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Replace a Word

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read Dolch words and use them in their own sentences. In this sight words lesson, students read sentences from their teacher and identify the Dolch words needed to complete the sentences from a list. Students then write Dolch...
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Sight Word Journal writing

For Teachers K
Students write an original journal of words they can read.  In this sight words lesson, students draw pictures and write words they recognize in their personal journal. 
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Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words: #3 Dolch Silly Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice word recognition skills. In this dolch sight word lesson, students arrange sight words to create silly sentences that are grammatically correct.
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Word and Letter Practice #5

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students name given letters, say sounds, read simple sentences, and practice sight words and blending.
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Dolch Work Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play Bingo using Dolch sight words on their game cards.  For this sight word lesson, students create their own Bingo card, filling it out with dolch words from their provided list.  When a student has gotten Bingo, the...
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Letter/Word Recognition Activity Sheet

For Students K - 1st
In this letter recognition learning exercise, learners name the given letters and practice their sounds. Students also read the five given sentences and say six sight words.
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St. Patrick's Day

For Students K - 6th
You can print these St. Patrick's Day vocabulary words out, show them as a slid-show, turn them into a holiday book, or make them into a game. There are nine different images for you to use with the special-needs or autistic children in...
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Trade a Word

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students play a game called Trade a Word in order to read Dolch words. In this Dolch words lesson plan, students trade one word for another on index cards.
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Locating Words

For Teachers K
Students locate various basic sight words in an article or a story. They read the word list/worksheet, and independently locate and circle each word from the list on the article.
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#14 Riddles

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to riddles and identify Dolch sight words in the riddles. In this sight words lesson, students listen to riddles and guess the sight word for the riddle. Students solve sight word riddles.
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Word and Letter Practice #2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this words and letters practice worksheet, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice sight words. 
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Word and Letter Practice

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students name letters, say sounds, read simple sentences, and practice a set of sight words. 
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Word and Letter Practice #8

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students name and say sounds of letters in sets, practice reading simple sentences and sight words, and say the beginning sounds of names of pictures.
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Fire! Fire! Fire!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
The book Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia, is read with quickness and fluency in this lesson. The teacher models slow, choppy oral reading, and then smooth, quick, and fluent oral reading. Then, young scholars read orally with a partner,...
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Did You Hear That? Sounded Like Fluency!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work to improve their reading fluency. With a partner, they read sentence strips and reread them to make the sentence more fluent and meaningful. Then, with a partner, they read and reread stories together and track their...
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Sounding Out Accuracy: Word Swatter Game

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore word fluency by participating in a language arts game. In this vocabulary identification instructional activity, students collaborate in two small teams, each armed with a fly swatter, in order to swat vocabulary words...
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Word and Letter Practice #6

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this words and letters practice worksheet, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice saying the beginning sound of words that name pictures. 
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World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun

For Teachers 12th
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
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The Meanest English Teacher Ever

For Students 4th - 6th
Upper graders will use a reading comprehension instructional activity about the meanest teacher to practice comprehension. They will read a 5 page story titled The Meanest English Teacher Ever and answer 4 comprehension questions about...
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Get ready, get set? READ!!!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in reading exercises to improve speed, fluency, and comprehension. As a class, students practice reading skills to increase their speed and comprehension. Partners take turns competing in a reading race while reading...
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Leadership Activities

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Implementing culture change within an existing organization begins with effective leadership. Scholars explore organizational leadership by reading and discussing case studies about nursing homes. They also write personal mission...
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A Creative Presentation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Bring writing to life with this lesson in which elementary and middle schoolers create a display of the imagery they identify in a series of Gary Paulsen books. They read the suggested materials, identify imagery and descriptive...
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter J

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story starter activity, students complete the activity their teacher created for the letter J. Students write their own story based on the picture, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words the teacher included.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter V

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story starters worksheet, students write their own stories using the printable worksheet their teacher made for letter V pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.