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Handwriting Without Tears

Handwriting Without Tears

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Does learning to write leave your kindergartners in tears? Use these easy and memorable strategies to guide their pencils in the right direction. With cute illustrations and simple instructions, your learners will be writing paragraphs...
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Starfall

Bb is for Bike

For Students K - 2nd
Learners learn to print the upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter Bb in this language arts worksheet. Learners trace and then print their letters in unlined boxes.
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Starfall

Xx is in Six

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts activity, students learn to print both upper and lower case letter Xx. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters in the unlined boxes.
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Starfall

Cc is for Cat

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing practice learning exercise, students learn to form upper and lower case letters Cc. Students trace several examples before forming their letters in the boxes.
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Starfall

Bb is for Bike

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing practice worksheet, students learn to print both upper and lower case letter Bb. Students trace several examples before forming their letters in the unlined boxes.
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Starfall

Xx is in Six

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing activity, students form the upper and lowercase letter Xx. Students also color in a picture of an ox pulling a wagon.
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Starfall

Cc is for Cat

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students trace and write both upper and lower-case examples of the Zaner-Bloser letter c. Students color the pictures.
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Curated OER

Insect Anatomy

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this science worksheet, students learn the 3 parts of an insect's body by examining a labeled diagram. Students also read other facts about insect anatomy. Students practice printing the names of the 3 parts of an insect's body on the...
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Curated OER

Phonics Instructional Routine: Read and Write Words with Consonant Digraphs

For Teachers K - 1st
Use consonant digraphs to introduce learners to word patterns and high frequency words. They observe a chart with the digraphs /sh/, /ch/, /th/, and /wh/. After listening to each of these phonemes, scholars watch as the teacher...
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Curated OER

Lower Case and Upper Case Cursive Letters

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these two cursive letter writing worksheets, students trace and write the lowercase letters and the uppercase letters from a-z. Students write 156 letters.
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Curated OER

Printing Practice Lower Case Letters

For Students K
In this printing practice learning exercise, students follow the numbered arrows as they practice forming the lower case letters s, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z.
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Curated OER

Dinosaur Upper Case Letters

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, students learn to form all upper case Zaner-Bloser alphabet letters. Students examine the examples, then trace 4 letters. Each letter is inside its own dinosaur shape.
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Curated OER

"Tick, Tock," Says the Clock!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the letter 't' and the /t/ sound. Through instruction and modeling they practice writing uppercase and lowercase T's. They say 't' tongue twisters. They identify 't' words on a worksheet and as they are read aloud from a...
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Curated OER

What Do You See at the Pond?

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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Curated OER

Introduce /U/

For Teachers K
Students study letters. In this letter identification lesson, students practice recognizing the letter "u" and pronouncing the sound it makes. They participate in various group activities practicing the use of the letter "u." This lesson...
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Curated OER

Introduce Soft-G

For Teachers K
Students practice the soft letter "g " sound and distinguish its sound from other letters. In this soft letter "g" lesson, students take turns saying the soft letter "g" sound. Students identify words that begin with the soft letter "g."
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Curated OER

Reintroduce -oa-

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are reintroduced to the letter combination "oa" and its letter sound. In this letter combination "oa" lesson, students review words with the letter combination "oa." Students then practice the pronunciation of the...
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Curated OER

Reintroduce /ch/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are reintroduced to the letter combination "ch" and its sound. In this letter combination "ch" lesson, students review the sound that the letter combination "ch" makes. Students then practice their pronunciation of the letter...
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Curated OER

Introduce /or/

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils are introduced to the letter combination "or." In this letter combination "or" lesson, students explore a mix of 12 letter combinations on the board. Pupils then practice the pronunciation of the letter combination "or"...
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Curated OER

Reintroduce /igh/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students build letter combination accuracy by reviewing the sound of the letter combination "igh." In this letter combination "igh" lesson, students practice taking turns saying a mix of 12 letter combinations, then discern between the...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Family and Friends: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Family and Friends is the theme of a unit offering extra support lessons. Follow each lesson plan's teach, blend, guided practice or practice/apply routine to reinforce concepts such as clusters, responding to reading, drawing...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We Can Do It!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Scholars participate in chants, grand discussions, and complete practice pages in a We Can Do It! themed unit. Designed to provide extra support, the assortment of lessons cover topics such as r-controlled vowels, comparatives...
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Scholastic

Reading Poems From the Academy of American Poets Chancellors

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Start a activity on poetic voice with a peer to peer discussion on what characterizes the strength in the voice with which a writer chooses to express himself/herself. In pairs, readers are tasked with reading and creating T-charts for...
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Curated OER

Proofreading: Lesson 4

For Teachers 8th
Examine the key strategies to proofreading a piece of writing for errors in sentence structure, usage, mechanics and spelling. Eighth graders practice putting into correct passage commonly confused words (too, two, to) when writing to a...