EL Education
El Education: Local Habitat Survey and Animal Research
Students observe animals in several habitats and then choose one animal to research. Students learn about physical adaptations that help each animal live successfully in its habitat and then draw a picture of their animal which is later...
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Goodnight Stories: The Walk
A combination of words and pictures creates a story about a little girl who takes a walk and ends up making friends with a little bird.
Starfall
Starfall: Things That Can Go
This is an online story for early readers about things that can go into motion, and things that can't. It offers help for readers as they can click on a words and it will say the word aloud. It also provides a list of words used in the...
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Education.com: rl.k.7 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets that help students practice the following Common Core State Standards skill: With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story...
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Education.com: w.k.3 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to reinforce the skill of writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a...
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Internet4 Classrooms: ccss.ela literacy.sl.k.4 Describe Familiar People, Places
Choose from several activities to teach the Common Core Standard of describing familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, providing additional detail. Includes ideas for conversation starters for...
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Read Write Think: Lesson Plans: Using Personal Connections to Understand Emotions
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...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Sequence Putting Things in Order
Students will practice putting things in order, learn about sequence words, and use sequence words to produce a writing assignment within this interactive SMART whiteboard lesson.
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Education.com: Sl.1.4 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to reinforce the common core standard of describing people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
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Education.com: Sl.1.5 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to reinforce the common core standard of adding drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
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The Digital Scoop: Drawing and Writing Fun With Abc Ya Story Maker
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.