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Big Learners

Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.ri.k.4 : Kindergarten English Language Arts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard RI.K.4.
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Other

Johnnie's Story Page: Stories and Reading Activities for Beginning Readers

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Links students can follow to listen and read along with dozens of illustrated stories from different online sources. Stories are sorted into three categories: Beginning Readers, Classic Stories, and Older Readers.
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Website
Other

Internet4 Classrooms: ccss.ela literacy.ri.k.5 Identify the Front Cover

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Choose from several lessons to teach the parts of a book!
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Education.com

Education.com: rf.k.3.d Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to help students practice distinguishing between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
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Education.com

Education.com: w.k.2 Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to help students practice writing to compose informative/explanatory texts.
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Education.com

Education.com: l.k.2.d Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to reinforce the common core standard of spelling simple words phonetically.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lesson Plans: Using Personal Connections to Understand Emotions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which younger students draw on prior experiences that made them happy or sad, build two-sided masks, work with Venn diagrams, and connect personally with the emotions conveyed by poems in The Way I Feel by Janan Cain...
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Big Learners

Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.ri.1.8 : First Grade English Language Arts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard RI.1.8. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are free...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Getting Started With Poetry

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Great ideas for introducting poetry to first grade or kindergarden students! These real teachers share what they do in their classrooms.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: If I Could Touch the Sky

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Read and listen to this illustrated children's poem about what could happen if I could touch the sky.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Who Has Seen the Wind?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
The illustrated poem "Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Christina Georgina Rosetti tells about how we know the wind is there even if we can't see the wind itself.
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PPT
Starfall

Starfall: Robert Louis Stevenson: My Shadow

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An online storybook based on Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, My Shadow. The reading level is at about Grade 2.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: My Hiding Place

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listen and read along with the illustrated poem "My Hiding Place" by Natasha Josefowitz, about a little girl who makes a hiding place with a blanket where she be anything she wants to be.
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Big Learners

Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.l.1.2.e : First Grade English Language Arts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard L.1.2.E. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are...
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Other

The Digital Scoop: Drawing and Writing Fun With Abc Ya Story Maker

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This article describes how to use the Story Maker app on the ABCYa website. A sample of student writing about making a snowman is provided.