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Shhh, Be Quiet, We're Trying to Read

For Teachers K
Students practice spelling, sounding out, and identifying the "sh" digraph. Students listen as the teacher reads a tongue twister emphasizing words with the "sh" sound. Students listen to the story "Is Joe Home?" and identify the words...
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Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students recognize the grapheme g in its upper and lower case form. They produce the corresponding sound for the letter g. Students go over what shape your mouth makes and how the back of your throat moves when making the sound for g.
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Alphabetic Acting

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 vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Hop To It

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for H. They practice writing the letter H and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /h/. They associate the phoneme /h/ with its letter representation and identify it as the...
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Icky, Icky, Sticky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel I in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Homonym, Homophone, Homograph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the difference between homophones, homographs, and heteronyms by reading this informative chart. Detailed examples are given for all. There are no questions on the page.
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Sally's Camel Has Two Humps!

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe what the letter "m" looks like as it is written. They pretend to make the sound they make after eating a bowl of their favorite ice cream saying, "mmmmm" and do a cheer for the letter "m". They then look at a...
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Mmm, Mmm, Mmm

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for M. They practice writing the letter M and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /m/. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Icky Sticky Inchworm

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Homophones

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students read 12 sentences and choose the appropriate homophone for each. There are 2 choices for every blank.
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Sense of Sight Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students sequence what they saw in the book Maisy's Nature Walk. In this sequencing lesson plan, the teacher reads the book and the children listen and observe. Once the book is read, the students have to sequence what Maisy saw on her...
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Mirror, Mirror

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how their bodies are similar and different from others after reading the book, In the Mirror.
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Midnight Train To Freedom

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research, discuss and study about the Underground Railroad and examine the risks associated with escaping slavery by reading the article "North Toward Home." They create a museum book to accompany a teacher-created exhibit on...
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Beatrix Potter and Alliteration

For Students 5th - 7th
In this creative writing worksheet, students utilize a variety of strategies to creatively write alliterations, tongue twisters, similes and finally an acrostic poem.
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Patriotic Songs

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize patriotic songs of America. In this historical music lesson, 1st graders discuss the historical background of the song "Yankee Doodle" and repeat the lyrics after the instructor. Students read the lyrics to the...
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Verbs: Present Activities

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this present tense verbs worksheet, students determine synonyms for bolded verbs in sentences. Students choose eight multiple choice answers.
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Shhh

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Speaking and Listening Skills worksheet, students practice writing words containing given vowel sounds, diphthongs and consonants. Students translate sentences into the English language and practice writing sentences in their...
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Introduce /aw/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate letter combinations focusing on /aw/. For this letter combination lesson, students examine /aw/ as letters that go together and make a sound. They look at images and sort items by whether they contain the /aw/ sound...
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Homophone Jeopardy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced and practice using words classified as homophones. Individually, they participate in a Jeopardy game in which they practice using different sets of homophones in sentences. They discuss the different situations...
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Configuration Station #8

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 5 commonly used words. Students alphabetize, find opposites, generate sentences, complete a word search, and illustrate.
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Worksheet 9: Vocabulary Review

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary skills learning exercise, students complete 8 sentences by selecting the words from the provided list that are closest in meaning to the boldfaced words in the sentences.
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Rhythm and Rhyme

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners listen to and identify the similar rhyme pattern of two rhymes and apply those concepts to a group creation of a new rhyme. They discover that the given rhyme comes from India by learning a little background information on India.
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Family Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss family composition and traditions. After reading Family Pictures, students identify key vocabulary and cognates. Working in pairs, students discuss the people who compose their family and some traditions that are unique...