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Icky Sticky Fingers

For Teachers K - 1st
Practice recognizing the short vowel /i/ in written and spoken language. Introduce the target sound with a fun tongue twister about Lizzy the lizard. Through matching and listening activities, learners discriminate the vowel sound /i/...
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Printing Practice-- Words with "--ink" Ending

For Students K - 1st
Learners trace, then write four words which end with the rhyming pattern -ink. They use two of the words in a sentence, printing them correctly on the primary lines, and illustrate one of their sentences. Incorporate multiple...
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Letter D Words

For Students Pre-K - K
In this letter D worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of common objects. Students circle all the pictures that illustrate words that start with letter D.
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Worksheet
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The Letter U-- Words

For Students K - 1st
In this letter U worksheet, students analyze 8 pictures of common objects. Students circle any pictures that illustrate letter U words.
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Letter T Words

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this letter T worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of common objects. Students circle all the pictures that illustrate a letter T word.
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Energy and Energy Conversion

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate different energy conversions through hands-on activities. In this energy lesson, 3rd graders move through four stations and conduct experiments illustrating energy conversions. Wave energy, chemical energy,...
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Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a class alphabet book or "ABCDarium," a book that uses images of animals or objects to illustrate each letter of the alphabet.
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Uppercase A-Z

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Guide your students through the uppercase alphabet with this basic worksheet, which provides dotted letters to illustrate proper line spacing and height. Students can work on this activity over and over to reinforce strong printing skills.
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The "p" Sound

For Students 4th - 6th
In this handwriting worksheet, students practice writing six words that contain the "p" sound three times each and then draw and illustrate a pig and a piano.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics, Letter-Sound Correspondence: Letter Bag

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An activity focuses on final sounds sorting. Scholars pull objects out of a bag, identify what letter sound the object ends with, then draw the picture under the appropriate column.
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Alphabet 4

For Students Pre-K - K
In this literacy worksheet, students color all the pictures that end with the letter t. There are several illustrations to identify in the activity.
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Make a Word: Long U by Starfall

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...
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Iggy is Icky Sticky

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore short vowels and their help in the development of phonemic awareness. They gain experience of the correspondence /i/. Students illustrate the correspondence by using memorable techniques used in showing /i/ in...
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Chicken Soup With Rice

For Teachers K - 1st
Complete a variety of activities related to the Maurice Sendak's book Chicken Soup With Rice. Readers identify the months of the year, identify words starting with the letter J, explore online illustrations created by Maurice Sendak, and...
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State Names: Frequency

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Data grathers determine the frequency of specified data. They identify the frequency that specified letters occur in the names of all 50 states. They create stem-and-leaf plots, box-and-whisket plots and historgrams to illustrate the data.
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All About Me Books

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine literature of emergent readers, categorize books into types of literature common for primary readers (wordless, pattern, alphabet, number, rhyme, etc.), and write a book about themselves to give as gifts to their new...
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Printables
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Vocabulary Cards 2nd Grade A-L

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Use a set of math vocabulary cards to enrich your second graders' knowledge. Whether you bring the cards to a math center or put them on a word wall, this resource will help even your struggling math learners with basic definitions and...
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Printables
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Vocabulary Cards 2nd Grade M-Z

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Math vocabulary has never been easier to understand! Use vocabulary cards to bring word walls to your classroom, helping kids make the connection between important math terms and easy-to-understand illustrations.
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Printables
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Vocabulary Words Kindergarten

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Improve your kindergartners' math and science vocabulary with flash cards and word walls. Based on the vocabulary in the Common Core standards, the cards use illustrations to show the meanings of many math terms and descriptions.
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Phonemic Alliteration Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Old MacDonald had a ... dragon? A shared reading of this funny take on the classic children's song engages beginning readers as they learn about phonemes and alliteration.
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ABC Book

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create a class alphabet book. They correctly illustrate a letter with a picture using the corresponding sound. Students also read and discuss various alphabet books and decide on what theme their book will have, for example,...
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The Adjective Alphabet

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students paint alliteration pictures. In this adjectives activity, students select an adjective and noun that begin with the same letter, for example: hairy heart, to represent in a painting.
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Swahili Alphabet Lesson

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders learn about other cultures.  In this Swahili instructional activity, 3rd graders discuss if they know any other languages, read the book Jambo Means Hello, discuss why it is important to learn about other cultures, learn a...
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Amazon Alphabet

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create an alphabetic Amazon animal mural, illustrating the diversity of life in the tropical rain forest of the Amazon Basin.