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Rules For the Home Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice naming furniture in this Home Game. Students also use prepositions of place to describe where the furniture is.
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Initial Consonants

For Students 1st
In this initial sounds learning exercise, 1st graders use the pictures to identify the initial consonant sounds for the picture word. Students circle and write the 8 initial sounds on the lines.
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Whodunit?

For Teachers 1st
First graders choose a community member, show how to resolve a conflict, and trade writing with a classmate. They match symbols that might represent the community members they have chosen.
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Celebrate You

For Teachers 1st
First graders locate place of birth on a map. They identify their birthdays and place a graphing square with their birthday written on it under the corresponding month. They compare birthdays on the graph. They read "P.B. Bear's Birthday...
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When were you selfless today?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners, after reading and discussing the poem, Selflessness of Mind, by Joe Gutknecht, discuss specific recent acts of selflessness and then write a first draft paper on selflessness. They compare/contrast their own lives to the poem...
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Geo-Town

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a checklist to construct a Geo-Town map including a compass rose, a map key, and a paragraph about a walk around Geo-Town, using appropriate geometric and directional vocabulary to identify the two-dimensional figures...
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Mrs. Wishy Washy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the book, Mrs. Wishy Washy. They listen to the story, participate in a picture walk, identify the patterns of repeated words, role-play the motions, and retell the story using props.
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Maps

For Teachers 1st
First graders look at their classroom or school setting. They use positional word to describe where things are located in the school. Students discuss a map and why they are important. They read the story "Taylor's New School" and...
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Read with Speed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through various techniques. After reviewing decoding and rereading as good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a teacher selected text. They complete a timed reading drill and...
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Discovering What Makes Up Culture

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine images of other cultures and express what they see that identifies those cultures. They discuss the components of the Jewish culture before listening to Miriam Nerlove Albert's, Shabbat. They write questions about...
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Life Stories

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a brief video presentation documenting their research of an impactful African American or woman from history. Students research and identify their accomplishments and create a 2-5 minute iMovie documenting their...
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Frederick Douglass

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the novel "Frederick Douglass" and conduct research about his life. The lesson integrates technology while using a library database. It is used as a source of information with access to a reference...
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Bam, Chi, Chi, Bam

For Teachers K
Students create a class poem based on the song, Bam, Chi, Chi, Bam. The class participates in a brief discussion of the music of Jamaica and the feelings conveyed by this music. After listening to the song, students create a poem to...
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African Mask Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners view examples of African mask designs from the past. Individually, they develop their own design based on basic geometric shapes. They use paper mache to make the masks and paint them to end the lesson and discuss what special...
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The Electric Slide

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine and practice the musical concept of a series of beats. They assess how to be able to use the feel of strong and weak beats in a song through dance to identify the meter of the song. Each student participates in...
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When were you selfless today?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, after reading and analyzing the poem, Selflessness of Mind, by Joe Gurknecht, brainstorm and discuss specific recent student acts of selflessness. They develop strategies to tie those acts of selflessness to themselves...
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Phoneme Assessment

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading worksheet, students complete 4 phoneme assessments. The worksheet includes different graphemes and the dates of the 4 assessments.
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Tracking Rubric

For Students 4th - 5th
In this assessment worksheet, students read a tracking rubric. The rubric includes the following skills: code knowledge, blending for reading, segmenting for spelling, reading irregular words, and spelling irregular words.
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Get Reading Right

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this get reading right worksheet, students in teams combine as many letters together as they can to come up with as many English words as they can by only using the letters in the boxes shown.
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The Order of Phonemes Taught

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this order of phonemes worksheet, students in teams combine as many phonemes together as they can to make as many English words as they can in a specific time period.
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The Order of Phonemes Taught

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, students analyze a chart of the phonemes in the order they are typically taught. Also on this chart are commonly used "tricky words" which do not follow phonetic rules. There are no questions on the page.
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Letters: Practice with S

For Students K - 2nd
In this letter worksheet, students color the letter "s" each time it appears inside a picture of a sock. Students color the other letters that appear different colors, then practice writing the letter "s."
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Letter Ff Activity

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letter recognition worksheet, students identify the letter Ff by coloring the pictures of the frog, fish, and fireworks. Students then practice printing the upper and lowercase letter Ff on the provided lines.
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Guess How Much I Love You

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils explore the book, "Guess How Much I Love You". In this early childhood activity, students complete extension activities along with the story. These include coloring pages and writing activities.