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Dear Congressperson...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify their local, state, and national officials. They create a short blurb about each official and their function in office. Students choose an issue of concern they would like to write to their local official about,...
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You and Yours

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In these grammar activity worksheets, pupils answer the questions about the statements that use the word you and the word yours. Students complete 3 activities.
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Alphabet Madness

For Teachers K - 1st
Starting with letter "A", call out each letter of the alphabet, and a corresponding word or phrase that begins with that letter. The teacher can expound on the word/phrase to create an image and to promote movement.
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Uhhh, I don't know

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the different sounds that the letter U can make. They practice finding the letter u in written words. They write the letter u. They say a tongue twister about the letter u and its sounds. They write different words...
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Blending Bunnies

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the short /a/ sound to blend letters and form words. They use enlarged copies of bunnies with different letters written on them. They combine the "bunnies" to spell words with the short /a/ sound, and then read the words...
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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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Migration - An African-American Adventure During WWI

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the push/pull factors that influenced the South to North migration.  In this African-American migration lesson, 6th graders read an article and answer comprehension questions. Students write a letter to the...
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"The Selfish Crocodile"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various shared reading and writing activities related to the book "The Selfish Crocodile" by Faustin Charles. They identify descriptive words from the story, and write sentences describing how the crocodile...
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P is for P-P-P-Pumpkins

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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.
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Language Practice

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this language module worksheet, students unscramble 7 words, complete a section of dialogue by filling in the word blanks, compose 8 questions using the provided information, and match the provided answers to the appropriate questions.
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Balloon Blending

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice blending letters and vowel sounds so that they run together smoothly, view clown poster, blend letters on balloons to form words with different letters, and read aloud story, A Cat Nap, to practice pronunciation.
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What’s it Worth? (-oat)

For Teachers 1st
In this -oat word family worksheet, 1st graders will cut and glue letter tiles to spell an -oat family word to match a picture. Then students will add the value of each tile to find the sum of the word.
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What's it Worth? (-oom)

For Teachers 1st
In this -oom word family worksheet, 1st graders will cut and glue letter tiles to spell an -oom family word to match a picture. Then students will add the value of each tile to find the sum of the word, like in Scrabble.
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Zooming In, Zooming Out

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing instructional activity, students play a word game to help them formulate a plan to write descriptions of people or objects using descriptive words.
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Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the significance of the American bison to the American Indians of the Great Plains. They create a story in pictographs in the style of American Indians of the Plains.
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Alphabet Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the biodiversity that exist on the prairie. Through reading or listening to books, they keep track of vocabulary words associated with the prairie on an 'Alphabet Poster'.
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Melody Words

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compose a melody by placing words on the music staff. They play their melody words for the class.
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Letter Writing With the Jolly Postman

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students need to know how to write a greeting letter.
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Giddyup Gilbert

For Teachers 1st
First graders think about telling a horse to go faster by saying "giddyup" every time they hear the /g/ sound. They say the /g/ sound together and try to hear the sound in the word frog and then practice saying a tongue twister making...
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How Do Words Feel? (Individually)

For Teachers 1st
First graders used textured print to discover how spoken words feel.
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Narrative Literature Response Letters

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students design, in groups, a travel brochure to address the the idea of migration referred to in the book or books read. The brochures should include graphics, photos, and words. The brochures should also include mathematical...
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Hop Scotch

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the letter sound of o=/o/. They encounter Elkonin Boxes to assist them with their task as well as the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave...
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Words in the News Chile Peru agreement - 29 June 2005

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars develop vocabulary to read and explain an article abou the Chile Peru Agreement. They complete worksheets and on online quiz to increase vocabulary.
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Alphabet Poems

For Teachers K - 1st
Develop fluency with a variety of works. Help kindergartners use multiple strategies to understand text and decoding. They will create an alphabet poem book on Kid Works 2 to illustrate and write their own poem. In the end, they will...