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The Little Red Hen: Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K
After hearing the classic version of The Little Red Hen, pre-schoolers use the sequence of events and ordinal position words to construct a version of their own. They use stick puppets to retell the story, with updated modifications that...
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What's in Front?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Front and back are common prepositions. Early readers will practice understanding relative positions while using common prepositions by placing a check next to objects in front. Then they draw a cat in front of the house. Tip: Discuss...
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Investigation--Can You Build This?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Early learners explore shapes using colored blocks. They first get some hands-on time with the blocks and then look at beginning math concepts regarding spatial relationships. They work with a partner to build a 6-8 block tower...
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Above and Below

For Students K - 1st
For this identifying above and below worksheet, learners read sentences, observe pictures, and write the words above and below on primary paper lines. Students write two words.
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Inside, Outside, and Between

For Students K - 1st
In this preposition worksheet, students review the concepts inside, outside, and between in pictures and sentences. Students practice writing the three prepositions on primary lined paper.
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Over and Under: Learning Position Words

For Students Pre-K - K
In this worksheet on position words, learners practice learning over the under. Students cut out a set of small pictures, then place them in the appropriate place on a larger picture of a tree. Pictures logically belong either over or...
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Word Phrases And Picture Card Matching

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students use 16 phrase cards and 16 color picture cards to play a matching game. Students read the phrase on each card and find the picture card that illustrates it. Example: a cat on a bed
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Interactive
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English Exercises: In the Classroom

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students analyze a colored picture of a classroom of children. Students answer 30 questions about the position of objects, the colors of the clothing and the quantity of school supplies seen. This is an...
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Shake Your Star

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students recite poetry. In this poetry lesson, students make star sticks and use the sticks to act out a star poem that features positional words.
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Interactive
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In, At, or On

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word use activity, students complete a ten question on-line interactive quiz about the correct use of "in", "at", or "on" in sentences.
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Bears: Position Words

For Teachers All
Students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and discuss position words, such as, under, on, in, behind, etc. They use stuffed bears to demonstrate these words.
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Describing Environments

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders describe environments using position words. In this description lesson, 5th graders practice using adjective, comparatives and superlatives in partners and on worksheets. 
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Where Am I? Determining Relative Location

For Teachers K
Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. In this spatial instructional activity, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position...
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Identifying Shapes: Top, Middle, Bottom

For Students K
In this identifying shapes:  top, bottom, middle activity, students circle the correct word to indicate the position of the colored shape, either top, bottom or middle.
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Before, Between, After

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spatial terms worksheet, students look at the pictures, listen to the teacher read the questions, and draw a ring around the picture that correctly shows the spatial relationship for each question. Students complete 9 exercises.
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Animal Totem Pole

For Students K - 1st
In this preposition "on" worksheet, students analyze a whimsical picture of animals stacked on top of one another. Students complete 6 sentences about the position of the animals by writing the word "on" in each sentence.
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Above

For Students K - 1st
In this spatial terms worksheet, students look at the pictures and color the ones that are above the children. Students' objective is to enhance their understanding of spatial terms.
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Before, After, Between

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this position words worksheet, learners complete three activities where they learn how to identify spatial relationships that occur before, after, and between.
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More Position Words

For Students K - 1st
In this position words worksheet, students learn spatial terms by drawing a red squirrel traveling up the tree, a gray squirrel going down, a blue bird flying down from the left branch, and a yellow bird flying up from the right branch.
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ESL Matching- Prepositions- The Basics

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ESL prepositions matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of a soccer ball in different positions in relation to a box. They match the picture to the word that best describes the ball's position such as over, under,...
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Where's the cat?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
For this position words worksheet, students demonstrate knowledge of words through a cut and paste activity. Students put a picture of a cat in the appropriate place based on the word on the card.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Lost and Found Activity Plan

For Students 1st - 3rd
Gorillas, groceries, pirate treasure, and aardvark homes: these are just a few of the things children will search for and find in this week's Afterschool Adventure, Lost and Found. Children will use position words like above, below, and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Afterschool Adventures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Choose from a variety of Afterschool Adventures covering multiple subject areas. Each adventure includes a detailed plan, videos, learning games, and book suggestions.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Makes Things Move?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, students will learn about push and pull forces that make things move. They will also practice using position words to describe location. To learn about forces, they will move objects, observe the movement of objects and...