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Olly at the Doctor

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel "O" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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"Shhh!" said Miss Trish

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They listen to and then repeat /sh/ tongue twisters. They listen for and identify /sh/ words in 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' by Dr....
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Rapid Reading

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review sight recognition and blending by using an index card with one of the words from the word wall on it. They read a story aloud as a class and hold up their card when they hear their word and sing a song that allows them to...
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Describing Music

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to the 9th symphony and identify the tiri-ti rhythm. They identify the number of times they hear a phrase "turn, turn, turn". They then describe the meaning of one song and answer questions in class discussion.
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Radio Broadcasting Before Television

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students compare the radio to other forms of mass communication. In this Radio Broadcasting Before Television lesson, students learn the different types of radio shows in the 1920s and 30s. Students write and perform radio scripts...
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Getting the Message: What Did You Say?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to and compare the first sentence of the Gettysburg Address spoken in different languages. They also compare frequency readings for each and discuss how the brain interprets spoken words.
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AAAAAAAAAAA! Stop Crying!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice recognizing the phoneme /a/ in spoken words. They interact with the book, "A Cat's Nap," and a poster with Abby and Allen on it that are asking animals for apples, and cards with words on them like at, mad, went, bag,...
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The Crying Baby

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice recognizing phonemes with letters emphasizing the /a/ in spoken words and by letter symbols. They interact with Elkonin boxes, letter manipulatives, the book, "A Cat Nap," and a poster with a tongue twister on it.
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It's May, Let's Play!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore digraphs. They discuss the ay=/A/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them remember the ay=/A/ correspondence. They read a story and identify /A/ in spoken and written language. Students spell words using the ay=/A/.
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Baby Sally is Upset Again!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students, assessing how to read and write, join together grapheme's and the phonemes that make up words. They practice recognizing in oral and written form the vowel /a/. The book, "Matt and Rags," is introduced to the students in this...
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Scary Scary....aaaaa!!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ in both written and spoken word by reciting a tongue twister in which they exaggerate the /a/. Next, the make given words using letterboxes after the teacher models the technique, Next, they read "Pat's Jam" to a...
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Bless You

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice recognizing the phoneme /a/ in spoken and written words as well as by symbol. They interact with the book, "The Cat Nap," from Educational Insights and the Dr. Seuss book, "ABC's Book." Each student also plays a memory...
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A Baby is Crying...Aaa!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /a/ (short a). Students read and write words containing the phoneme /a/. They identify /a/ in written and spoken words. Students recognize the letter symbol for /a/ and find words with...
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Sun Fun

For Teachers K
Students identify that learning letters and their individual sounds are important. They identify the letter u and the sound it can make in various words and illustrations. Finally, students practice wiriting the letter u both upper and...
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Ssshhh, Look at the Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learn that "sh" stands for /sh/ in spoken language. This digraph cannot be decoded by blending the /s/ and /h/ sounds, so /sh/ should be explicitly taught. This lesson gives the students practice recognizing /sh/ in speech and "sh" in...
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Music in West Africa

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners listen to music at a designated website. They demonstrate how to make musical sounds with symbols and create their own musical composition. From activities on the website, students begin to train their ear to hear pitches and...
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Correct the Homophones

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this homophones worksheet, students correct the homophones in each example. Students correct 10 sentences containing homophones.
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Spelling-"Jimmy's Boa"

For Students 3rd
For this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders fill in bubbles for the sounds they hear in a set of spelling words from "Jimmy's Boa" as the teacher dictates words. Words are given on page 2.
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"Ch" Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
What do chug and chain have in common? The consonant digraph ch of course. Hold onto your hats – here is a packet of worksheets with enough practice activities to fill a short unit. It contains two lists of ch words, three practice...
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Ehhh! Can you repeat that!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students assess how to recognize phonemes that stand for letters creating spoken words utilizing the short vowel /e/. They associate our written language as a secret code to solve. The tongue twister "Everybody saw Eddie and the Eskimo...
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Mmmm...Mommy Made Muffins!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes. They explore phonemes in spoken word contexts. Students discuss the phoneme /m/. They learn a tongue twister to help them recognize /m/. Students read "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and identify the phoneme /m/...
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Super Sonar

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this echo lesson plan, students create echos using rubbers balls and a chair to simulate animals finding out where they are. Students follow 3 sets of directions and answer 2 questions.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Assessing Writing Numbers

For Teachers K Standards
Can I say a number by its name, and can you write it for me? Working in small groups or with the whole class, give your kindergartners a piece of 1-inch graph paper and have them write numbers 0 to 10 and 11 to 20. Next, pass out blank...
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Imaginary Creatures

For Teachers 1st
Drama and movement are wonderful ways to cover story elements such as setting, character, and descriptive writing. Little ones listen to a poem about imaginary creatures. As they listen, they shape their bodies into what they think the...

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