Starfall
Aa is for Apple
In this literacy activity, learners practice writing the letter a and color in the pictures related to it. Then students write a sentence.
Starfall
Ii is for Igloo
For this literacy instructional activity, learners look at the formation of the letter I and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
Curated OER
PEBBLE PICTURES
Students paint pebbles to look like people, fish, butterflies, or birds. They glue to a background.
Curated OER
Commas After Introductions Exercise 1
In this three part comma usage worksheet, students are first given sentences where they must correct errors in comma usage. Students then go on to punctuate sentences with commas after introductory words and phrases, then they must write...
Curated OER
Water Quality
Students investigate the properties of oil and water by making marbleized paper. They examine fish species by making Japanese fish prints and 3-D cardboard fish. They create posters that present messages about conserving our waterways.
Curated OER
Aches and Pains
Being able to distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds is an important skill for young readers. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading...
Curated OER
Ocean Animals
Very young learners identify ocean animal pictures by their correct name and create a book of ocean animals. They read books and lean ocean animal vocabulary using the SMART Board. A well-designed instructional activity!
Curated OER
Pablo Picasso Collage
Students read the story SAIL AWAY by Donald Crew to show different pictures of water and oceans. They are then introduced to a collage showing examples of Picasso's work. They construct a collage using different methods.
Curated OER
Somthing's Fishy
Students, using drawing tools on the computer, or with paper and pencil, diagram and label a fish.
Curated OER
Drawing from Life: Tissue Paper Collage
Students watch a video about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe and discuss her work. They draw flowers plants and fish and use collage techniques imitating O'Keeffe's style.
Curated OER
Picture Prompt: Kids by the Creek
Students finish the story in this picture prompt, which shows two kids fishing by a creek. The prompt lends well to creative writing, as well as autobiographical writing. A word box allows teachers to type words that they want students...
Curated OER
Homographs- British Worksheet
In this grammar activity, students read the definition of a homograph on page one of these two pages. They write a homograph to complete 5 on the second page. They see clip art pictures that give them clues as to which homograph to choose.
Curated OER
The B Beat
Students recognize letter b in print and respective phoneme /b/ in spoken words, such as tongue twisters. Students then listen for phoneme in spoken words, and practice writing letter b.
Curated OER
Printing Practice F f
For this printing practice worksheet, students follow the dotted lines to trace 6 upper case F's and 7 lower case f's. They trace upper case F's at the beginning of four words that correspond to pictures of a fish, flower, flag, and film.
Curated OER
Pebble Pictures
Students create "pebble" paintings using rocks found at the beach, or purchased from a store, in this multi-level Art lesson. The lesson can easily be incorporated into a unit on painting and adds another dimension to ordinary artwork.
Curated OER
Homonym, Homophone, Homograph
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the difference between homophones, homographs, and heteronyms by reading this informative chart. Detailed examples are given for all. There are no questions on the page.
Curated OER
Something Fishy Going On
Students create a video animation of how Swimmy gathered his fish friends together to form a great big fish that would frighten the predator tuna away. In art class each child create a small red fish which gets displayed in the ocean...
Curated OER
Short Ii Sound
In this letter/sound recognition worksheet, 1st graders say the names of 4 pictures on the page which include a chick, a fish, a pig, and a bottle of milk. They listen for the short i sound and practice printing the letter 4 times by...
Curated OER
Pet (Sentence completion using tracing)
In this literacy activity, students complete sentences using words such as dog, fish, bird and cat. Students trace the words to finish these sentences.
Curated OER
Trace and Read 1
In this printing and reading instructional activity, students trace and practice reading the words bell, fish, hand, and moon. The words have pictures associated to aid in reading.
Curated OER
Letter Ff Activity
In this letter recognition activity, students identify the letter Ff by coloring the pictures of the frog, fish, and fireworks. Students then practice printing the upper and lowercase letter Ff on the provided lines.
Curated OER
Who Has Hair?
Students explore similarities and differences. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students read literature and participate in activities that features mammals and their hair. Students learn that they share things in common while we are...
Curated OER
Comma Exercise
In this comma exercise worksheet, students are given 18 sentences they must proofread and edit for comma usage.
Curated OER
Skates
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.