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Ike's Ice Cream is Icy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Spinning Short Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in pairs, use spinners to experiment with different combinations of letters. They combine letters and determine whether they have produced a word or not. They construct and record words choosing letters from designated tiles.
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ESOL Transportation and Travel

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify required documents related to transportation (driver's license, insurance card, registration, passport). They discuss and categorize the following documents needed for local and or international travel; driver's...
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Let's Read For Speed!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Explore reading for fluency and speed with your class. They discuss reading faster, smoother, and with more expression. Practice reading with fluency using one minute timed reads. They read "Tin Man Fix-It." and record how many words...
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Alphabet Organizer

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary lesson, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, students organize their vocabulary words into an online "Alphabet Organizer"...
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Fluency is Freedom!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read orally in groups of two to increase reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They read provided books which emphasize the short vowel sounds. The pairs time each others reading and offer encouragement and support as they...
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This is a test.

For Students 2nd
multiple resources from various sites. I am, needless to say, frustrated, and don't understand why the programmers say they have tested and do not experience this. I have the problem with both Internet Explorer on a PC and Safari on a...
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Monkey Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work to gain fluency and become successful readers through repeated readings. They use the cover-up method to help them decode new words and chart their progress as they complete one-minute timed readings with a partner.
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Withdrawing Money From The BAnk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the various options for withdrawing money from the bank. Students recognize the importance of keeping accurate bank records and personal banking information secure. This lesson is intended for high schoolers...
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Asking For Directions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils draw a map of their surrounding area using appropriate landmarks and identifying characteristics. Students ask for and give directions to locations found on their maps to their partner. This lesson is intended for pupils...
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"Ca...Ca...Ca...Caterpillar Blending"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students improve blending skills. They produce many individual short utterances and mouth moves (phonemes) into one long utterance (words) and create their own blending caterpillar. They draw a picture of a caterpillar with three...
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What Do Seals Eat?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize the ea=/E/ correspondence in spoken and written words. They participate in a group letterbox instructional activity. In groups of two, they practice reading with each other, taking turns reading one page at a time,...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Consumer Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms on the board, identify/label food items, how much they cost and the value of using coupons to save money. In addition, they practice reading the labels on the food packaging...
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Wash Your Hands...they are icky sticky!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness and they practice corresponding the letter "i" to its long or short sound. This type of recognition has been found to be essential to reading development.
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Aye, Aye Captain

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate how correspondences appear differently in different words. They also recognize the difference between long and short vowels. Students study how these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently.
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Personal Indentification For Travel

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and describe the various documents they will need when traveling in the United Stans. They complete forms needed to acquire documentation needed for travel. Students write a description of a travel experience outside...
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Fluency is Fantastic

For Teachers K - 1st
Students, through teacher modeling and guided activities, practice their word decoding and blending skills in order to become more fluent readers. Reading aloud to a partner, they practice reading smoothly and with expression.
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Starfall

Starfall: Sky Ride (Long I Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn to say and read English words with long I vowels. This animated storybook about friends Mike and Spike who like to ride bikes provides plenty of listening and pronouncing practice. Great graphics, unlimited repetition, and learner...
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ICT Games

Ict Games: Cvc Pop

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An interactive game where students can practice identifying words with short vowel sounds following the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Students listen to a word and then click on all of the matching words as they float by on bubbles.