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Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep
Young scholars build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Young scholars may print out their work when finished.
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Want to Sleep Better?
In this review learning exercise, students complete sentences by filling in the blank. The students use comparatives, etc. The learning exercise is intended to test the student's English Language skills.
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6 Traits: Voice
Young scholars explore the trait of voice. In this language arts lesson, students focus on the writing trait of voice. Young scholars view a video and practice writing.
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How-To Books
Students apply their knowledge and create a how-to book of their own. In this early childhood language arts worksheet, students learn about non-fiction books and write their own procedural non-fiction booklets.
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ABC Fun and Letter of the Week Activities
Students explore the alphabet. In this language arts lesson plan, students develop their fine motor skills as they participate in activities that require them to identify the letters of the alphabet.
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Visualizing: Hill Fire
Students use visualization while reading Hill of Fire. In this language arts instructional activity, students read the story and draw a picture of what they see while listening to the story. Students use manipulatives to create the...
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Teaching Guide: Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?
Students explore the book Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?. In this language arts lesson, students focus on a variety of aspects within the book. Students study the illustrations, listen for rhymes, and attempt the tongue twisters in the text.
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"I Can't" Said the Ant Activity Card
In this language arts worksheet, students respond to the book "I Can't" Said the Ant by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students listen to a parent read an unfinished rhyme from the book. They cut out 6 pictures and paste...
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Word Lists
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read 3 lists of three to four letter words. The words are categorized according to their phoneme group.
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The ABC Bunny Activity Card
For this language arts worksheet, students respond to the book The ABC Bunny by completing an alphabet activity at home. Students cut out 26 pictures and using the book, recall which picture belongs with each alphabet letter. Students...
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Old friends, New game
Students create characters from a book. In this Language arts instructional activity, the students act out the story by role playing. The students learn how to articulate correctly, by working together to arrive at the same destination.
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When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry
Students explore feelings. In this language arts lesson, students realize that books help in talking about feelings. Students discuss how they feel during the reading of a story and listen to each other in answering various comprehension...
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Letter Names
Students explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this word recognition lesson, students are shown a list of vocabulary terms which they practice reciting with their classmates. Students identify and...
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Pancakes, Pancakes (Elementary, Science)
Read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomi De Paola then participate in different activities which practice skills such as English language development, using non-standard measurement, fine motor skills, dramatic play, and using our five senses.
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The Alphabet Tree
A, B, C, tree! Well, that's not quite how the alphabet goes, but you can make sure your kids know all the letters out there with this printable tree that holds the entire alphabet.
Learning to Give
Humphrey The Lost Whale
The children's book Humphrey the Lost Whale tells an amazing tale of a community joining together for a common cause. Read this book with your class, making connections between the events in the story and personal experiences of young...
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Reading Achievement Award
Grab some shiny gold seals, load up some zippy paper, use this template to print up a colorful certificate, and recognize individuals for reading achievement. A great way to acknowledge extra effort.
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Did You Know?
Learn about ants and printing in one fun worksheet! After you read some interesting facts about ants, practice writing the word ant on a tracing line. Then, draw a picture of an ant in a space provided.
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Alphabet Scavenger Hunt
Young learners use the provided worksheet to locate and record the names of 26 items that begin with letters of the alphabet. As an extra challenge, scavengers hunt the objects in alphabetical order.
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Healthy Living: Diversity of Learners
Learners are drawn to those activities that are in line with their individual intelligences. They use classroom computers to find fruits and their names in other languages. Once a fruit is identified, students practice saying the name of...
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Dalai Lama Peace and Conflict Resolution
Students explore philosophy by researching the Dalai Lama. In this peaceful living lesson, students discuss the Dalai Lama and his unique views of the world before reading the story Can You Say Peace? Students answer study questions...
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Every Puppet Tells a Story
Young scholars make homemade puppet characters that have faces that tell it all. In this early childhood dramatic play instructional activity, students create stick puppet characters that encourage language and story development,...
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Story-Hour Kit
Students explore four picture books. In this early childhood lesson, students are read the books, discuss them, and then complete extension activities. These include writing and illustrating their own experiences, practice with emotions,...
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Investigating Our Place in the World
Students study the concept of geography in a year long unit. In this geography unit, students participate in different activities that explain the spatial sense of the world, the physical landmasses and bodies of water, geographic...