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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Lobsters

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Lobsters are the topic of an informational text that scholars read then answer a series of questions. A progress report details their work.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

The Color Green

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
A two-paragraph informative text takes a close look at the color green. Scholars listen to and or read the passage, then answer five multiple-choice questions. A progress report details learners' performance.
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Activity
Math Cats

Math Cats: Cat Tails and Other Animal Stories

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A great resource for kids stories about animals and mathematics with numerous links to the stories.
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Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Piece of Pie

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a tutorial for creating and practice interpreting pie charts. They use the example of number of people in each of 24 families to demonstrate how the pieces of pie are created. Then questions were asked and students input the...
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Lesson Plan
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Hedgie's Surprise [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reader's theater adaptation of Kary A. Johnson's book, Hedgie's Surprise, is provided on this script. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Hey Little Ant [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reader's theater script for Phillip M. Hoose's book, Hey Little Ant, is provided on these pages. Three character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: "The Wizard, the Fairy and the Magic Chicken" [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Helen Lester's early childhood book, The Wizard, the Fairy and the Magic Chicken, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Polar Express [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Chris Van Allsburg's illustrated children's book, The Polar Express, is provided on these pages. Eight narrators are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Giving Tree [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A reader's theater script for Shel Silverstein's narrative poem, The Giving Tree, is provided on these pages. Thirteen character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Gingerbread Boy [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for The Gingerbread Boy is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Snowy Day [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Ezra Jack Keats' children's book, The Snowy Day, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Snowballs [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of Lois Ehlert's early childhood book, Snowballs, is provided on this script. Nine character roles are needed in this performance.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Kevin Henkes' Sheila Rae, the Brave [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Kevin Henkes' children's book, Sheila Rae, the Brave, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Red Balloon [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A reader's theater script for Ruby Cremaschi's story adaptation, The Red Balloon, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Puppies for Sale [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of the early childhood book, Puppies for Sale, is provided on this script. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: No Bath Tonight [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Jane Yolen's children's book, No Bath Tonight, is provided on these pages. Four character roles are needed in this activity.
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Interactive
Free Reading

Free Reading: Guess What I'm Thinking?: Initial Sound Accuracy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A version of the "20 Questions" game. The instructor tells the class he is thinking of something that starts with, for example, /b/. The students have to come up with what the teacher is thinking of.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Long Vowel Choice Game; Letter Sound Accuracy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
An entertaining, whole class game to build the accuracy of the students' abilities to identify the sounds of different vowels. This site includes a link to a Word List Generator.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Race Game, Oral Segmentation Accuracy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students are divided into two teams. The teacher calls one person from each team up at a time to look at a picture. The first player to yell out how many sounds are in the picture gets a point for the team. This site includes a link to a...
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Unit Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Senses

For Students K - 1st
In the following activities students can learn about the basic characteristics and structures of the brain, skull and sensory system; investigate sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch; and discover how the brain and the senses are...
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th
A reader's theater script for Dr. Seuss' young adult book, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, is provided on these pages. An entire class is needed in this activity.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Switch the Sound Activity, Phoneme Substitution

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A classroom activity to help the student determine what is different about a one syllable word. The teacher says a word, then changes one sound in the word, and asks the students what is different.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Name Game, a Phoneme Substitution

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A quick activity to reinforce the students' ability to recognize different sounds. When calling children to line up or go to lunch, substitute the letter or sound of the day for the first letter of the child's name. Till, Tuzy, Tob, and...
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Graph the Sounds: Oral Segmentation Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A small group activity. Each group receives a Graph the Sound page (link included on site). The teacher holds up a picture and the group must graph each sound they hear when they pronounce the word.