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I Can't Stop Itching

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. After reading the story "Liz is Six," students draw a picture with...
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Icky "I"

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Say Ahh!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the short /o/ sound in spoken words, and recognize the letter symbol /o/. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "In the Big Top" and identify the words...
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Pop Your P's

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /p/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /p/ sound through songs and tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture...
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Pet by Pet by Pet

For Students 3rd
In this ordinal number worksheet, 3rd graders examine the order of animals shown in a row at the top of the page. They answer questions that describe the position of each pet using ordinal numbers in 7 examples including 1 writing problem.
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Animal Names

For Teachers K
Students match animal pictures with animal words. In this farm animal lesson, students put together the parent and their offspring. Students should have prior knowledge of the basic needs of animals. Students write animal booklets.
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Onomatopoeia Poems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write onomatopoeia poems. In this creative writing instructional activity, students listen to a picture book that introduces the concept of onomatopoeia. Students create their own list of words and write a short poem using...
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Bow Wow, Oink Oink

For Teachers K
Students read Everybody Cooks Rice and discuss birthday celebrations around the world.   In this cultural differences lesson, students discuss the Chinese symbols by birth years.  Students create a graph by symbol. ...
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Political Cartoons: Introduction to Symbols

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners make a list of every day symbols they know of and write down what each symbol stands for. Then they are asked to help their knowledge further by considering all the meanings various symbols might have.
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My Family Writing Exercise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing grammatical mistakes and sentence completion worksheet, students correct the grammar mistakes, fill in the blanks with words from the word bank, and write a short essay about their families. Students write 26 answers.
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Charlotte's Web Lesson

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore Charlotte's Web making predictions about the main character's problem. In this Charlotte's Web instructional activity, 3rd graders find Wilbur's problem and draw solutions from the story.  Students share...
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Working Like a Dog

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider ways animals help human beings with certain chores, then research more specific tasks dogs are trained to do. They create a help wanted ad enumerating the traits a dog should have before applying for a particular position.
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Classification

For Students 6th - 12th
In this classification worksheet, learners use information describing the ways biologists compare living things to complete 4 matching questions.
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Alphabet Letter a Or N Theme

For Teachers All
Students draw a tree with acorns. They depict roots and an acorn in the soil to review plant growth and practice handwriting letter A or letter N in the writing lines. They cut an additional page for the mini-book to include the word...
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Who Am I?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary and comprehension learning exercise, students complete 12 questions about the book, Charlotte's Web. Students fill each blank with the name of a character from this book.
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Comparing and Contrasting Literature Using Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a venn diagram with two folktales. For this folktale lesson, 1st graders read Cinderella and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe. They find the similarities and differences and chart these on a...
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Piggie Pie!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explain about their experiences on the farm and draw pictures to show what they know. Students read the recipe for the piggie pie that Gritch was going to use. Students estimate and then measure how many pigs it would take to...
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Materials 2: Recycled Materials

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to the idea that some materials can be recycled. They will investigate the types of materials that can be reused, as well as potential uses for each type of recyclable material.
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice sorting books. In this sorting lesson, students play the Flood Game on the PBS web site. With knowledge of the sorting system used by libraries, students sort small numbers of books using categories devised by their...
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Tantalizing Tangrams

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students construct a set of tangrams. In this geometry lesson, students read the book, Grandfather Tang's Story and retell the story using tangrams. Students construct their own set of tangrams using the included worksheets.
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Fractured Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners use familiar characters, plots, and settings from traditional fairy tales to create "fractured" versions, while experimenting with satire, irony and parody. A fractured fairy tale is designed to be humorous by changing the story...
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Home Design

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate house structures by examining photographs.  In this architecture lesson, students read the book Houses and Homes, analyzing the different structures and materials.  Students utilize mud to create model huts...
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Reading Comprehension-Grade 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grade 2 reading comprehension instructional activity, students read several short passages, answering 1-3 multiple choice comprehension questions after each. Answers are included.
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Bits and Pieces

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students will use a collection of objects as the basis for writing a tale about the people who used them.

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