Students identify the short /i/ sound in spoken words and the letter symbol in this lesson. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the short /i/ sound. They then read the story "Liz is Six" and identify the words with the...

Students explore the letter /k/ in this lesson, and identify the /k/ sound in words. They read a tongue twister emphasizing the /k/ sound, and discuss that two letters make the /k/ sound - c and k. They then practice writing k's and...

Students must be phonemically aware to both read and write. This means that the student must understand phonemes and the relationship between letters and sounds. In this lesson, students work on the phoneme i=/i/. Since vowels are the...

Students analyze a poem of their choice to find the meaning. They break the poems into sections and add images and sounds to make it into a video. They show their video to the whole school if possible.

Learners analyze a poem to find meaning by breaking it into scenes and supporting the text with appropriate images and sounds. They use Frames to create their video poem. Once students have an image, place them all into one folder. ...

Students practice letter recognition in written language and sounds for /t/ in both the upper and lower case forms. They utilize a chart with "Today Teddy talked to ten people at two o'clock," on it while making the sounds that are...

Students examine the sound of the letter S and write the upper case S. As a class, they repeat a tongue twister with the letter S, then observe and demonstrate how to write the letter S. Students then view a variety of objects and...

Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and a picture...

First graders listen as the word "cat" is sounded out spreading out all the sounds contained. They discover the meaning of blending using the word "cat" and then changing the consonants to make new words. They then figure out new words...

Students read Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They create a dramatic reading of Titania's monologue in Act II by randomly assigning words of the monologue that are demonstrated using sound and movement, not the actual words. ...

Students determine and compare hieroglyph content and frequency to an alternative alphabet based on symbols that mimic sounds of the alphabet.

Young scholars explore the examples of innovative technology found on the AT&T Labs Technology Showcase Demos website. They look at communciation patterns. They write in their science journal the problem it is intended to solve and...

Young scholars gain further understanding of the diversities of trade and the cultural impact of the trade items. Students evaluate and analyze trade items and use this knowledge to make sound trade decisions. Young scholars describe and...

Students identify the letter and phoneme /m/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /m/ sound through tongue twisters and stories. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...

Students practice reading silently. They discuss the importance of being able to read silently. Students discuss what it means to read silently. They practicing reading a variety of texts silently. Students write a brief summary of what...

Students use pictures and text to gain meaning from written materials by connecting text. message heard, and/or material viewed to prior knowledge and experiences. Finally, students recognize and name upper and lower case letters and...

Students use signal flags chart to identify common ship signals. They create different signal flags and meanings on their own.

Students use signal flags chart to identify common ship signals. They create different signal flags and meanings on their own.

Students practice identifying letters and their corresponding phonemes to become solid fluent readers. They focus on the grapheme and phoneme associated with the upper and lowercase letter of S. Each student makes the sound that the...

Students practice letter recognition for the /s/ sound in both lower and upper case formats. They listen as the book, "Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp," by Carol Shields is read to them and then they complete a worksheet containing...

In this reading skills activity, students write words that sound the same as the listed words. Fifteen words are listed to write a homophone for.

Second graders visit Rapid City, South Dakota, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming in these two episodes of Buster. They examine the Lakota people in South Dakota to see what it means to persevere. They sing songs and study idioms. They brainstorm...

Second graders review silent reading techniques as the teacher models them. They discover the meaning of summarizing what they have read including the three step method and read Snake Safari. They then create a summary map together to...

Students review the concept of silent reading and discuss the meaning of visualization. They listen to a poem as it is read and close their eyes to try to make a picture of what is happening and think about the qualities the wind...