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Genki Phonics: E
In this letter E activity, 1st graders study the mini arrows to learn the stroke patterns for the uppercase letter E. Students fill in the missing E for the words eggs, elephant, and expensive.
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Genki Phonics: C
In this letter C worksheet, 1st graders study the mini arrows to learn the stroke patterns for the uppercase letter C. Students fill in the missing C for the words candy cane, car, and cat.
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Genki Phonics: O
In this letter O worksheet, 1st graders study the mini arrow to help them learn the stroke pattern for the letter O. Students then fill in the missing O for onion, on, and orange juice.
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Alphabet Writing
In this language arts worksheet, students practice writing the letters j, k, and l. The lower case letters are modeled in a word (jellyfish, kangaroo, and leaf). They are printed with an arrow showing the direction of the first stroke....
Leadership Challenge
Rock the Clock
Watch young leaders as they totally rock this activity! Pupils partner up and set appointments with one another during the third in a series of 12 character-building lessons. Instructors call out the appointment time, then partners meet...
US Institute of Peace
Becoming a Peacebuilder
"Be the change you wish to see in the world!" The 15th and final lesson in a peacebuilding series uses this quote from Gandhi to prepare pupils for their own action projects. Individuals research a global issue, then brainstorm a method...
College Board
Reasoning from Tabular Data
Don't table the resource—use it now. An AP® Calculus curriculum module encourages the use of tabular data throughout the course. It provides some example topics, such as rate of change, net change, and average value of a function, where...
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Keyboarding Lesson - U X P
It's time to type! Pupils engage in a basic instructional activity in elementary computer keyboarding. They locate and type letters u, x, and p. Additional practice includes key stroking technique and typing with continuity.
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Mini Phonics Arrows: a-e
For this letter pattern worksheet, students study the lowercase letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, and i. Students learn the stroke pattern for each letter by following the arrows.
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Mini Phonics Arrows: j-r
In this letter pattern worksheet, 1st graders identify the lowercase letters j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, and r. Students study the arrows to learn the stroke pattern for each letter.
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Introduction To Keyboarding
Learners practice the basic typing position, and practice key stroking, spacing and return. They study to operate the home row letter keys and the basic service keys by touch.
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The Cultural Geography of East Asia
Students use information from the Asia Society's AskAsia Web site to explore the cultures of China, Japan, and Korea. They answer four questions and then use what they have learned to write a letter of introduction to a Japanese exchange...
Serendip
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
How does energy from the sun make plants grow? Scholars move step by step through the processes that promote plant propagation during a detailed lesson. The resource illustrates ADP production and hydrolysis, then allows learners to...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Human Impacts on Biodiversity
Have you always wanted to take your science class on an amazing field trip they will never forget? Now you can! Observe the wildlife in an African savanna through trail cameras with a five-part data analysis activity. Learners analyze...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Niche Partitioning Activity
Dinnertime on the African savanna is a highly choreographed event! Introduce young ecologists to the concept of niche partitioning through a hands-on activity. Pupils research animal behaviors and use data to develop an understanding of...
Deliberating in a Democracy
Freedom of Expression
Should democracies include hate speech as a protected right? Scholars analyze the rights found under the First Amendment to the Constitution through researching evidence. Freedom of expression becomes the focal point of the...
California Department of Education
An Online Tool I Can Use
Tools for school—and beyond! Introduce your sixth graders to online tools to plan their academic and professional futures. The fifth and final lesson in a series of career and college readiness activities focuses on a scavenger hunt to...
US Institute of Peace
Maintaining Trusting Relationships
What role does trust play in diffusing a tense situation? Young social scientists explore trust on a personal and global level during a lesson on peace and conflict. After participating in a trust sit, participants work in groups to...
Kenan Fellows
Unit 1: Introduction to Biotechnology
Biotechnology is big! Introduce the uses of biotechnology to science scholars with a fascinating, fact-filled unit. The first installment in a series of four biotechnology units covers the role biotechnology plays in human and...
Kenan Fellows
Unit 4: Bioethics and the Future of Biotechnology
What's the future of biotechnology? Explore a hot topic in the fourth and final unit in a series of Biotechnology lessons. Learners develop an understanding of the many issues in bioethics, then create an argument for or against the role...
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Cursive Handwriting Yy
In this cursive Yy instructional activity, students learn to write in cursive using the given stroke patterns for the lowercase and uppercase cursive Yy. Students draw an object that begins with the letter and label their drawing using...
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Cursive Handwriting L
In this cursive handwriting activity, students practice writing cursive letters by using the stroke patterns for the lowercase and uppercase cursive Ll. Students then draw an object that begins with a L and label their drawing with...
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Izzy the Insect
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
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O-O-O-O-O, I get it!
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. To practice the skill the phoneme for the letter "o" is used. The students need to recognize the letter and its corresponding sound.