Gwinnett County Public Schools
Analysis of the Tuck Everlasting and The Birchbark House Text Exemplars
Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Connected Text, Speedy Phrases
Pairs help each other with reading fluency using phrase flashcards! Learners take turns reading short phrases aloud. They have one minute to read as many correctly as possible while their partner sorts the cards into a yes or no pile. At...
Curated OER
Present Participles
In this present participles instructional activity, students review and discuss what present participles of verbs are and fill in three blanks with the appropriate present participle answer.
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Food Chain/Food Web
Students explore ecosystems. In this ecology lesson, students read an article explaining ecosystems. Students create a visual organizer with index cards using components of various ecosystems.
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Dynamics
First graders review Frere Jacques and perform crescendos and decrescendos. In this music lesson plan, 1st graders also learn about the dynamics of music including piano, forte, mezzo piano, and mezzo forte.
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Accepting Another Culture
Students explore cultural diversity. In this cultural acceptance lesson plan, students read Molly's Pilgrim and examine the message of the story. Students research other cultures and create culture-grams and complete research...
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The Cinquain
Students explore writing a cinquain. Students engage in a pantomime experience. They observe and describe bubbles. Students compose a cinquain and illustrate their work with bubble art.
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When Is a Pest an Insect?
Students view the importance of insects as pollinators. They are now posed with the problem--those insects are nice--but insects are pests right? Students explore their description of pests and pesticides.
Curated OER
War On Battle of the Books
Middle schoolers participate in a statewide Battle of the Books competition. They read books and answer questions about them to earn points for their school.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Maze Madness: Silent E
This printable consonant blends instructional activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will follow long vowel words that end in silent "e" to complete a maze. An answer key and...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Ann and Abe: Long a (With Silent E) and Short a Sounds
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will find hidden pictures by identifying words that contain short /a/ and long /a/. An answer key and lesson...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Ned and Pete: Long E (With Silent E) and Short E Sounds
This printable vowel letter learning exercise from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will identify and distinguish between words that contain short /e/ and long /e/. An answer key and...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Mike and Mick Long I (With Silent E) and Short I Sounds
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will label pictures with words that contain short /i/ and long /i/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
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Rock 'N Learn: Bud and June Long U (With Silent E) and Short U Sounds
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will view pictures and write words that contain short /u/ and long /u/. An answer key and lesson extension are...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: The Hole Story
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at a fill-in-the blank paragraph. Students will choose a long /o/ word that ends with the silent -e...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Spare Square: Are
This printable -are activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Given a matrix of word boxes, students will identify the words that have -are in them. An answer key and lesson extension are...
Starfall
Starfall: Robot and Mr. Mole (Long O Listening Practice)
Learn English words with the long O sound by listening to this read-aloud story about a robot. English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing words with long o's. Great graphics, unlimited...
Starfall
Starfall: Sky Ride (Long I Listening Practice)
Learn to say and read English words with long I vowels. This animated storybook about friends Mike and Spike who like to ride bikes provides plenty of listening and pronouncing practice. Great graphics, unlimited repetition, and learner...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Happy Birthday! Le
This printable -le worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. With the use of a pictures cue, students will fill in words to complete sentences that contain words which end in -le. An answer...
Patsy Stevens
Garden of Praise: Musical Spelling Rules
Use these clever songs to help students learn basic spelling rules. Sheet music, as well as audio files, are available for each of 4 songs. Scroll down the page for interactive practice activity.