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dr Words
In consonant clusters worksheet, learners practice their language skills as they use 9 picture clues to fill in the blanks with 9 "dr" words. Students use 4 of the "dr" words to write 4 original sentences.
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Word Chop: Grade One Vocabulary List Two
In this word part matching worksheet, students study a table that contains words that have been chopped in half. Students find the pieces that fit together and write them in the answer area below.
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/j/ Picture and Word Match
In this initial /a/ learning exercise, students examine 6 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities in the matching area.
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One Word Substitution 10
In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Vocabulary Skills 2
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, pupils fill in the blanks in 12 sentences by selecting the appropriate words to complete the sentences.
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Vocabulary Skills
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 11 sentences by selecting the appropriate words to complete the sentences.
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Sight Words - Word Search
In this sight words worksheet, students look at the list of sight words (at, big, can, funny, get, help, me, we) and locate them within the word search puzzle.
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Sight Words - Word Search
In this sight words worksheet, students look at the 8 sight words: fly, for, here, is, look, that, they, and what. Students find the words in the word search puzzle.
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Places 2 Word Search
In this places word search learning exercise, students use their problem solving skills to unscramble 15 words and then locate and identify them in the word puzzle.
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"fl" Words
In this consonant cluster activity, students practice their language skills as they use the 5 "fl" words in the word bank to fill in the blanks in a paragraph. Students use the same 5 words to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences.
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Acrostic Poetry to Teach Font Changes and Centering
Students engage in a discussion about how to write an acrostic poem. They demonstate the ability to use a word processor by typing an acrostic poem by following instructions. Word processing skills such as, centering text, changing font,...
K12 Reader
Color the Christmas Adjectives
'Tis the season to be joyful, merry, beautiful, and red! Test young learners' knowledge of parts of speech with a festive coloring worksheet. As they identify which words are nouns and which words are adjectives, they color each part of...
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 3 - Consonant Digraphs
Words such as witch, whack, and wish often cause beginning readers to struggle. The third installments in the Word Recognition and Fluency series of 17, covers consonant digraphs. Activities guide learners through the identification and...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Color Your Destiny
Class groups bring feeling words alive by creating a poster that illustrates with images and colors, but not words, the feeling conjured by the word. The posters are then combined into a mural for the classroom wall.
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Thinking Spelling
An etymology resource is packed with suggestions for activities designed to build phonological, visual, morphemic, and etymological spelling skills.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Zebrafish and Skin Color
You may not know if that zebrafish in your fish tank is a model citizen—but it is definitely a model organism! What can we learn about ourselves from a tiny zebrafish? Discover more about the polygenic trait of skin color through a...
Missouri Department of Elementary
What Color is Your Apple?
Build your classroom community with an activity that uses apples to examine oneself and their classmates. Participants draw four large apples on blank paper then exchange them within a small group. Group members write a character trait...
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 15 - Soft G and Soft C
The names Cindy and Carrie start with the same letter, but have very different sounds. The 15th of 17 word recognition lessons focuses on the soft C sound found in Cindy and the soft G sound found in Gene. Direct instruction starts with...
Novelinks
Words by Heart: Guided Imagery
Sad, depressed, miserable, inconsolable, forlorn: so many synonyms have a lot of variety with their connotations. Through the guided imagery activity, writers explore the use of connotation and its influence on imagery and description by...
Appalachian State University
Glory: Motion Picture Study Guide
This is an excellent resource for teachers to use for incorporating the motion picture Glory into the classroom! Breaking down the film into particular noteworthy and telling scenes, the guide offers important considerations for each...
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The Root of the Problem
Identifying root and base words is an important skill. Using this instructional activity, learners practice identifying Greek and Latin roots. However, this resource is incomplete and should be augmented to provide a complete experience.
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A Positive Spin
Study word choice and connotation in advertising. Readers examine campaign ads, both negative and positive, from the 2006 mid-term election before discussing an article and analyze a campaign of any candidate they choose. Finally, they...
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Faster, Faster!
Students practice reading faster, smoother and more expressively by exercising the strategy of reading and rereading text to become more familiar with word recognition. They participate in reading a page or two of "Pen Pals" to...
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Fun Phonics: Trace and Match, Letter "a"
In word recognition and printing practice learning exercise, students trace 7 words. Students then match the traced words to the appropriate pictures. An example is included.