Hi, what do you want to do?
Curated OER
The Energy of Waves
In this science worksheet, students examine the topic in order to solidify knowledge covered in the curriculum using puzzles and creative games.
Curated OER
Learning Rhymes
Students practice reading and writing in this cross-curricular lesson for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on daily practice, individual improvements, and positive reinforcements for jobs well done during the activity.
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
“Double Double Speak Speak”
Bilateral suborbital hematoma? Call an audible? 404? Have fun with “the twittering or warbling of birds,” or as 14th century French speakers would say, have fun with “jargon.” Groups match specialized jargon with plain speech, decode...
Curated OER
Poems: Identifying Patterns
Here is a great worksheet that contains two short poems to compare and contrast. Children will read each poem out loud and then complete three comparative analysis questions which focus on rhyme, structure, and language. Note: The...
Curated OER
Rhyming With Pancakes
Students listen to the book The Great Pancake Escape as an introduction to rhyming and its use in storytelling. Provide examples of simple words that rhyme with other simple words and come up with rhymes with an end word from an earlier...
Curated OER
Poetry in Motion
Learners explore poetry and technology. In this poetry writing lesson, students choose a theme and write a pattern poem, then create a related slideshow.
Curated OER
Phase In, Phase Out, the Magnificent Moon
First graders discuss why the moon appears to change shape. They use flashlights and balls to simulate the sun's light shining on the moon during its different phases. They read books, paint pictures and write sentences about the moon.
Curated OER
Valentine, Valentine
In this rhyming learning exercise, students listen sentences about Valentine's Day. Using their listening and language skills, students identify the rhyming words that belong in 9 blanks. Students may also color the hearts on the...
Curated OER
The ABCs of Healthy Foods
First graders, after reviewing the food pyramid, look for fat, sugar, and salt in food.
Curated OER
Associative Reading Activities
In this riddles learning exercise, learners read the clues and write the item that it is describing. Students complete 3 problems where they solve the riddle.
Curated OER
Long Vowel Phoneme - i_e
The vowel/consonant/vowel combination of /i_e/ is one of the most common in our language. For this lesson, kindergarterners share the book, The Doctor's Line to gain practice in reading these kind of words. A brainstorm session...
Curated OER
Up in the Sky
First graders associate events and objects with day or night. They create a word bank and use is as a reference to create sentences about the sun. They conduct sun-themed experiments and art projects.
Curated OER
Double S, F, and Z
In this spelling activity worksheet, students add another consonant to complete the 12 words. Students rewrite the words in the next 12 examples. Students then read the sentences and look for the double s, f, and z letters. Students...
Curated OER
Spelling Connections Grade 3
For this spelling activity worksheet, students write spelling words that rhyme with the words and pictures in the first 8 examples. Students then list the spelling words in alphabetical order for the next 6 examples. Students unscramble...
Curated OER
Rhyming Activity
In this rhyming words activity, 1st graders use the word bank to spell a word that rhymes with the picture. Students write five words.
Curated OER
Discovering Rhythm and Rhyme
Students explore ways to provide enjoyable phonemic awareness and conversation experiences for their children while reading and discussing children's book, A Tree For Me. Students extend their expertise in reading by fluently reading...
Curated OER
The Sky Jeopardy
First graders reinforce concepts about sun, moon, day, night and sky by playing the Sky Jeopardy game. In the end, 1st graders get to nibble crackers in order to show the different phases of the moon.
Curated OER
Listening to Poetry: Sounds of the Sonnet
High schoolers experience and enjoy the sounds of poetry. They erform sound experiments with sonnets and closely read and analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare. Students write an analysis of how sound affects meaning in a sonnet chosen from...
Curated OER
Antonym Review
Second graders improve their spelling skills by reviewing antonyms for specific words. They work aloud with words and find their antonyms. They complete their own crossword puzzle and an activity crossword puzzle.
Curated OER
Rhyme Time
Students listen to a variety of stories and identify rhyming words. They sequence events in the story and generate rhymes of their own. They sort words by rhyming families and write rhymes of their own.
Curated OER
Literacy Task: Spelling Patterns and Rhyme
In this spelling patterns and rhyming words worksheet, students complete several activities that help them spell and rhyme words containing the o, ow, and ough sounds.
Curated OER
Jake and the Long A Sound
In this long a sound worksheet, learners write three words from the word box that rhyme. Students then complete the story with words from the box. Learners learn to recognize words containing the long a sound.
Curated OER
Shared Reading: A Lesson Plan to Introduce Patriotism in the Classroom
Students learn why we say the Pledge of Allegiance through shared reading. In this shared reading lesson plan, students are shown the Pledge of Allegiance in 3 different forms. While they are exploring the pledge, the teacher explains...