Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. For this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...

Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letters /th/ and identify words where that sound appears. Students participate in a game in...

Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound instructional activity, students identify words in the English language which contain the "er" sound. Students play a class game in which the...

Young scholars are introduced to skills to help them become better readers. With a partner, they use magazines to identify consonant pairs and participate in a game naming words that ends with consonants. As a class, they practice...

Students work in pairs to play an air writing game. In this air writing lesson plan, students are given a written letter to practice. Students use their finger to write a letter in the air and their partner must try to guess what letter...

Students practice reading. In this irregular words lesson, students build their reading fluency playing a game in which they identify word cards. They play in a small group led by a teacher. This lesson includes a link to the irregular...

Students remember new vocabulary. They say one of the vocabulary words and throw the ball to someone else. That student then has to say a different vocabulary word and pass the ball. Students investigate six to eight new vocabulary words.

Learners examine speech difficulties by reading a children's book in class. In this children's literature lesson, students read the story Hooway for Wodney the Wat, and analyze the characters, story and the bullying that takes place....

For this parallel structure worksheet, students revise a set of 20 sentences for parallel structure. Page has links to additional resources.

Learners participate in a homemade ABC Bingo game to reinforce the alphabet. They write a different lower case letter in each block on their card and continue until the card is filled up.

Students use word family endings to create rhyming words for that word family. In this rhyming activity, students divide into teams and play a game of word baseball where they create rhyming words for a specific word family.

Young scholars are introduced to the concept of food safety. In groups, they distinguish between fact and opinion and cause and effect while participating in a board game. They write an essay about what knowledge they gained and review...

First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to use letter cards to form double letter words.

High schoolers identify examples of government intervention during crisis. In this New Deal lesson plan, students play a game to place descriptions and names to abbreviations of New Deal Agencies. High schoolers interview a person who...

First graders build fluency. In this word recognition instructional activity, 1st graders practice saying words that have a double-letter combination in them (e.g. pull). They work in a small group or as a class to take turns identifying...

First graders practice reading. In this fluency building lesson, 1st graders practice quickly saying words that have a silent letter in them. They work in small groups to read a group of word cards as quickly as they can. This lesson...

First graders build their fluency while reading contractions. In this contraction fluency lesson, 1st graders read a stack of 12 index cards that have contraction written on each. They read them as fast as they can, saying the word as it...

Investigate the various properties of the number six with this elementary math lesson. From simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems to the creation of hexagonal tessellations, this lesson covers all aspects of...

In this Louisiana folklife bingo worksheet, students test their knowledge on a game board that displays information on Louisiana folklife.

In this New Orleans, Louisiana folklife bingo activity, students have another game board to test their knowledge in a fun yet educational way on folklife in New Orleans.

Students review number concepts with this game.

Students discuss the word "promotion" and brainstorm ideas to create a class list on job promotion requirements. They work in groups to play a game and use sentences using the words "since" and " ago."

Students, in pairs, have a hoop in which they are to, on the teacher's signal, run through the hoops as quickly as they can. Partners switch positions as the game continues.

Fourth graders consider how the concept of giving can affect a society for the better. They read various essays on giving and examine obituaries to highlight individuals who contributed to society over the course of their lives.