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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Silent B, K, T, W Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "b", "k", "t", or "w" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ie, Ui, U Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ie", "ui", and "u" to form words. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ie, Ui, U Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "ie", "ui" and "u". The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ie, ui, and u" lesson.
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: 3 & 4 Syllables Quiz

For Students K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of 3-syllable and 4-syllable words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: 3 & 4 syllables" lesson.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Purdue University: Tone in Business Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent resource for those interested in professional, business, or technical writing. Gives definition, uses, and guidelines for the element of tone in a written work.
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Lesson Plan
PE Central

Pe Central: Alphabet Madness

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This activity promotes movement through imagery inspired by words associated with each letter of the alphabet.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Detective Elmo: The Cookie Case

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Critical thinking is the spotlight here as you help Detective Elmo save Cookie Monster and crack the cookie case!
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Reach

For Students Pre-K - 1st
REACH is a self-paced interactive reading program to engage parents and children as at-home reading partners. Designed by classroom reading specialists and aligned with kindergarten through third grade standards, these self-paced...
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Professional Doc
Auburn University

Auburn University: Teaching Letter Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
How can you teach your students letter recognition? This site offers insight into this necessary pre-reading skill set. Come and explore this informative resource.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: A Primer of the Daily Round

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem incorporates a message about all letters in the alphabet.
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Handout
US National Archives

Nara: History in the Raw

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site offers excellent reasons to approach history by using primary documents -- diaries, letters, drawings, and memoirs. Also gives teachers suggestions on where to find great sources.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Alpha Pig's Paint by Letter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A paint-by-letter interactive game where students match the letter on a color palette to the letter on a picture in order to paint the picture. Three levels of difficulty allow students to match capital letters, lower-case letters, or a...
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Website
abcteach

Abc Teach: Abc Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Offers numerous hands-on activities for young children learning their ABCs.
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Interactive
ICT Games

Ict Games: Sky Writing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this this interactive activity, and airplane demonstrates how to print the letters of the alphabet through sky writing.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Letter Writing Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This invaluable site helps instructors teach students how to handwrite each letter of the alphabet. It includes the amsti sequence to introduce letters, followed by fluency-building activities and accuracy-building activities. Additional...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features the author Abraham Lincoln including the full text of six volumes of the collection The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol 1-6 including speeches, letters, his thoughts about slavery, and much more.
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Unit Plan
Other

Alphasongs: Lyrics and Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
AlphaSongs song lyrics--for teaching the alphabet--feature suggested activities to enhance your students' learning experience in conjunction with an optional CD.
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Activity
Other

Writing Scientific Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial site provides links to articles about writing a scientific report or essay as well as to sample essays.
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Primary
University of Maryland

Excerpts From Mary Shelley's Letters

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from four different letters written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
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Activity
Other

Business Correspondence: Complaint and Adjustment Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This example provides a brief overview describing what a complaint letter is and how to properly write one.
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Activity
Other

Complaint Letter: Example

For Students 9th - 10th
A sample of a complaint letter with components necessary to complete successful coorespondence.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A great resource for teachers introducing the concepts of "letters" and "words" to early elementary students. Uses the names of the students themselves as a starting place in learning these concepts. Great site.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Songwriting for Beginning Letter Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great resource for teachers. This lesson plan uses songs and singing as a guide for students in learning letter names and beginning consonant sounds. Students in first and second grade can extend this lesson by creating new verses for...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This online instructional activity uses an interactive activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. The words for this instructional activity are taken from the book...