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Eddie Loves Baseball

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this sports reading comprehension worksheet, students read a story about a baseball game and a little boy. Students read the story and answer 5 questions.
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Spelling Showdown

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this spelling showdown worksheet, students play a spelling game where they write a word with the correct spelling on a whiteboard. Students collect beans if their answer are correct. The student with the most beans wins.
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Around the World

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students play an Around the World game in order to read Dolch words. In this Dolch words lesson plan, the teacher holds up a Dolch word card and the first student to say the word moves on. This is played in pairs.
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Snatch A Card

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice recognizing sight words by playing a word card game. In this snatch a card lesson, students read at least 10 dolch words, play a mixing the word cards game, and read rotating cards.
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Botticelli

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students practice their studying methods by playing a team game in class.  In this research lesson, students participate in a game of Botticelli using their textbooks to find answers in this quiz activity.  Students compete against their...
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Charades

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a game. For this vocabulary lesson, 4th graders play the game Charades to help review their vocabulary words. At the end of the lesson students can create their own words to act out.
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Mexican Charades

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore communication by participating in a game of charades. In this visual storytelling lesson, students utilize their acting abilities and physical prowess to communicate Mexican imagery to their classmates without the use of...
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Beginning Sounds - Kindergarten Reading

For Teachers K
Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...
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Letter Writing Accuracy, Air Write

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students work in pairs to play an air writing game. In this air writing lesson plan, students are given a written letter to practice. Students use their finger to write a letter in the air and their partner must try to guess what letter...
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Irregular Word Fluency, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars study language. In this word fluency lesson, students play a version of Musical Chairs in which they must correctly say an irregular word, pulled from a bag, to keep their chair. The game is played with a small group of...
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Irregular Word Fluency, Word Potato

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study words. In this word fluency lesson, students play a version of the game Hot Potato to practice correctly saying irregular words. They play as a class with a basket of irregular words. This lesson includes a links to print...
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Potato

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learning to sound out CVC words can be fun, when you turn skills practice into a game. Kids play "Hot Potato" by passing a bucket filled with phonetically regular words on cards. When the music stops, students choose a word and sound it...
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Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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Four Learning Styles

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students play a game where they insert the states of the United States onto a map, and discuss the four learning styles as they play. In this learning styles lesson plan, students discuss how each learning style would play and think...
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Are You Plugged In?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an awareness of one's own media habits. Make connections between ads and one's own consumer behavior. They track their current TV and/or Internet viewing habits and video game time by keeping a TV Diary for one week.
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Vowels: review of short and long e, o

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate sounds of short and long vowels for e and o. They develop phonics skills through drill and practice sessions. They use a variety of activities that include games. This is a whole unit plan.
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Go Fish for Antonyms

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after reading and discussing the book, "One Fish Two Fish," by Dr. Seuss, practice matching pairs of antonyms together with an accuracy of 12 out of 15. They make flashcards in the shape of fish to study with and play a...
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Begining Reading: Antonyms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create and play a game called Antonym Match-up. They create twenty cards with ten pairs of antonyms. In pairs, They mix up the cards and compete to see who can match all of the pairs the fastest. A video segment from the...
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Jack Be Nimble

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to "Jack Be Nimble" poster. They are asked what the boy, whose name is Jack, is doing. Students are told that jumping over a lighted candle was a game that used to be played in a country called England.
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Introduce word families

For Teachers 1st
First graders play a matching game to find words that rhyme with each other with word endings est and ill. In this word family lesson plan, 1st graders match up the words in small groups by using word cards.
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Charades

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students play a charades game to communicate what they like or don't like when they travel. In this travel lesson plan, students play the charades and then read and write sentences about a past traveling experience.
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Irregular Word Fluency, Surprise

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading. In this irregular words lesson, students build their reading fluency playing a game in which they identify word cards. They play in a small group led by a teacher. This lesson includes a link to the irregular...
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Irregular Word Fluency, Word Baseball

For Teachers K - 1st
Students review irregular words and build fluency by playing a game. In this irregular word lesson, students label a variety of blank index cards, then post the index cards around the room as signs that create a diamond shape. Students...
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K
Students explore word structure by participating in a game of musical chairs. In this phonics instructional activity, students discuss the letters of the alphabet and identify words that begin with each letter and the sounds they make....