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Where Am I? Determining Relative Location
Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. In this spatial lesson, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position words in the...
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Emotions Word and Picture Matching
In this emotions word/picture matching learning exercise, students analyze 7 pictures that show different moods. Students match these to the word that describes each one.
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Teaching Emily Dickinson: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
Three of Emily Dickinson's poems, "I like to see it," "Because I could not stop for Death," and "We grow accustomed to the Dark," provide instructors with an opportunity to model for class members how to use close reading strategies to...
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A PLAY ON WORDS
After making predictions about Janell Cannon's story Verdi, middle schoolers read through the book and make a new list of descriptions, personality traits, etc. They select an animal and write a narrative story about the animal, paying...
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Numbers 1.1
In this numbers 1.1 worksheet, students solve 64 problems about all kinds of numbers: rational, irrational, prime, composite, square roots, fractions, decimals.
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Alphabet Coloring Page: Letter Mm
In this alphabet coloring worksheet, students identify the uppercase and lowercase letter Mm. Students color the image and words for the moon.
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'A/Magic E' Decoder
For this spelling code worksheet, students use the code box to spell the words that contain the 'a magic e' pattern. Students spell 30 words.
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Final Consonant Digraphs (ck)
For this word ending ck worksheet, students create words by analyzing each picture of an object that ends in "ck". Students write the name of the object in the spaces.
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The Squeaky Door
Young readers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words that...
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Creative Story Writing
Learners recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until the...
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Rhythm and Nature
Second graders listen to song "Listen to the Water," discuss nature sounds and importance of water to life, perform quarter and eighth notes from notation, play instruments in rhythm patterns of quarter and eighth notes, and write rhythm...
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Making Connections
Seventh graders relate patterns with higher math. In this 7th grade math lesson, 7th graders analyze different methods of portraying data. They relate the data to real life scenarios.
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Words to Numbers
Seventh graders translate word problems into numerical expressions. Through guided practice, 7th graders discover how to take the information contained in a word problem and create a numerical expression using variables. They...
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Reading Recall
Second graders review the vowe-consonant-e pattern in association with reading fluently. After identifying the changes made to a phoneme when the letter e is added at the end of the word, 2nd graders practice reading a phonetically...
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O No!
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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ESL Pronunciation Worksheet-Stress Patterns
In this ESL pronunciation worksheet, students sort words into given pronunciation patterns, completing a graphic organizer. A word list is not given, but a reference web site if included.
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Consonants Blended with Long Vowels and Endings
Students practice vowel and phonic sounds. In this grammar lesson, students practice rhythm, rhymes, voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds and voiced vowel signs. Students brainstorm words with the cvce patterns.
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I Think I Forgot Something!
Students examine human health by reading a children's book in class. In this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Students read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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Fiction and Poetry
Students explore fictional text and poetry. They explore the story structures used in the types of texts and examine the language patterns used. Students practice tracking text in the correct manner.
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Present Perfect Tense
In this literacy worksheet, students practice the present perfect tense of verbs. They also create questions using the patterning as shown.
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Long Vowels Chart
In this phonics worksheet, learners learn the spelling patterns for long vowels and combinations by analyzing the long vowels chart. Students see the different ways to spell the long vowel sounds and notice words with that spelling...
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Alien Math
First graders identify combinations and patterns in this lesson. They manipulate an alien picture with 10 arms - 5 red and 5 blue. They use an individual alien picture to identify as many combinations as possible. Students compare...
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Same and Different
For this mathematics worksheet, students first complete the tens place and then add the rest. Then they continue the patterns and compare each column. Students also fill in the missing addends and solve various word problems by writing a...
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Quilt Geometry
Seventh graders explore lines of symmetry, congruent polygons and patterns. They listen to "The Seasons Sewn," observe a PowerPoint presentation, and identify congruent polygons and visual patterns. Through an internet activity, 7th...