Activity
Curated OER

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Manipulating, Name Changes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Set up a listening center, record the provided script, and see how well your class can manipulate phonemes based on the instructions you've provided. This center-based activity builds the phonological awareness and phoneme manipulation...
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Mobile Education Store

Rainbow Sentences

For Students 1st - 8th
Learners who struggle with grammar, foundational reading skills, and sentence composition can learn how to write proper sentences using an app that relies on research-based practice. It uses a color-coded formula that had been proven to...
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Super Teacher Worksheets

Long and Short Vowel Sounds

For Students K - 2nd
Long and short vowels have never been quite so colorful! Learners use an intricate key to color a grid of words based on the vowel sound they hear. Red is the long a sound, light blue is the short u sound, etc. By the time they've...
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Curriculum Corner

Valentine Math and Literacy Practice

For Students K - 1st Standards
Looking for math and literacy practice with a Valentine's Day theme? Look no more, because this 43-page packet is filled with practice pages intended to reinforce basic math, reading, and writing skills. From counting to writing words to...
App
Innovative Mobile Apps

Phonics Genius

For Students Pre-K - 5th Standards
Readers at any level who are practicing phonics will benefit from a highly customizable set of features designed for instruction and practice. The extensive library of phonemes and exemplar words covers sounds from the a in cat...
Activity
Poetry4kids

How to Write a Free Verse Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Budding poets compose an original free verse poem. Encouraged to use personification and alliteration, scholars read over three tips and examples then try their hand at drafting a poem of their own style.  
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Poetry4kids

Personification Poetry Lesson Plan

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Scholars take part in two exercises to boost their knowledge of personification. After reading a detailed description and excerpts from famous poems, writers list action verbs and objects then combine words to create a humorous...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Going to the Doctor: Vocabulary Cards

For Students K - 6th
Flash cards are a great tool for kids with autism; use them to build a functional vocabulary.  This set of nine flash cards focus in on vocabulary you'd use at the doctor's office. Consider providing sentence frames for your...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Edgar Allan Poe Short Story WebQuest

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Introduce your class to Edgar Allan Poe with a series of mostly self-guided tasks and assignments. Class members follow the list of tasks, starting by watching a video with background information and ending with a compare-and-contrast...
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Kiz Club

Log Dog

For Students K - 1st Standards
Dogs and logs don't necessarily have a lot of do with one another, except for how they are spelled! Practice with these two -og words by putting together and playing with these cards. Kids match the images and the letters to spell dog...
Printables
National Weather Service

The Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Looking for a full-color, labeled water cycle diagram? You found one! From evaporation to precipitation to plant uptake and everything in between, it's all here and beautifully illustrated. 
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Kiz Club

Pie Tie

For Students K - 2nd Standards
What do a pie and a tie have in common? The ie digraph, of course! Invite your learners to practice these two rhyming words with these cards. Once cut out and glued together, kids can practice spelling these words and matching up the...
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Kiz Club

Long Vowel "E"

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore the ea and ee digraphs with a worksheet full of images. For each drawing, kids choose between these two digraphs to complete the matching word and master the long /e/ sound.
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Curated OER

Sorting and Using Materials: Words That Describe Objects

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this describing objects worksheet, students color 6 pictures of common objects. Students read the 16 describing words in a word bank and write the words that fit each picture in the box underneath each one.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter and Word Recognition

For Teachers 1st
First graders read an ABC pop-up book. They identify the sounds of each letter. students draw pictures of letters and words that begin with a specific letter. They write letters in upper case and lower case. They create their own...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Stories: Birthday Cakes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting practice worksheet, students read the sentence about the birthday story and draw a line to show how many candles have been blown out in the 3 examples.
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

What's My Sound?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students follow a power point presentation to practice the sounds each letter of the alphabet make. In this 'what's my sound' lesson, students apply word recognition strategies and demonstrate listening and comprehension skills to build...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sight Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sight words worksheet, students look at the four sight words in the table. Students find and circle the sight words "did," "that," "one," and "can" in the 4 given sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Recognize Sight Words Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this sight words worksheet, students look at the 4 sight words in the table: "go," "said," "funny," and "to." Students circle these words in 4 sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Recognize Sight Words Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sight words worksheet, students look at the 4 sight words in the table: "it," "my," "two," and "pretty." Students circle each of the words in 4 sentences.
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Curated OER

Recognize Sight Words Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sight words worksheet, learners look at the 4 sight words in the table: "for," "on," "look," and "ride." Students circle each of the words in 4 sentences.
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Curated OER

Sight Words: here, want, are, and new

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sight words worksheet, students look at the 4 sight words in the table: "here," "want," "are," and "new." Students circle each of the words in 4 sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sight Words: me, at, help, and too

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sight words instructional activity, learners study the 4 sight words: "me," "at," "help," and "too." Students then circle the words in 4 sentences.
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Writing With Environmental Print

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students develop literacy skills by exploring street signs, cereal boxes, and billboards. In this writing with environmental print instructional activity, students build word recognition in every day print. Students decode words and...