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Maggie's Earth Adventures Unit

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students practice math, science, Spanish, and grammar skills using computer based activities in this unit of lessons. They experience lessons at different levels while tracking their progress using the attached progress chart.
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Everyone is Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study /e/ in both written and spoken words using a tongue twister and letterbox activities. They recite a tongue twisters and make words using letterboxes. Next, they read "Red Gets Fed" and find words that contain the /e/...
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Cry Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. They listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /a/ sound, and write the letter A. Students listen to the book "Cat Nap" and identify the...
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Move More Sit Less

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In these healthy eating worksheets, young scholars focus on healthy foods and exercise. Students complete 2 word searches locating 14 words in each with one word search in Spanish and the other in English.
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Scary Short Story Writing Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
There's nothing like the prospect of writing a scary story to get your middle schoolers' writing juices flowing! In the lesson presented here, pupils listen to scary short stories read to them by the teacher. Then, a discussion ensues...
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"Shhh," said the Fish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the /sh/ digraph and discover how it is pronounced. They practice writing the 'sh' digraph and recite an /sh/ tongue twister. They listen to Dr. Seuss' 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' and write the /sh/ words...
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Build it Up

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice spelling words through by blending sounds with a focus on short vowels i and a. Through matching and listening activities, 1st graders replace initial and final sounds to create words they decode and read.
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Aaaa Choo!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell words...
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Pam The Lamb

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...
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Word Wizards: Students Making Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They create words using the cluster ump.
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Digraphs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a worksheet. In this digraphs lesson, 3rd graders discuss the sound of digraphs ch, sh, th and wh and brainstorm words that contain these digraphs. Students complete a word search worksheet.
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Adding s, ed, and ing To Words

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn how to add s, ed, and ing suffixes to words. In this adding suffixes lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher led lesson on the rules for adding endings to words before completing an associated worksheet.
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Practice Adding the ing Suffix

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice adding ing to words ending in one vowel and one consonant. In this adding ing lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher demonstration of adding suffixes to one vowel, one consonant words. They learn the rule...
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Homographs and Homophones

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this homophones and homographs lesson, 4th graders define homographs and look at examples. Students contrast homographs and homophones. Students complete a worksheet where they fill in a...
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Adding Suffixes- ly, ful

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice adding suffixes. In this word endings instructional activity, 5th graders identify examples of suffixes, practice adding the suffix "-ly" and "-ful" and then complete a worksheet to practice.