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The Door is Creaky E
Students observe the prop of a door to demonstrate the sound of the phonemic sound of the letter "e". Then they drill and practice the sound with the teacher. The essential importance of the skill of phonemic awareness is stressed in the...
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It's Icky Sticky
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 identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they decode.
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Shhh...the Baby is Sleeping
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Yum!
Young scholars engage in an emergent literacy instructional activity that focuses on phonemic awareness. The importance of the letter to sound relationship is stressed in the instructional activity. The letter "m" is the target phoneme...
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Crying Baby Sound
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 identify the phoneme and letter in words from the story...
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More Women MP's In Germany
Students investigate the coccept of promoting the campaign for more women to be involved in the community government in Turkey. They draw from prior knowledge of other women's movements to create context. Research is conducted into how...
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Icky, Icky, Sticky!
Learners recognize the short vowel I in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Iiiihhh...That's Icky Sticky
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter "I" and the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister and write the letter "I." Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word in each pair that...
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Migrant Families
Learners watch a video about migrant families identifying the responsibilities of the students and parents. They realize the importance of education in the lives of migrant families.
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Ew...That's Iiiicky!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Tin...
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Ready, Set, Sum
Third graders summarize a piece of nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read in order to summarize, 3rd graders independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the three step process outlined...
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Chocolate Chicken
Students identify digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words and tongue...
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Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People
Fifth graders explore poems of African Americans. They research a famous African American, write a report, create a timeline of events in African American history, create a map of the New World, and research Molly Walsh. After...
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50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Students examine the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation. They role play to re-enact the case and discuss why it was important. They discover its impact on public education.
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Writing Crazy Crayons
Second graders observe the workings of an assembly line. They classify old crayon pieces by color, melt them in candy molds, package them, and produce advertising literature to sell the product. Students share their work with the class.
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Fretful Over Fast Food
Fifth graders research fast food options and write an essay on the topic. In this fast food lesson, 5th graders pretend they are a babysitter and research fast food restaurant options to eat at while they are baby-sitting. Students write...
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Understanding the Depression Through Projects
Students study the Depression Era, and create a project based on their research.
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Got Gulp
Students recognize the phoneme /g/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /g/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in various words...
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Shelly the Shell
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through word practice and stories. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a...
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Olly at the Doctor
Students recognize the short vowel "O" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Simon Says Summarize
Young scholars comprehend text for the purpose of understanding what is being read. In this lesson they practice the skill of summarization with the goal of improving reading comprehension while reading the article "Godzilla".
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Iiicky, Stiicky, I
First graders recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in psuedo words they...
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Hank the Hungry Hippo
Students identify the /h/ sound in this lesson. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the /h/ sound. They then listen to the book "Horton Hatches an Egg" and identify the words in the story with the /h/ sound. As an...