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Homophones and Rhyming Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore homophones. In this spelling pattern lesson, 1st graders are led through a discussion on homophones and words that rhyme with homophones. The teacher leads the class in sorting these rhyming words based upon their...
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Introduce word families

For Teachers 1st
First graders play a matching game to find words that rhyme with each other with word endings est and ill. In this word family lesson plan, 1st graders match up the words in small groups by using word cards.
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Introduce Word Families

For Teachers 1st
First graders study words. In this word families lesson, 1st graders discover words that rhyme with the endings -est and -ill. They work as a group to determine which ending various words have and to put them in the proper category based...
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The Long A Sound

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Budding readers complete three different series of exercises where they write down four, then three, and finally two words that rhyme from the word box. A great way to practice reading, rhyming, and printing skills. 
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What Your Own ee Poem

For Students 4th - 5th
In this poetry writing worksheet, students write words and a poem using ee words. They write 4 words that rhyme with feet. They write ee words to match pairs, use ee words to complete sentences, and write a poem using the ee words.
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Spelling Rhyme Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling activity worksheet, students circle the two words that rhyme in each group. Students then read the sentences and unscramble the letters to find and write the spelling word.
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The Sound Monster - Words That Make Sounds

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars watch as the teacher makes sounds with her hands. They think of a word to describe the sound. Students discuss the way the word sounds like the sound. They complete the "The Sound Monster Activity." Young scholars are...
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Working With Words: Configuration Station

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this words worksheet, students complete a variety of worksheets dealing with words and including a configuration station, missing words, sentence sense, words word search, rhyme time and putting words in alphabetical order. Students...
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Configuration Station

For Students 2nd - 5th
Learners participate in completing a variety of activities involving the eight parts of speech while answering around thirty questions.
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Curated OER

Here's an Instant Activity for September 6, 2004

For Teachers 2nd
What are the words that use the silent e? With this resource, youngsters complete a teacher-led activity for spelling words with silent e sounds. They then complete a worksheet that adds suffixes s, ed, or ing to words that end in silent e.
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Poetry Society

A Conceit Poem

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young writers needn't be self-involved to craft a conceit. Directions for how to craft this form of extended metaphor, models, and a worksheet are all included in the packet.
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McGraw Hill

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
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Write Your Own -ee- Poem

For Students 2nd
In this writing worksheet, 2nd graders write a poem that uses -ee- words. They write 4 words that rhyme with dry, match -y- words, and use the -y- words to complete sentences. They write a poem using one or more of the -y- words on the...
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Write Your Own -ee- Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing learning exercise, students write a poem that uses -ai- spelling pattern words. They write 4 words that rhyme with rain, match -ai- words, and use the -ai- words to complete sentences. They write a poem using one or more...
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Read Works

Columbus Was an Explorer

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Get the inside scoop on the European explorer, Christopher Columbus, with a response to reading worksheet that requires scholars to answer who, what, why, when, and a variety of other questions about the word crew.  
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Teaching Strategies: The Word Wall: A Tool for Beginning Readers and Writers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various activities through the school week involving the high-frequency words on their word wall in order to increase familiarity with reading and spelling the selected words. In this word wall lesson, students...
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More Spelling Patterns

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Pass the time...creating rhymes! Writers connect rhyming words  with -ough in them, writing them as rhyming pairs. Next, they put their poetic skills to the test by applying the words in rhyming couplets. There is an example...
Unit Plan
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Mother Goose on the Loose: Teaching Reading and Writing in a Way That's Exciting

For Teachers K
Students become familiar with the conventions of print as they recognize Mother Goose poems. In this Mother Goose lesson, students follow the words from left to right as they read Mother Goose poems. Students recognize rhyming words and...
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Activity Plan 3-4: Dreamy Rhymes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners write a story about an animal using rhyme. In this literacy lesson plan, the teacher shares different versions of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with the class and that becomes the basis for the creation of a picture and story for...
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Word Beads: Writing Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write rhyming poems. In this poetry writing lesson, 2nd graders discuss the meaning of the word "funny." They use word tiles to create a rhyming poem which they transpose into their writing journals. They listen to...
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Working With Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this words worksheet, students complete a variety of worksheets involving configuring 11 words, completing sentences with 10 words, writing 4 words in complete sentences and locate and circle 14 words in a word search puzzle. Students...
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Kelly's Kindergarten

April Daily Resources

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics. 
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Poetry Out Loud

The Tabloid Ballad

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do the theme song from Gilligan's Island, the nursery rhyme "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," and the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" all have in common? Why, they're ballads of course! Challenge your young balladeers to compose their...
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Play with Words: Rhymes & Verse

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to poems and rhymes, clap out syllables, and sing along with familiar tunes. They use puppets and crafts to help recall and retell favorite poems, and craft their own poems.