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Word and Letter Practice #6
In this word and letter practice worksheet, learners say the name and sounds of given letters, read simple sentences, practice reading sight words and practice "chunks" of words.
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Words and Letters Practice #3
In this words and letters practice instructional activity, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice sight words.
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Waves
Students identify the different parts of a wave. In this physics lesson, students explain how animals communicate using sound waves. They discuss the effect of Navy's sonar on dolphins and whales.
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Listen Closely!
Students conduct a scientific experiment and make observations about the composition and sounds of pennies to determine the year in which the penny's makeup was changed. They graph their outcomes to chart results.
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"Ca...Ca...Ca...Caterpillar Blending"
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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Make a Rain Stick
Students construct a rain stick. For this weather lesson, students make a rainstick from toothpicks, paper towel tubes, and tape. Students demonstrate the different sounds rain can make.
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The Rain Forest
Students research the rainforest and re-create it using music, lighting, and sounds.
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Harmonic Motion Equations
In this harmonic motion instructional activity, students use the equations for the speed of a wave and speed of sound to complete 9 problems and 9 fill in the blank questions.
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N is for Nest
Students identify the letter and phoneme /n/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /n/ sound through listening and matching activities. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...
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Short Vowel Practice
In this short vowel learning exercise, students circle words in a row that have the same short vowel sound as the first word. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Word and Letter Practice #2
In this words and letters practice worksheet, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice sight words.
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Poetry Immersion
Students explore the genre of poetry through centers. They listen to the sound of poems being read aloud, visualize individual poems and observe and apply line breaks in poetry.
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Study Guide for Lelavision's Physical Music
Learners complete activities for physical music analysis. In this physical music lesson, students read the biography for Lelavision musical sculptures, complete a sound and motion activity, and a making music activity. Learners also...
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Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination: "Leap, plashless"
Students analyze the poems of Emily Dickinson and write their own nature poem. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the use of imagery, sound, and metaphor. Students write their own nature poem using...
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I Scream for Ice Cream!
Young scholars determine that correspondences appear differently in different words. They discover the difference between long and short vowels and that these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently. They review the i=/i/...
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Music in Nature
Students research the Incan civilization. In this Incan civilization lesson, students study the geography of the Andes mountains and play an Andean siku. Students discuss how the sounds of nature influenced their musical piece.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Pupils participate in activities associated with the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". They practice using new vocabulary and the days of the week. They create a book about what they ate on the different days of the week and how the...
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KEYBOARDS
Second graders become familiar with appearance and characteristic sound of piano, identify piano as part of percussion family, find middle C on the keyboard, observe scale, chord, and "broken" chord, and listen to a well-known classical...
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1st Grade - Act. 16: Dancing Mice
First graders creating mouse attached to a helium balloon, and dance around to the sound of some fun music.
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The Scary, Creaky Door
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a...
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Letter E Word Search
In this letter e instructional activity, learners will focus on words beginning with the letter sound. Students will complete a word search and locate 8 words going across and down in the puzzle.
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Identifying Singular Phonograms in Sentences
In this phonics learning exercise, students read five sentences and circle the given initial consonant sound in any words they see. Students draw a picture about each sentence.
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Sense-sational
Learners investigate the five senses. They participate in the lesson for one week with each day devoted to one sense being sight, taste, sound, smell, and touch. They also cover the concept of being part of a global community where one...
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World War I and Its Consequences
Tenth graders decipher the long and short term causes of World War I. They follow through by studying the history of the present day situation in the Balkans and simulating peace talks with presentations.