First graders recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Pupils explore the letter 'p' and the /p/ sound. They say 'p' tongue twisters, listen to /p/ poems, and sing /p/ songs. They identify and color /p/ words on a worksheet. They listen to a story and identify the words with the /p/ sound.

Students study the animals and their alphabet letter. In this animal alphabet lesson, students associate the animals with their letter and learn facts about the animals. Students may use the cards to classify animals by groups or play a...

Young scholars write a pen pal letter to narrate a special event in the life of a young person in the TL culture. In this pen pal lesson plan, students read and respond to letters by their classmates.

Students practice spelling by creating a model turkey.  For this vocabulary lesson, students utilize fake feathers and foam letters to spell words on a fake turkey body,  Students read the book Ten Fat Turkeys, and identify the...

Learners are read a book about aboriginal perspectives. They answer questions and practice words with the letter "g". They participate in math drills practicing their counting as well.

Students create a dictionary of vocabulary after reading a story. Individually, they create a story web making sure to include all of the basic story elements. They also create a timeline and write a book report of all important events.

Students identify and interpret the lifecycle and parts of the pumpkin. Students utitlize interactive ways to discover this process. Students create a big book of their own by researching further information about pumpkins and what...

In this matching word to picture beginning with M worksheet, students look at 6 pictures and 6 words beginning with M, then type the number for the ones that match, answers can be checked online.

In this matching words and pictures beginning with S learning exercise, 2nd graders enter the number to match the picture with the word for 6 words beginning with S, then check answers online.

In this matching words and pictures beginning with X worksheet, students match the words and pictures by typing the number in the box; they can get answers or check answers online.

Students practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through hands on and listening activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. They practice writing both letters and correcting common...

In these word frequency worksheets, students choose a page from a newspaper and count the number of letters in each word and complete their results in a table. Students then calculate the mean number of letters. Students then collect...

  Learners listen to books written by Mo Willems each day and discuss the story elements of each.  In this reading strategies instructional activity, students decide after reading through the whole series of books, what their...

In this primary source analysis activity, students analyze a letter from young women in want of CCC jobs of their own during Great Depression. Students respond to 3 short answer questions about the letter to Roosevelt.

Second graders create an ABC book about New York City.  In this ABC book activity, 2nd graders find places of interest in New York City from A-Z.  Students will research their place of interest. Students create maps and write...

In this present simple verb tense and letter comprehension worksheet, students fill in 8 questions with the correct tense of the given verbs. They read a letter and answer 13 short answer questions based on their comprehension of the story.

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. For this letter recognition lesson plan, students match letter sounds to a variety of pictures using the program "Kidspiration".

For this writing and grammar worksheet, students cross out the "and's" and "then's" in paragraphs and sentences before they add capital letters and endstops. They copy the sentences in to a writing journal.

In this emergent reader worksheet, 1st graders trace the letters in each simple sentence and write a word that will finish them. They can use animal to finish each sentence which reads, "Come here," said the ... .

Students sort class books into categories to help classify and organize them so they are easier to find. In this sorting lesson plan, students go to the library and see how they organize their books and do the same in the classroom.

In this matching words and pictures beginning with L worksheet, students draw a line to match the word beginning with L to the picture. The worksheet can be printed either in black and white or color.

For this matching words and pictures beginning with R worksheet, students match the word beginning with R with the picture by drawing a line.

Students explore indexing by participating in a library book search. In this sorting instructional activity, students complete a "flood game" on the Internet and discuss the techniques of locating books in a library. Students locate...