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Curated OER

The Art of Making Letters

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore letter formation through art. They analyze and discuss Jasper Johns letter paintings, and create the letter strokes using various colors and torn paper.
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Animal Alphabet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Review the alphabet and the sounds each letter makes before having learners identify animals whose names begin with each letter. Working in groups of four to six, they make an animal alphabet book with the letter, a picture of the animal...
Handout
Music Fun

Recorder Fingering Worksheets

For Students K - 8th
High notes and low notes. Sharps and flats. Recorder players perfect their fingering with a series of music worksheets that ask them to practice identifying correct fingering patterns and connecting these patterns to the...
Lesson Plan
Pyro Innovations

Phonemic Awareness

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
What was the sound that letter made? The letter S is the phoneme of today's lesson and it is ready to make an appearance. Little ones discuss the sound S makes, then they hold up S cards every time they hear words containing the...
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K12 Reader

Working with Figurative Language

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Are your middle schoolers able to identify the literary devices featured on this worksheet? They must demonstrate their understanding of figurative language by matching the terms with their definitions and label the devices...
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Learning Letters

For Teachers K
Students identify the upper case alphabet letter. They study the lower case letters. They complete worksheets on which they match the upper and lower case letters. They review the letters by matching the beginning letters with the item...
Lesson Plan
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Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize and identify words with hard and soft g sounds. They also categorize words beginning with the letter g by their sound. The folk tale Jack and the Beanstalk is read and then students are asked to name words in the...
Lesson Plan
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Phonics -- Alphabet Activities for Letters Aa and Ii

For Teachers K
Students practice saying the letters "a" and "i". They examine and identify objects that begin with those letters and sponge paint the letters. They practice with all the letters in the alphabet this way.
Worksheet
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Identifying and Writing the Letter M and m School/Home Links

For Students K - 1st
In this letter writing and recognition worksheet, students practice writing the letter M and m three times each after their home learning partner reads the worksheet to them. They write the names of the M months, and four M items they...
Lesson Plan
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Acrostic Poems: What's In a Name?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and conventions. ...
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K
Students explore word structure by participating in a game of musical chairs. In this phonics lesson, students discuss the letters of the alphabet and identify words that begin with each letter and the sounds they make. Students...
Worksheet
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Parallel and Perpendicular Letters

For Students 4th - 5th
In this parallel and perpendicular worksheet, students complete 4 problems, identify parallel and perpendicular line segments and completing an 'extend it' question.
Lesson Plan
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Identifying Matter by Sound and Feel

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the physical properties of matter. In this matter lesson, students collaborate as they participate in an activity that requires them to identify objects using their senses of sight and touch.
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Using Density to Identify Wood Types

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners identify different woods based on their density. In this density lesson, students use a triple beam balance to find the mass and a metric ruler for the volume. They look through various wood blocks and identify what type of wood...
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Learning Letters in Your Name: Group Time Activity

For Teachers K
Students examine teacher written name cards to name the first letter of their own names and those of their classmates. They do this daily with variations as they are able to identify the letters on a consistent basis.
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Letter Recognition Flash Games for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. For this phonetics lesson, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling of the...
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Reinforcing Alphabet Names/Sounds

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars reinforce knowledge of the alphabet essential to beginning reading by pulling random letters out of a hat and identifying the letter's sound.
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Letter Dance

For Teachers All
Students listen to a piece of classical music and identify the letter that their first name begins with. They use their bodies and movement to make the letter shapes and set the movements to the music.
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Name Songs

For Teachers All
Students use music to help them with the names of children in their class. They identify the letters used in their own name and practice saying them. They create a class book as well.
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The Letter Race

For Teachers K
Students practice identifying the letters in the alphabet. They use this activity in phyical education class and run to each letter when they identify it correctly. They also state the name of different objects throughout the room.
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Finding Synonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Student identify synonyms in poetry. For this grammar lesson, students define what a synonym is and view several examples on the board. Students read a selected poem on an overhead transparency and circle the synonyms.
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The Big Hit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
App
Beginner's Mind

Singing Fingers HD

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For anyone who's ever wished their drawings could sing, the answer has arrived! Simply draw while speaking, singing, or even playing an instrument. With a simple yet engaging premise, this app offers a wide range of possibilities, from...
Worksheet
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Naming the Pattern

For Students 2nd
In this pattern worksheet, 2nd graders complete fifteen number patterns and explain the counting pattern for each group. Students also complete five picture patterns and label each of the patterns.