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Dazzling D's and Buzzing B's
Students differentiate between the letters D and B. They trace and write the letters D and B, then spell different words containing D and B using letter manipulatives. Students then listen to the Dr. Seuss "ABC Book" and identify the...
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Sizing Up Sound
Sixth graders are introduced to the concepts of sound waves and frequency. As a class, they listen to the differences between different types of instruments. To end the lesson, they practice identifying low and high pitches and playing...
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Sounds of Poetry
Fifth graders read "Tunnel Music" and then explore how words and spacing in a poem affects how the poem sounds.
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Producing Sounds
Third graders examine items that make sounds. When given craft sticks, 3rd graders practice making different sounds with them. Sticks are rubbed together or placed partially on a desk and plucked. Afterward, students discuss the types of...
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Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating Quentin's Mental Breakdown
High schoolers trace Quentin's mental breakdown that leads to his suicide, assuring the overall decline of the Compson family.
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Reinforcing Alphabet Names/Sounds
Students reinforce knowledge of the alphabet essential to beginning reading by pulling random letters out of a hat and identifying the letter's sound.
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School-Home Links: Same and Different Words
In this words worksheet, students learn that some words are alike and some are different. Students say the three words in each row and use a pencil to circle the word that is different.
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A World of Animals: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)
Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high...
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Blake's Brave Race
Students distinguish the difference between the short and long vowel sounds. They practice correspondences that are spelled and pronounced differently working with a_e=/A/ vowel sounds. Elkonin Letter boxes and class set of books are...
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Initial Sounds with Word Families
In this word sound worksheet, students practice different word and letter sounds. They repeat rhymes, name letters, review letter sounds, review similar word sounds and complete an activity where they use a word bank to fill in the...
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Here's the Pitch
Students define pitch, measure varying amounts of water into containers, make predictions about the sounds made when striking the containers, put containers in order from highest to lowest pitch, and create their own sound patterns with...
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The Listening Walk
Students play instruments that reflect sounds in the story: hoots, toots, creaking, shrieks, clacking, crunching, whooshing, etc. They make vocal sounds from the story: whispered, sniffled, sigh, giggled, croaked, laughed. The...
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Brain Teasers--- Homonyms
In these homonym worksheets, students discover that some words sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Students complete 4 sentences, choosing from the word bank. There are 20 worksheets available here...
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Timbre II
In this timbre of instruments worksheet, students explore the concept of timbre meaning four different kinds of sounds: string, brass, choral and percussion. Students locate those concepts in a word search puzzle.
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Low and High with Ives
First graders read the Poem "The Elephant" by Shel Silverstein and create a descriptive web in the shape of an animal. In this cross curricular music lesson plan, 1st graders recite a poem with rhythm, then listen to the song...
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Design Project: Audio Power Amplifier
In this audio power amplifier worksheet, students answer five questions about class A amplifiers, sound pressure, crossover distortion, and amplifier design.
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Phoneme Recognition Games
Students explore language arts by completing an in-class phonics activity. In this word structure lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to identify the sounds that different letter combinations make. Students practice combining word...
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Short "E" Searching
Students engage in a lesson which uses resources from the PBS show, Between the Lions to help identify the sound "e" in words that are written, read and sung.
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R-Controlled Vowels
In this activity students explore r-controlled vowels. Students use words from a word bank to complete sentences. There are ten words in the word box. There are ten sentences in which the words are to be used in. Students learn word...
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Phonemic Awareness Infusion
Students explore and describe various kinds of work experiences and skills practicing the regular past tense -ed sounds. They practice pronouncing those sounds with verbs within their reading passages as well. In addition, they repeat...
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The Big Hit
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
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What Does Sound Look Like?
Students work in small groups or individually to explore and edit an audio file. They identify beats and other features of waveform, find and remove silence in audio, experiment with fade and crossfade and export a clip they have completed.
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Identifying Sounds of Poetry
In this poetry worksheet, learners read different poetry and identify the type of poetry that is being used based on the sound. Students complete 10 short answer questions.
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Reading Poems Aloud: Sound And Meaning
Students consider the elements involved in reading poetry aloud. They discuss different poetic forms and how the choices a reader makes in tone, emphasis, breaths, and pauses can affect the listener's interpretation and understanding of...