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Tips for Teaching: Word Recognition
Learning to read can be exhilarating for some pupils, but for others, it's difficult to get past the frustration of not knowing how to read a particular word. A tutoring resource provides several ways to guide class members into...
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching to...
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Letter Recognition Flash Games for Kids
Young scholars explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics lesson, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling of the...
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Review Letters and Words: 28
In this reviewing letters and words activity, students read sentences, read word chunks, determine syllables, and more. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Ta-Ta- Timer
Students identify a letter of the alphabet. They recognize this letter in print and in spoken language. The letter and phoneme chosen is the letter t and /t/. They write the letter in both lower and upper case. They read 'One Tiny...
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What Do You See at the Pond?
With What Do You See at the Pond?, young readers explore pond life and practice reading strategies. Learners first make predictions and then read the simple story independently. After a second read-through with a partner, kids come...
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First Day of School
Primary learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book First Day of School. They will complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and much...
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Alphabet Organizer
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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Number Recognition Games
Learners explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification lesson plan, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects. Learners practice...
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Shape Recognition Games
Students explore shapes. In this math lesson, students identify basic geometric shapes. Students complete activities in which they identify shapes, symbols and letters. Students draw geometric shapes.
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Vocabulary Lesson-Pre-K Through Grade 2 and ESL
Students say the name of pictures of simple objects, people and places, choosing 15 to use for the lesson. Students glue pictures in a scrapbook and write the word for each picture beside it. Students complete word recognition worksheets...
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Reading and Writing in the Right Direction
Beginning writers practice writing and reading from left to right using green and red dots. You'll need notecards with a green dot on the left side and a red dot on the right side. Do your learners understand that print moves from left...
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Back To School Crossword
In this reading worksheet, young scholars analyze 10 words which pertain to Back to school time. Students read clues and fit the words in the crossword puzzle.
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Color Recognition Game
Students study color words. In this math lesson, students complete a variety of activities on the computer in which they identify colors and color words.
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Web-Based Practice
Students explore technology by participating in a word structure activity. In this grammar lesson, students utilize the Writing Center computer software to practice keyboarding while identifying word formations in class. Students...
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Writing With Environmental Print
Students develop literacy skills by exploring street signs, cereal boxes, and billboards. For this writing with environmental print lesson, students build word recognition in every day print. Students decode words and discover new words.
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Fluency is Fantastic
Learners, 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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Word Recognition
Pupils recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Letter Names
Learners explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this word recognition lesson, students are shown a list of vocabulary terms which they practice reciting with their classmates. Learners identify and...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Long Vowel Choice Game; Letter Sound Accuracy
An entertaining, whole class game to build the accuracy of the students' abilities to identify the sounds of different vowels. This site includes a link to a Word List Generator.
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Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Ay" Sound
Complete words with the "ay" phoneme to create a long "a" sound in this interactive game. Just download the game and complete the words to help Mango the baby bird fly with her friends.
Starfall
Starfall: The Lone Vowels
Grammar rules taught through song. A familiar tune helps to teach the E and O at the end of the word that make a long vowel sound. There are opportunities to demonstrate understanding by identifying words that that follow the rule.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes
A game where players can create words with the long "e" sound created by a double "e."
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Ea" Sound
Download this free interactive game to help a baby bird fly with her friends by building words that use the phoneme "ea" to create the long "e" sound.