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Excellent Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this letter e worksheet, students color the letter e's and enhance their understanding of spatial terms by listening to the teacher's instructions. Students then circle the pictures at the bottom of the page that have the 'e' or 'eh'...
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Flat Hat

For Teachers K - 1st
In this letter a activity, students color the various letter a's and learn spatial terms by listening to the teacher's directions. Students then circle yes or no for the words that begin with the 'ah' sound.
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Magic Monster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this letter m sound learning exercise, students color the various letter 'm's' and learn spatial terms by listening to the teacher's directions. Students then circle yes or no for the pictures that begin with the letter m.
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Long Vowel Words

For Students 2nd
In this phonics activity, 2nd graders say the picture word and listen to the sounds. Students circle one letter or group from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students write the whole word on the line.
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Riddles with Blending

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine how blending sounds together helps them pronounce words. They look a flash cards with letters on them in order to blend the letter sounds together before listening to riddles that encourage them to blend letters into...
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Short Vowel Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this short vowel sounds practice worksheet, learners examine 8 pictures, say the names of the pictures, and select the correct letters to spell the 8 words.
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Identify Main Idea in a Story

For Teachers K
Help your kindergarteners identify the main idea in a story. Small groups work with the teacher to make predictions and draw conclusions. They are able to determine cause and effect relationships. The lesson is divided into several days,...
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What Shapes Can You See?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate shapes in art. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the ancient Panamanian "Plaque" and identify the geometric shapes in the art piece. Students combine basic shapes to make an artistic picture of their own.
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Long Vowels

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Now here is a great set of activities that will make learning about long vowel sounds a snap. The activities cover two days and include vowel identification, reading, and several great games. Kids will hunt for long vowel words, play...
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Telling A Story

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars brainstorm all the possible scenarios that would help them tell a story in detail with the whole class and with partners. They create web outlines to create a name story and then illustrate it with creative grammar usage...
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Cry Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Mmm Mmm Good!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the phoneme /m/. Through matching and listening activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and...
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Abigail Ant

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Waaa... Abby is Unhappy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the letter 'a' and the short /a/ sound. They practice making the /a/ sound and recite tongue twisters with words containing short /a/. They listen to a story and, while listening, identify words from the story that...
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Gardens Under the Sea: Coral Reefs

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, with dive partners, explore coral reefs through scuba diving. They also explore radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry.
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Life Cycle Of A Frog

For Teachers K
Students use books and an art activity to study the stages of a frog's life cycle. After listening to a book about frogs, students engage in a fun art activity. When finished, students work is displayed as a pond on the bulletin board.
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Cycles of Life

For Teachers K
Students begin their study of insect life cycles by listening to a read aloud of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They learn the vocabulary of metamorphosis including egg, larva, pupa, chrysalis, and adult. They observe actual...
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I Am Tired

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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"Zigzag"

For Teachers K
Students listen to the book "Zigzag" by Robert D. San Souci, and examine the concepts of friendship, respect, and determination. They answer story comprehension questions, then create a fabric doll using the shapes from the book.
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Short A Vowel Sound

For Students 1st
In this short a sound worksheet, 1st graders say the word for each picture and circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students then write the word in the provided space. Students read a list of...
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Long Vowels - Long A

For Students 1st
In this long A sound worksheet, 1st graders say the word pictures and circle one letter or group from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sounds. Students write the words on the blank lines. Students then write the sentence...
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Shaping Up!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergartners are introduced to basic shapes. Learners spend 45 minutes a day in geometry centers carrying out the activities outlined in this ambitious plan. There are games, hands-on activities, interactive websites, art projects,...
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Students K - 1st
Use this resource to provide a quick review of words with short vowel sounds. Learners view pictures, and read and write words with the short vowel sound o. Afterwards, they write a sentence using some of the short o words. Students...
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What Happens to a Seed?

For Teachers 1st
In this creative lesson plan on seeds, 1st graders listen as the book The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle is read to them about the life of a seed. Students then draw a picture to show the life cycle of a seed in each season.