Is It Real?

Challenge pupils with a variety of We Can Work It Out themed activities. In a unit created to extend learning opportunities, scholars create a problem solving chart, a sequence of events chart, design a crop poster, make a plan to...

Listen, look, speak, and move are the routine steps of the English language development lessons found in a We Can Work It Out themed unit. Language proficiency is reinforced through picture cards, poems, and grand discussions about...

Even little learners just getting the hang of reading can make words. In pairs they use the provided onset and rime cards to make as many words as they can by blending the onsets with the rimes. A full set of cards is included.

Your first graders sort a list of eleven words into two categories: words spelled the way they sound and words not spelled the way they sound. With a partner, have your young speller sound out the word and write it in the correct column....

Unfortunately, not all books are intended as entertainment, many are written to educate and inform readers. In the second lesson of this series, the teacher reads aloud the children's book Apples by Gail Gibbons, pointing out the...

Here is a really cool activity that builds early reading and writing skills while allowing learners to differentiate between real and nonsense words. They use the provided pack of alphabet cards to construct basic cvc words. In addition,...

In this toys word and picture matching instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures of popular toys. Students answer the question "What is it?" by selecting one of the 4 answer choices.

First graders complete a Venn Diagram. In this comparison lesson, 1st graders read stories about fictional bears and discuss some of the actions of the bears. Students complete a Venn Diagram where they compare real bears and fictional...

First graders practice writing a story about a real object, person, place, or event using sensory details. They bring in hats from home and place the hats in a paper bag. Students give examples of a descriptive property. Pupils write a...

Position and positional phrases are concepts that need to be constructed for learners with low or no vision. Help them gain competence and a conceptual understanding of words like on, in, and under with a funny game. After gathering a...