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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A House is a House for Me: Library Skills for Young Readers

For Teachers 1st
Read Mary Ann Hoberman's book A House is a House for Me to introduce the idea that a library is a house for shelves of books. Young readers practice alphabetizing in the picture book (easy fiction) section of the library. They learn how...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alphabetizing with Old Black Fly

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars listen to an alphabet book and practice alphabetizing skills by placing cards in their appropriate slot.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cities

For Students 7th - 9th
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students write the name of cities for each letter of the alphabet. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Research and Study Skills: Dictionary/Glossary

For Students 5th - 7th
What is the difference between a dictionary and a glossary? After looking at series of dictionary and glossary entries (included on the worksheet itself), learners are asked to explain the differences between these two reference...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using a Dictionary

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students improve spelling and alphabetizing skills. Students analyze 25 incorrectly spelled words and correct them. Students write the dictionary meanings for 12 words and find words pertaining to 5...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

English Skill Sheet 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling skills worksheet, students correct misspelled words, identify word families, and put words into alphabetical order.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Organizing the Elements

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the periodic table and discover why the elements in the table are organized the way they are through research. Students infer information about the elements and the relationships among them that leads to their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Cleverest Thief

For Teachers 1st
First graders read The Cleverest Thief and participate in various activities across the curriculum areas. In this story lesson, 1st graders arrange an anagram of the word monastery.  Students complete worksheets to alphabetize and use...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dictionaries

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students understand the way the dictionary is laid out as well as the purpose for why people use dictionaries. In this language arts lesson, students recognize the need for alphabetical order and are able to find words using a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Archer and The Sun

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore Chinese folktales. In this Chinese folktale lesson ,students read Chinese folktales, locate China on a map, and color the Chinese flag. Students are given sentence strips to hold and must arrange themselves in the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mr. Putter and Tabby Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary from Mr Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant worksheet, students cut out the squares with vocabulary words, alphabetize them, and create sentences using them. Students write 11 sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Scream to Scrubber

For Students 4th - 5th
In this dictionary skills worksheet, students will tell which words on their list of 20 s words fall on, before, or after the page with the guide words "scream" and "scrubber". Then students will alphabetize the words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Here's an Instant Activity for December 20, 2004

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Help learners improve their spelling skills by completing a word analysis activity. They complete the instant activity by finding the hidden words inside each given word. There is a menu of skill ideas and various ways suggested to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

ABC Order

For Students 1st
In this alphabetical order worksheet, 1st graders study the various pictures and their words. Students then write the words on the lines in alphabetical order.
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August House

Anansi Goes To Lunch - First Grade

For Teachers 1st Standards
Greed is the theme of this collection of multidisciplinary activities. As a class, read The West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby Norfolk, and take part in a grand discussion about it's plot and theme. Reinforce the theme...
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Unit Plan
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British Council

Unit 1: Email addresses

For Teachers 6th - 12th
E-mail is a communication sensation! Young job seekers discover the essential knowledge required to thrive in an online world in the first of a nine-part series of career education and skills lessons. The resource covers e-mail address...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Mouse and The Motorcycle: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A mouse on a motorcycle—what could possibly go wrong? Using the novel study that accompanies Beverly Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle, pupils complete a brief vocabulary activity and then answer questions about the text. Next, they...
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Unit Plan
University of Texas

Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode and...
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Printables
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)

For Students 5th Standards
Acute angles, nets, and vertices are only a few terms that a set of flash cards includes. Among the 108 cards, two types are available; word cards printed in bold-faced lettering, and corresponding definition cards equipped with an...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 7 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 1)

For Students 1st Standards
Give math vocabulary instruction a boost with a set of flash cards covering terms such as centimeter, pound, and thermometer to name a few. Word cards are typed using a bold-style font, and correspond to picture cards that include...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 4 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 2)

For Students 2nd Standards
Enhance math vocabulary instruction with a set of flash cards. The set displays words with bold font and corresponding picture cards with labels. Terms include estimate, regroup, round, add, and sum.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 5 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 2)

For Students 2nd Standards
Reinforce math vocabulary with a set of flash cards. Two types make up a set of 10 cards; a word card and a labeled, picture representation. Terms included are estimate, ones, regroup, and more.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 8 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 2)

For Students 2nd Standards
Divide, hundreds, and place value are just a few terms included in this 16 flash card set designed to support math vocabulary. The set offers two types of cards; a word card, and a corresponding picture representation with labels.    
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 2 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)

For Students 5th Standards
Twenty-eight flashcards make up a set designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Two styles of cards showcase either a bold-faced word or a corresponding definition card equipped with an example and labels. Terms include commutative property...