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PHONEMIC AWARENESS INFUSION
Students practice and utilize phonograms (word families) found in the patterns of frequently used words. They assess strategies to assist them in dividing long words as well as to develop their phonemic awareness to new vocabularies....
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Listening for Tone
Young scholars read and listen to various poems as they are read by different readers using different tones. They read "Jabberwocky" and in groups, determine what they think the nonsense words in the poem mean. The groups compare thier...
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Horrid Homonyms
Students explore homonyms, which are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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Musical Elements Chart
In this Louisiana musical landscape worksheet, students study 6 terms and their meanings as they pertain to music instruction to be used for further classroom activities.
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Pronunciation of Final Consonants
Students in ESOL classes discover how to recognize and pronounce final consonant sounds. With partners, they read passages aloud and practice the correct pronunciation. Students emphasize pronouncing the final consonant and attempt to...
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Perfectly Popping
Students identify p in spoken words and the written letter the represents it. The story, Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss is read the the class. They then have to circle pictures that have the p sound in them. This assessment is done after...
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Jammin' to Jazz
Students identify integral parts of jazz music by listening to Quincy Jones' We Be Doin' It. They note the bass and drum sounds, scat solos, and also sing parts of the ostinato and chorus.
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"Arrrrr" said the Pirate
Students practice decoding r-controlled vowels. Through various activities, they identify the change made to a vowel sound by adding "r." They decode words and spell them using Elkonin boxes. To conclude the lesson plan, students...
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Nifty Thrifty Fifty Vocabulary
Students review new vocabulary. In this vocabulary activity, students are introduced to the "nifty thrifty fifty" vocabulary words, their definitions, and the meanings of their prefix, suffix, and root words. The fifty words are split...
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Developing a Child's Sense of Place
Students develop empathy with the natural world; visual and aural senses of spatial awareness; and initiate sound and space awareness, movement, indoor/outdoor, map-making and nature activities that correlate with a child's sense of play.
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Test Your Reading Skills-- Homophones 4
In this language arts instructional activity, students learn that homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Students read 15 words and write the homophone for each.
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Word and Letter Practice #6
In this word and letter practice worksheet, learners say the name and sounds of given letters, read simple sentences, practice reading sight words and practice "chunks" of words.
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Homophones
In this homophone worksheet, students study the meanings of words. Students complete 6 multiple choice questions, choosing the sentence that corresponds to the given picture.
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The Language of Deception
Students examine how to distinguish between different uses of language. They explore the difference between the cognitive meaning and the emotional meanings of a word. Each student evaluates the effects of euphemism in altering the...
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Listen Closely!
Students conduct a scientific experiment and make observations about the composition and sounds of pennies to determine the year in which the penny's makeup was changed. They graph their outcomes to chart results.
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Using a Dictionary - Comparing Words
Equipped with a dictionary and a purpose, learners test the meanings of four word pairs, determining if they are synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, or several other word relationships. Students can practice their dictionary skills and their...
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Words and Letters Practice #11
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students practice saying letters and sounds of letters, read simple sentences, and practice high frequency sight words.
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Letter and Word Practice
In this letters and words worksheet, students practice naming letters, saying sounds, reading simple sentences and practicing site words. Parents sign after each of 3 days of practicing the activities.
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Word and Letter Practice
In this word and letter practice activity, students name letters, say sounds, read simple sentences, and practice a set of sight words.
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"Same But Different"
Students recognize and spell words in homophone sets. They assign the correct meaning to each word in a homophone set.
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Accept/Except
In this confusing words instructional activity, students review the meanings of the words accept and except. Students then read examples of using the words correctly.
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Journey to Understanding Vocabulary
Students examine word parts. For this word study lesson, students practice breaking words into parts and using their knowledge of Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes determine the words' meanings.
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Yesterday's World "th" activities
Young scholars read through the text, and discuss the main points. They discuss the commonality of the digraph/th/. Students highligt any text with 'th'word where they see it. They identify the words. Young scholars discuss the different...
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Using Suffixes -er, -or, -ar To Make Nouns
In these grammar worksheets, students will circle nouns and verbs, fill in blanks with suitable verbs, add -er and -or to verbs to create nouns, write silly sentences using nouns that end in -ar, add the correct suffix to change verbs...