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Beginning and Ending Consonants

For Teachers K - 1st
Young readers explore consonant sounds. In this beginning phonics lesson, learners fill in a beginning/middle/end vertical column chart with the sounds they hear in the pictured object. Practice spelling CVC words.
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Discriminating Phonemes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice...
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Eye-Popping Color Name Game Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students study color words in English, French, and Spanish. They examine the spelling and pronunciation before they practice saying them. Next, they make a matching game using art supplies. For each color word they write, they use the...
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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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The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters - Activity 2

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling skills worksheet, students analyze the six groups of words and write down the silent letter from each group example.
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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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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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Words For Playing Silent Scrabble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, learners work to create a game board to use the words on this list. They should practice reading and spelling them.
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Will Smog be a Problem at the Olympic Games?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students locate China on a world map, then read a news article about pollution in Beijing. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion about smog and a vocabulary activity, then students read the...
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Advanced Spelling Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL advanced spelling instructional activity, learners are provided an incorrect spelling of a word and are asked to provide the correct spelling and a translation.
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Spot the Anagram - Dolch Spelling Test 2

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spot the anagram worksheet, students look at the original ten words then look at the four mixed-up words and underline the mixed-up word that contains all of the same letters as the original word.
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Spot the Anagram - Dolch Spelling Test 5

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spot the anagram worksheet, learners look at the original ten words and then look at the four mixed-up words beside each one. Students underline the mixed-up word that contains all of the same letters as the original word.
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Super Spellicopter

For Teachers K - 6th
Students play a software based spelling game to increase their ability to spell frequently used words. They work on creative word work when they are not on the computer. They write words using different colored crayons and markers.
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Gingerbread Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Learners also make art projects, dramatize the stories,...
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Table This!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a table in Microsoft Word. In this word processing lesson, students create a table in Microsoft Word. They fill this table in as if it were a BINGO card, but they use their vocabulary words instead of numbers.
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Sound- Alike Words 5- Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills

For Students 5th - 6th
In this literacy worksheet, students read the definition of homophones at that top of the page before reading 15 sentences. They underline the incorrect word in each sentence and write the proper homophone on the line next to each sentence.
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Using a Computer To Write a Letter- Verbs

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing on the computer worksheet, students study the steps to follow when writing a letter on the computer. Students read 20 sentences and fill in the proper verb from the word bank.
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Dictionary Details

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This clever lesson has learners practice finding a variety of types of information in a dictionary by playing a "Dictionary Scavenger Hunt" game. Students must use the guide words at the top of a dictionary page, determine what part of...
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Test Your Vocabulary Skills: Learn to Spell 50 Common Words – Page 4

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this ESL spelling worksheet, students will practice learning how to spell 50 common words. There are 10 different groups of words such as hobbies and nationalities.
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Writing With Dolch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students increase their skills in word attack, fluency, and spelling of words and research and find information on topics from the Internet. They then use the Quick Cam with the computer and will increase cooperative skills in small...
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Letter and Word Scramble

For Teachers K - 4th
Students engage in a lesson designed to encourage the identification of letters and their characteristics, as well as moving them using a variety of locomotor skills. This done using the instructional strategy of playing a game.
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Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete worksheets by circling similar letters used in rhyming sounds. They form rhyming words using index cards and play a game of rhyming Bingo. They use letter tiles to form the rhyming words in the Dr. Suess book "Hop on Pop."
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Cherry Pies and Lullabies

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read 5 sentences that are missing words. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences with the appropriate sight words from the word bank.
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Signs and Symbols to Acquire Language

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students utilize deductive reasoning to decipher unfamiliar words and sounds. They acquire high-frequency words by viewing street signs and playing phonics games. Students This lesson is intended for students acquiring a foreign language.