First graders explore teacher created exploration tub, charts and cards to explain the concept of "Then and Now."

First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...

Students complete various activities related to the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." They participate in a shared reading activity, read and write a sentence for each day of the week, draw a picture of the caterpillar eating one of...

High schoolers investigate the evolution of the King Arthur stories and analyze them as a window into the culture that preserved them. They trace the legends through their earliest versions through medieval and Victorian times and into...

For this printing activity, learners form the upper and lowercase letter Ii. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter Ii.

In this printing activity, learners form the upper and lowercase letter U. Students also color in two pictures that begin with the letter U.

For this printing worksheet, learners form 11 upper and lowercase letter A's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two rows of A's on their own.

Decoding words in connected text can make emergent readers really feel like they are great readers. They work as a class to sound out simple cvc words located in super short sentences. Tip: Extend this activity by having a variety of...

Students explore English by completing an interactive language history activity. In this word recognition lesson, students discuss word formations and the phonetic relationship between letters. Students identify the origin of individual...

Take your kindergartners on a journey to the mythical planet Paz where residents segment words into phonemes, touching parts of their arm with each sound. This physical response to phoneme segmenting will appeal to your physical learners...

Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson plan, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students...

Have your young readers practice phonetic analysis skills with onsets and rhymes. Groups of young scholars create animations in PowerPoint to demonstrate combining beginning letters with rhyme patterns.

In this phonics learning exercise, students follow directions and practice saying a list of 6 three and four letter words. Students first say the word, then say each sound each letter makes. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent...

In this word family and American symbols worksheet, students learn about word families and American symbols. They complete an activity in which they create real and nonsense words by combining sounds of the alphabet with 7 different word...

First graders put on puppet show and retell fairy tales.

Oodles of fun and opportunities for learning are overwhelming in this Letter O activity series, which features printing practice for letters and numbers, connect the docts, and lots of cute octopi for your learners to color.

Second graders watch demonstrations and conduct experiments that show the three different types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

Students listen to books and answer questions using reading skills. In this reading lesson, students develop reading strategies such as decoding, understanding characters, and comprehension. Students relate characters and events in the...

Have your young learners interact with phonemes through this tactile plan! Each learner will have a colored mat where they connect different phonemes to create words. The best part is that they can self-correct easily as they spell! 

Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one. 

Students practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, students organize their vocabulary words into an online...

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...

Students create a "Noh"-style mask, based on Japanese Noh theatre masks. They experiment with different colors of modeling clay and explore ways to show facial character.

Students examine their own rehearsals and make notes to correct their mistakes.