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Poetry of Abraham Lincoln

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze Abraham Lincoln's poems "The Bear Hunt" and "My Childhood's Home" for word choice and deeper inquiry into the vocabulary he uses to convey emotion. They identify rhyming words and patterns in these poems. ...
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Short "a" Vowel Cards

For Students K - 1st
In this recognizing short "a" vowel sounds activity, students cut out the penguin with short "a" word cards, practice reading the words, and match the short "a" rhyming words. Students complete fifteen word card activities.
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African American Poetry: Family and Traditions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners are introduced to the elements of African-American poetry. As a class, they are read different types of poems to discover there are different styles of poems and practice rhyming words. They share information on their family...
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Growing Gold

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and explore a folktale from India. In this folktale lesson, students read the book Growing Gold and discuss the events from the tale. Students complete a phonics worksheet which incorporates the rhyming words from the text.
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ESL Writing Wizard: Rhyming

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ESL writing practice worksheet, students trace and then write sentences with rhyming words, filling in words that rhyme with words shown in all caps. 
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Analogies Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
Interested in an easy analogies worksheet? Learners must find opposites, rhyming words, and homonyms. No  suggestions for how to solve the problems are included nor is there an answer key. Consider showing your pupils how to build...
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Recycling/Solid Waste Education with Shel Silverstein: "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout"

For Students 4th
Both poetry analysis and waste disposal are more engaging topics for young readers with a worksheet to accompany the Shel Silverstein poem 'Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Not only...
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My Horse Glory

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, learners are shown parts of words with missing r-controlled vowels; they write the word and rhyme.
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English Skill Sheet 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling skills worksheet, students correct misspelled words, identify word families, and put words into alphabetical order.
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Mox’s Shop

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grammar activity, students trace and write short /o/ words next to a picture.
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Gus the Duck

For Students K - 2nd
In this spelling learning exercise, students fill in each sentence with the correct word or letter. The practice of using the right kind of sentence structure is done.
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Balloon Blending

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice blending letters and vowel sounds so that they run together smoothly, view clown poster, blend letters on balloons to form words with different letters, and read aloud story, A Cat Nap, to practice pronunciation.
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Order in the Court!-- "--air" Endings

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this alphabetizing worksheet, students examine 12 words, each ending with the "--air" pattern. Students put these words in alphabetical order. Some words begin with the same letter.
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The --ew Family

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this vocabulary worksheet, students study 10 "--ew" ending words and fit them into a configuration puzzle. The words are 3-5 letters long.
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Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

For Students Pre-K - K
In this rhyme instructional activity, students read a nursery rhyme about a cat. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Words That Rhyme-- Brain Teasers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this rhyming word puzzles learning exercise, students read 12 clues and find two words that rhyme that have the same meaning. Example: kitty cap= cat hat.
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Poetry Reading: Analysis Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
Explore poetry by reading the poem "The Walloping Window Blind" by Charles E. Carryl, and completing an analysis with your class. The worksheet provides the entire poem, a graphic organizer to help with summarizing and paraphrasing, and...
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Family Fundamentals for Summer Learning

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Just because it's summertime, doesn't mean that learning has to stop. Support children with continuing to develop their reading fluency with this extensive collection of literacy activities.
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Harper Collins

The Giving Tree Anniversary Teaching Guide

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Celebrate poetry month all of April with a guide that uses six of Shel Silverstein's most famous books as a basis for the lessons. Discussion questions and writing activities are provided for each of Silverstein's books.
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Forced Rhymes and How to Avoid Them

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Ready to take your poetry writing to the next level? Use an independent lesson to iron out all those forced rhymes, wrenched rhymes, and near rhymes from first-draft poems.
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Play with Words: Rhymes & Verse

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to poems and rhymes, clap out syllables, and sing along with familiar tunes. They use puppets and crafts to help recall and retell favorite poems, and craft their own poems.
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The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind

For Teachers Pre-K
Students listen to the story The Contest between the Sun and the Wind.  In this Sun and Wind story students answer comprehension questions and retell the story through role playing with character puppets.  Students create paper...
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Consonant Blends Blended with Short Vowels

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a simple, yet effective lesson on consonant blends. Young readers watch as the teacher demonstrates voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds, and voiced vowel sounds. They practice rhyming consonant blends and trigraphs.
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Leprechaun Rhyming Poem

For Students 2nd
In this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, 2nd graders read a rhyming poem about a leprechaun. They say the word that rhymes at the end of each couplet. They see and possibly color a black line picture of a leprechaun on the second page.

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