, and spelling skills of young learners with a simple worksheet. To begin, children practice reading and writing the words see, in, bunny, and hat, before reading a series of...
Curated OER
Sight Words
Have your class practice the Dolch sight words using this presentation. Words appear one at a time on a plain white background. While just a list of fifty words, this resource could be very useful as a review tool.
Curated OER
Dolch Vocabulary Words
Need a quick and easy way to review Dolch vocabulary words? This resource provides a list of sight words that could be used as a ceter activity. Learners could practice reading the words with a partner.
Curated OER
Dolch Vocabulary Words
This is a great resource for sight word review. Dolch vocabulary words are presented in an easy-to-read font, one at a time on a plain white background. Learners can practice this list of words at a center or in a whole class...
Curated OER
Dolch Vocabulary Words
This resource is a great way to have your class review Dolch vocabulary words. Presented in an easy to read format, words such as, better, bring, carry, and done, are reviewed in a flash-card manner. This resource could be used as a...
Curated OER
Orange Cut And Paste
The sight word "orange" is the focus of this language arts worksheet. Learners read the sentences, then paste in the pictures that correctly match each sentence. Example: "Fish can be orange." Included is both a full color and a black...
Curated OER
Reading Matching Exercise
In this reading worksheet, learners match four phrases to four pictures. The four phrases are short descriptions using sight words and short vowel words with cvc patterns. Cut out the sentence fragments and pictures to move them around...
Curated OER
Preschool Coloring Page - House
A ready to use black line master copy of a house, this coloring worksheet could be used for larger art projects or just as a fun coloring activity. The sight word 'house' is included on this page so preschoolers improve their word...
Curated OER
Preschool Coloring Sheet - Monkey
What a fun picture to color! This worksheet features a simple image of a cartoon monkey for preschoolers to enjoy coloring. The sight word monkey is included at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Preschool Coloring Page - Koala
A darling image that any pre-schooler would love, this worksheet provides a simple and easy to color black line master copy of a koala. The word 'koala' is printed at the bottom of the page to help improve sight word recognition skills...
Curated OER
Preschool Coloring Page - Dress
Art and sights words are combined in this coloring instructional activity featuring a drawing of a dress. Preschoolers through first graders will enjoy coloring this picture while also practicing the name for a clothing item. Simple in...
Curated OER
Hickety Pickety, My Black Hen
In this "Hickety Pickety, My Black Hen" worksheet, students read the poem, review 4 sight words and then color and arrange the 8 pictures in chronological order.
Curated OER
Spell, Shoot, Score!
Games are great ways to motivate. The class is split into two teams; each team earns points by correctly spelling given words. To score bonus points, teams get to shoot baskets with a small ball. Tip: This game could be used to reinforce...