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The Clever Monkey
Your clever kindergartners will enjoy a series of activities based on the West African folktale, The Clever Monkey, adapted by Rob Cleveland. They sequence the story with pictures, copy sentences, illustrate idioms about cats,...
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Lyddie: An Instructional Unit Resource Guide
Katherine Paterson’s young adult novel Lyddie is the foundation of a differentiated instruction unit that not only explores the rise of industrialization and labor but women’s rights issues as well. After learners read the novel, they...
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Spelling With Double Letters
Pupils practice spelling words with double letters. For this spelling lesson, students read a rhyme chorally and identify the words with double letters. Pupils complete a instant activity worksheet to practice spelling their words...
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Instant Spelling Activity: 1st Grade
First graders practice their spelling skills. In this spelling lesson, 1st graders explore onsets and rimes as they complete an activity regarding double letters.
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Two Letters, One Sound
Eighth graders spell double-letter words. For this spelling lesson, 8th graders practice pronouncing words that contain double consonants. Students examine words with one or more sets of double letters, and discuss the proper...
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First Letter Changes
Students use the books of Eric Carle to change the first letter in a word to see a new word. In this phonics lesson plan, students change the beginning letters in poems and books.
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Farm Animals
First graders use this Web Quest to find out about 6 different farm animals. They explore what each animal eats and what food humans get from each animal. They study about are pigs, sheep, goats, horses, cows, and chickens.
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Beginning Consonants
In this alphabet worksheet, students focus on the beginning consonant sounds of words. Students study 5 rows of pictures and circle the picture that begins with the letter that is shown for each row.
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Here's an Instant Activity for May 3, 2004
First graders use their visual skills to improve their spelling skills. In this spelling instructional activity, 1st graders read words and find smaller words within each example.
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Here's An Instant Activity for April 7, 2003
Fifth graders practice their spelling skills with soft syllable endings. In this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete soft syllable interaction activity with their teacher. Students then write 16 le-ending and ly-ending word pairs to...
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Here's an Instant Activity for December 15, 2003
Pupils complete a spelling activity that helps them create and spell words. In this spelling lesson plan, students manipulate letters to make words and complete the worksheet by writing new words.
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Here's and Instant Activity for October 20, 2008
Students complete spelling activities for words with or and ore spellings. In this spelling lesson, students find antonyms for the 'or' words in the first exercise. Students find synonyms for the second exercise.
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Long Vowels - ea
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students study the pictures and use the vowel sound 'ea' to complete the words for each picture. Students use the same vowel sound to complete the second set of words.
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'U / Magic E' Missing Vowels
In this missing vowels worksheet, students study the given letters and fill in the missing vowels for the 'u magic e' words. Students spell 15 words.
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'O / Magic E' Missing Vowels
In this missing vowels activity, students study the given letters and fill in the missing vowels for the 'o magic e' words. Students spell 20 words.
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Spelling Success; Vowel Sounds
There is a big difference between the words bit and bite. Learners begin to understand how to differentiate between short and long vowel sounds as they are given a word with a short vowel sound, and then are asked to add a letter to make...
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Practicing Short and Long Vowel Sounds
What are the differences between short and long vowel sounds? The class participates in a teacher ledlesson in which they add letters to words as they evolve from a three letter, short vowel word to a longer long vowel word. They...
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Soft Syllable Endings
Sixth graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this grammar instructional activity, 6th graders discuss what a list of words have in common. Students complete a crossword puzzle focusing on words with soft syllable endings.
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letter a
In this letter a worksheet, 1st graders will focus on both the long and short vowel sounds. Students will study 12 pictures and decide if the word contains a long or short sound and circle the correct answer accordingly.
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Beginning Sounds-What sound does each picture begin with?
Students view a multimedia presentation to identify beginning sounds. In this phonics lesson plan, students recognize beginning sounds. Students navigate a website for addition phonics sounds.
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"The Scary Letter...aaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Students study the /a/ using the hand gesture and 'aaa' sound as if they were seeing a ghost. Next, they recite a tongue twister and make words using letter boxes using different numbers of phonemes. Next, they read "Pat's Jam" out loud...
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"Icky Bug"
Students study the /i/ sound by examining how one's mouth moves when making the sound and using it in words. Next, they recite a tongue twister which contains many words with the focus sound, and practice writing it the lowercase "i."...
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House of H
Students identify the letter H and the sound it make through drawing. After identifying the letter H, students brainstorm words that begin with the letter H. In the computer lab, they use computer drawing software to create a house and...
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The Icky in Sticky
Students study the /i/ sound by listening to it in words and a tongue twister which they later recite. Next, they practice writing the letter and making word using letterboxes. They listen to 'Icky Sticky Inchworm' while placing their...