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ESOL Listen, Speak, Read and Write

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review shapes and numbers orally using a set of flash cards. They trace each shape following the arrows and then write the name and orally identify the shape and its name.
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Steve and Harriet's Wedding

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/...
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Alphabet Books

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness by making alphabet books. They identify initial consonant sounds and choose pictures of objects that begin with given letters of the alphabet. Students identify phonemes...
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Icky-Icky Sticky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They identify names of items with the short /i/ sound in them and...
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Fraction Message

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice identifying fractional parts represented in pictures and phrases. In this fraction instructional activity, students determine the proportion represented by common time and money phrases such as "3 hours in a day"....
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Fish Wish

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners identify /sh/ sound when reading and writing words with the /sh/diagraph. They practice saying "Shhhh" and then read the tongue twister "She sells sea shells and fish by the sea shore." They complete a worksheet circling...
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Insect Book

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders select an insect and create a page for an Insect ABC book to display their research. They choose an insect from a given letter of the alphabet and use KidPix to illustrate. They write 2-3 sentences describing their insect...
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Career Math Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders come up with a career for each letter of the alphabet.
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Spelling Words Puzzle II

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students receive instruction using examples to find missing letters in their spelling words. They fill in the blanks of each spelling word choosing from a list of animal names provided.
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A Seal Who Loves Peaches and Cream

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students decode correspondence in order to become better, fluent readers. When the letters e and a are put together they make the E sound. They become more fluent readers through listening for a correspondence in speech, in text, and...
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Cat Nap

For Teachers K
Students identify and interpret the concept of the vowel /a/ and recognize it in words and illustrations. They also practice writing both upper and lower case A on writing paper. Finally, students name pictures and circle the pictures...
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Lizzy the Icky Sticky Piggy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and spell words using the short letter "I". They become familiar with the letter "I" in spoken words by a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students come up with words with the sound and review the tongue...
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Apples and Jam for Pam

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ phoneme in written and spoken words by making the sound and identifying it in words. They repeat a phrase three times and write lower case a's on primary paper. Next, they listen to "Pat's Jam" and blink their eyes...
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Orienteering I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to compass work. They name the parts of a compass. Students describe how the parts of a compass are used. They are shown the proper way to hold a compass. Students are shown that-a-way arrow and its purpose.
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F - Color, Cut and Paste

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this literacy and phonics worksheet, students identify pictures whose names begin with the sound of F. Next, students cut out each picture and paste it inside a large F-shape. Finally, students share their findings with a friend,...
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Thomas Jefferson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recall the names of the first two presidents of the United States and identify the man who became the third. They compose an epitaph for Thomas Jefferson.
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ESOL Obtain Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the items needed to be prepared for a job interview. They generate a list of action verbs needed to prepare a resume of their own. They construct a cover letter and match it to an ad in the newspaper.
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Wash Your Hands...they are icky sticky!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness and they practice corresponding the letter "i" to its long or short sound. This type of recognition has been found to be essential to reading development.
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Alphabet Recognition Page

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet in non sequential order. Students analyze a page of random alphabet letters in both upper and lower case and say the name of each letter.
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Dear Character

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners think about a character and how this character feels about life. This lesson plan can be used with virtually any grade level. They better explain a character, and identify character traits.
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I Hear an "A"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the long "a" sound. Using the Michigan quarter reverse design, students say the words aloud to discover the long "a" sound. Students read given words and identify the long "a."
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Saving Hawaii

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars engage in a lesson about the a proposal for a sanctuary in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They write a letter to the President of The United States in opposition to the proposal based upon classroom activities and...
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My Dentist Doesn't Make Me Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the o=/o/ correspondence in written and spoken word. They listen to the sound and watch how their mouths move as they make it. They recite a tongue twister and write both upper and lower case o's. Using two colors of...
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Money Madness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review coins and their values. In this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...