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Spinning Short Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in pairs, use spinners to experiment with different combinations of letters. They combine letters and determine whether they have produced a word or not. They construct and record words choosing letters from designated tiles.
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Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.
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Hot Seat

For Teachers K - 8th
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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Rhyming Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this identifying words that rhyme instructional activity, students read illustrated one-syllable words and write three words that rhyme with each one. Students write answers.
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A Holiday Card in KidPix

For Teachers K - 3rd
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

For Teachers 1st
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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Music Magic

For Teachers 1st
First graders improve comprehension skills through music and drama.
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Rainbow Fish

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Sound Tracks Game

For Teachers K - 1st
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the playing of soundtracke to learn the alphabet, animal sounds, and nursery rhymes. They are given the opportunity of working together or independently listen to the stories.
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Five Spelling Games

For Teachers K - 8th
Students follow directions to complete activities that help them learn their weekly spelling words.
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Memory Game with a Smile

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars take it in turns to say two letters and then they turn the corresponding cards around to see if the pictures/words on them match. If they do, student who has found the pair wins 1 point.
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Letter Recognition Flash Games for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics activity, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling of the...
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Gingerbread Man Matching Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, students find the patterns that are common amongst the groups of gingerbread men. The sheet strengthens one's ability to recognize patterns.
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Alphabet Floor Game: Lowercase Letters

For Teachers K - 1st
In these lowercase letters worksheets, students cut out the feet pattern printed with the alphabet lowercase letters a-z. Students place the feet on the floor and step on each letter in alphabetical order.
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Telling Stories Through Creative Drama

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine fairy tales. As an introductory activity, students play the statue game. In groups, they write statements that tell the plot of the story. Using props, and without voices, students retell the story by creating...
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The Alphabet

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students assemble different items onto large poster boards containing each letter of the alphabet. They use either pictures or words for each object. They also play the banana game where they complete a grid for each letter while...
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Who Took the Shamrock? Pocket Chart Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read a jingle about shamrocks to learn basic poetry and participate in a seasonal activity. In this seasonal jingle lesson, students' names are written on shamrocks to insert themselves into a jingle about shamrocks.
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Animals Spelling Game

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, learners click on pictures and missing letters in animal names that match. A reference web site for additional iPad activities is given.
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Navigating the Internet with Safe Sites for Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover ways to surf the Internet while being kept safe from other web dangers.  In this web surfing lesson, students utilize several different web programs such as imbee.com, Disney's Surfswell, and Netsmartz, which allow them...
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Strong to the Hoop

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Strong to the Hoop. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
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Word Family Memory Match

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this word families matching worksheet, students cut out 24 word cards. Students place beginning sound cards face down in one group and word family ending sound cards face down in a separate group. Students turn over cards to make...
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Back to School Matching Cards

For Students K - 1st
In this back to school worksheet, students cut out 3 pictures and 3 words with a back to school theme. then use them to play a matching or concentration. The words are "apple", "bus", and "school".
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Irregular Word Fluency, Smack the Wall

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice decoding irregular words. In this irregular word fluency lesson plan, students read the irregular words from the word wall. Students listen to the teacher read an irregular word and smack the word on the word wall with...
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Making Friends

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore how to choose and make friends through character cards that represent their favorite characters. They can drerss as their characters or use the cards as stick puppets to role play their friendly conversations.

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