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FUN-damental movement!
Learners move within the gymnasium area while working on color/shape recognition, change of speed and directional movements, and cooperation/teamwork. In this FUN-damental movement instructional activity, students work in partners on a...
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with G and H
Young scholars practice alphabetical order. In this language lesson, students use the provided worksheet to put 20 words that begin with "g" and "h" into alphabetical order.
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Short A Words
Young scholars study the short "a" sound. In this word study lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with a short "a" sound and are given a picture of the word. Young scholars play an online game to reinforce the concepts taught.
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Home Spelling Practice Review Unit 5
In this spelling review instructional activity, 1st graders read the four lists of short a and short e words and play a Clues game. Students complete 2 activities.
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Double-Letter Word Fluency
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition activity, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to use letter cards to form double letter words.
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How to Teach Dolch Words with Kid Pix
Students use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. In this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.
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Irregular Word Fluency, Tic Tac Toe
Students play a tic-tac-toe game to practice reading irregular words. In this tic-tac-toe lesson, students read words to a partner. If they are correctly read, students mark the tic-tac-toe board.
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My Pile, Your Pile
Students study words. In this fluency building lesson, students play a one on one game in which they read irregular words presented to them. They work with their teacher to keep as many irregular word cards as he or she can based on them...
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Sounding out accuracy, Tic Tac Toe
Students practice word patterns while playing the game of tic tac toe. In this sounding out accuracy lesson, students work with a partner to pick a word from a pile of words. Students then sound out the word from the pile of words and...
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End Mark Dominoes
In this punctuation instructional activity, students match sentences and ending marks together to make complete sentences. There is a instructional activity provided in order to play this game.
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The Wonderful World of Colors
First graders imagine what life would look like in one color, then many. They play a game with colored cards where students call out the names of colors. They match colored cards with objects of same color. They read "The Color Box."
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The Fish Say Shhh
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through tongue twisters and riddles. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a...
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Here Kitty, Kitty
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Kids Running: Have Fun, Get Faster and Go Farther
In this language learning exercise, students base a list of ideas for "Box-stacle boxes using theme, math or spelling activities. Worksheet based on the book Kids Running: Have Fun, Get Faster and Go Farther.
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The Letter Aa
Students explore letter Aa. In this letter recognition lesson, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson page....
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The Letter Ww
Students explore letter Ww. In this letter recognition lesson, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson page. Students...
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Compound Word Frequency
First graders explore English by participating in a vocabulary activity. For this compound word lesson, 1st graders define what a "compound word" is and read several examples of them. Students utilize a stack of flash cards to practice...
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Sorting
Learners practice sorting books. For this sorting lesson, students play the Flood Game on the PBS web site. With knowledge of the sorting system used by libraries, learners sort small numbers of books using categories devised by their...
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The Letter Cc
Students explore letter Cc. In this letter recognition activity, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main activity page....
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Ow Sound
First graders write words containing the "ow" sound and use those words to write sentences. In this simple language arts lesson plan, 1st graders view models of sentences written by their teacher which contain examples of the "ow" sound,...
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Hot Seat
One student is selected to come to the front of the class and take the "hot seat" facing his or her classmates and with his or her back to the board or chart. The student should have a clear view of the class word wall. Classmates select...
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A Holiday Card in KidPix
Students create a holiday card using computer software. In this computer card making lesson, students design an original holiday card using a variety of tools. Students navigate the software utilizing various tools.
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Growing Gold
First graders explore a folktale from India. In this folktale lesson, 1st graders read the tale, Growing Gold and discuss facts about India. Students construct the national flag of India from construction paper. Students also participate...
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Rainbow Fish
In this color word recognition worksheet, learners analyze the words printed in each of 10 small fish in an undersea picture. Students color each fish according the color word printed on it. Then learners color 10 blank fish so that each...