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Charlotte's Web
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss...
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A Small Book of Small Things
Students explore size relationships as they collect pictures of the small things in their world. For this early childhood math and literacy lesson, students gain an understanding of size differences and develop fine-motor and literacy...
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Toys and Games:Then and Now
Students participate in a class discussion about toys that the teacher played with when they were a child. In this community lesson, students compare and contrast the games of now and then by their discussion and also...
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Name That Sound
Students begin to demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this technology lesson plan, students match the correct beginning letter and letter sound to a variety of pictures created in a "Kid Pix" template.
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Red Gets Fed
Learners practice with the strategy that letters represent phonemes and spellings map out phonemes in spoken words. They work on the phoneme sounds of /a/ and e=/e/ in correspondences with reading. Each student also recites the tongue...
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Dune Buggy
In this reading worksheet, students practice reading with long /u/ words. Students make a seven-page book about Luke and his dune buggy. Students read and color the pictures.
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Travel-Tracer-Literature Circles
In this travel tracer literature circle activity, students track where the action of a story takes place by recording where the action begins, where key events happened, and where the events ended. They describe the settings in detail...
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True or False ???
In this answering true or false worksheet, students read a group of questions with pictures and circle their true or false answers using references when needed. Students circle seven answers.
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Reading to Learn
Third graders visualize while reading the chapter book Charlotte's Web. When they get to the end of chapter two, they will draw a picture of what they just read. Then then share their images with the class.
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Learning with Technology and Literature
Students practice their reading comprehension by utilizing computers. For this education technology lesson, students utilize a drawing program such as Microsoft Paint to draw pictures based upon the story they read, The Very Quiet...
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Counting Books
Students create counting books. In this counting book activity, students make their own book which counts on each page and has a corresponding picture. These books can count by 1's, 2's, 5's, or even fractions.
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Matching Word to Picture Beginning With M
In this matching word to picture beginning with M worksheet, students look at 6 pictures and 6 words beginning with M, then type the number for the ones that match, answers can be checked online.
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Matching Words and Pictures Beginning with S
For this matching words and pictures beginning with S worksheet, 2nd graders enter the number to match the picture with the word for 6 words beginning with S, then check answers online.
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Matching Words and Pictures
In this matching words and pictures worksheet, students enter the number for the word that matches each picture, checks the answers and goes to the next letter (from A to Z).
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Reading Contract
In this reading contract worksheet, students write the title of a book they will read, how many pages they will read each day and how they will share what they've read. Both the teacher and student sign this agreement. Two reading...
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Comprehension Skills: Picture, Question and Summarize Using Fiction Stories
Students build a variety of comprehension skills through the nine lessons of this unit. Picturing events, monitoring understanding during reading, forming questions, and summarizing stories form the core of the lessons being taught...
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MAKING A CLASS ALPHABET BOOK
Students illustrate one page of a classroom alphabet book using teacher made templates and Claris Works painting environments. They read the class book when it is completed.
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Family Pictures
Pupils discuss family composition and traditions. After reading Family Pictures, students identify key vocabulary and cognates. Working in pairs, pupils discuss the people who compose their family and some traditions that are unique to...
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Maths with the Mob - Aboriginal Culture
Students read and discuss books about aboriginal family life. Working individually and in groups, they complete a series of activities in various subject areas, including art, language, math, and social studies. Among the activities ...
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We Are a Comm-un-it-y. I've Got All My Classmates with Me-Part I
Students investigate the meaning of community. In this community instructional activity, students look at the concepts of civic engagement, civic responsibility, and common good. They determine how a classroom is a community and the need...
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Oh! the Places You'll Go!
Honor Dr. Seuss on his birthday with a read aloud of the story Oh! the Places You'll Go! and a variety of activities that inspire scholars to dream of their future endeavors. Readers take part in conversations, research the...
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Cameras and Careers
Applying photography basics they learn for this project, first graders take pictures of an adult at work focusing on the tools used, the work site, and job responsibilities. After making a career book that includes photos and...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Medial Phoneme Dominoes
Matching medial phonemes can be as easy as playing a game of dominoes! These dominoes contain pictures of items children can say. As they say each word aloud, they work to match the medial sound to one on an adjacent card. Just like real...
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My Favorite Story
Learners discuss their favorite book. In this book discussion instructional activity, students name the title and tell what makes the book special. Learners also review the setting, plot, conflict, and resolution. Students make a book...