In this letter/phonics worksheet, students draw, color and label 5 things that begin with B, practice writing the upper and lower case letter, and as a challenge activity, bring in their favorite book and read it to the teacher.

In this Valentine alphabet matching worksheet, students cut out heart shapes that have both the upper and lower case alphabet printed on them. They match the loose hearts to those in the mini-matching book.

In this printing practice worksheet, students follow the dotted lines to form the letters B and b. They print two rows of each. They can see an animation of how to form each letter if they look at the worksheet online before printing it...

For this early childhood letter recognition worksheet, students assemble uppercase and lowercase letter booklets. Students attach letter squares to the appropriate letter pages.

In this early childhood letter recognition worksheet, students assemble uppercase and lowercase letter booklets. Students attach letter squares to the appropriate letter pages.

For this recognizing sight words worksheet, students read two letter sight words written on frogs. Students read twenty words.

The book Good Night, Good Knight is the inspiration for this plan. Learners get into small groups to search for words in books that begin with their names and fill out and illustrate their own personal letter and name pages.

Learners use an online chart to match the character traits of a character in a book they are reading with specific actions the character takes. Students then work in pairs to "become" one of the major characters in a book and describe...

Before honoring courageous veterans, get to know more about who they are and why November 11th is a special day. Scholars obtain such information through a read aloud of Eve Bunting's The Wall, grand conversation, and...

How would you feel if you lost your belly button? Read about Billy Brown in Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk. Young learners retell the story, answer questions, focus on the letter B and...

The value in this cloze reading activity packet designed for parents is in the first-page letter that explains the rationale for cloze reading exercises. This explanation of the whys and how-tos of the process goes a long way to ensure...

Learners practice the strategy of phoneme awareness in order to identify phonemes with vocal gestures in spoken words. They blend letters and sounds together utilizing the phoneme /i/ by symbol and letter representation and listen as the...

What if the Gingerbread Man was trying to catch you, rather than the other way around? Pupils can find out what happens by reading the story The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray and enrich their experience with the...

Students complete a variety of activities that correspond with the book "The Magic Apple" by Rob Cleveland. They answer story comprehension questions, then complete a story sequencing worksheet. Students also complete a "Matching Letters...

Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high...

Students choose a new letter to work on and write upper and lower case letter on a piece of paper. In this art lesson, students look through old magazines to find pictures that begin with that letter, cut them out and glue them on the...

Students discover the postal service through a letter writing activity.  In this U.S. Government activity, students read the book Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers, and discover the life history of President Abraham Lincoln.  Students...

Students participate in phonemic awareness and phonics activities and develop a list of vegetable vocabulary words. They break up words into beginnings and endings, and trace and write the letter s. Students then create a Vegetable...

Students explore world geography by researching a science book with their classmates. In this desert identification lesson, students utilize a U.S. map to locate the geographical locations of deserts. Students create an oral report based...

For this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, students use the provided graphic organizer to compare and contrast the book by Kate DiCamillo and the movie based on the book. Students also respond to 2 short answer questions.

Students learn about the life of Helen Keller. In this cultural and disability awareness lesson, students read a biography about Helen Keller and discuss the differences in her life and theirs. Students discuss which sense they would...

Students practice letter recognition of /h/ in spoken and written words. They listen for the phoneme, repeat it and participate in meaningful hands-on activities to help master the letter H. Students encounter the book, "Hungry Harry,"...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and words containing a_e. In small groups they play a board game, then spell words containing the a_e letter pattern using letter manipulatives. Students read the...