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Living History Video Project
Fifth graders videotape an interview with a community member. In this service learning project, 5th graders are matched with a resident at a local retirement center. The students spend time corresponding with this person and ultimately...
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Identifying Sounds in Words with Elkonin Boxes
Learners examine words. In this letter sounds lesson, students use Elkonin boxes to identify the beginning, medial, or final sound of a word. They work in small groups with picture cards and an instruction of where to put a marker in...
Kiz Club
"I" Sound
How well do your pupils know their /i/ sounds? Require practice with this worksheet. Learners cut out eight images and paste them in the boxes labeled for short /i/ sounds and long /i/ sounds. There are four words that begin with each...
David Suits
“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
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Initial P: Word Match
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.
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Phonics on the Farm
In these eight recognizing the phonetic sounds in picture words worksheet, students observe pictures of farm animals and color the ones that have the specified /c/ , /d/, /p/, /h/, /m/, /g/, /sh/, or /ch/ sounds. There are five pictures...
National Geographic
Animal Habitats
Explore animal habitats and reinforce speaking, listening, reading comprehension, and writing skills with a unit that focuses on the Arctic, desert, ocean, prairie, and rainforest. Enthusiastic scientists read informational text to...
Thoughtful Learning
Seeing Emotions in Body Language
Scholars test their skills of reading body language with a collaborative learning experience that focuses on showing and identifying emotions. Pairs take turns acting out an emotion, one uses body language while the other guesses what...
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Ewww, That's Gross
Students recognize the /ew/ digraph in written and spoken words by reading and spelling words with ew=/oo/. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the /ew/ digraph. They then listen to the story "Shoe Man" and identify the...
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CHINESE NEW YEAR
In this acrostic worksheet, students are given one line for each corresponding letter of the words "Chinese New Year". They are asked to write a poem, beginning the first word in each line with the appropriate letter.
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Vowel Sounds - Short i Words Anagram
In this vowel sound worksheet, 2nd graders complete 20 number/letter problems. They match the numbers to the corresponding letters to write 20 words that contain the short i sound.
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DOT, GOT, SPOT, PLOT
In this penmanship worksheet, students are asked to copy the words "cot", "dot", "got" and "spot" on the corresponding lines. Word boxes are provided for visual learners. Note: D'Nealian lettering is used throughout.
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Plural Words Activity
In this reading and writing worksheet, students learn the plural forms of basic 3 letter words. They match the 6 plural words from the word bank with the corresponding images from the 6 options on the page.
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Spelling by Picture - Sports
In this sports spelling activity, students spell each of the 8 sports words correctly in the blanks provided. There is a corresponding picture to help students figure out what the word is, and some of the letters are already filled in.
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Spelling by Picture - School Subjects
In this school subjects spelling worksheet, students spell each of the 8 school subject words correctly in the blanks provided. There is a corresponding picture to help students figure out what the word is, and some of the letters are...
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Spelling by Picture - School Tools
In this spelling worksheet, students spell each of the 10 school tool words correctly in the blanks provided. There is a corresponding picture to help students figure out what the word is, and some of the letters are already filled in.
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Harry + Charm + Ginny + Ron = Magic
In this cryptarithm activity, students solve 1 cryptarithm involving adding names together. Students add the names, Harry, Charm, Ginny, and Ron together to get Magic. Students determine the numbers that correspond with the letters.
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Harry Potter Cryptarithm
For this problem solving worksheet, students solve 1 cryptarithm. Students determine the correct number that corresponds with the given letters that spell familiar Harry Potter characters.
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Icky Sticky Hands!
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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Math: Congruent and Similar Figures
Eighth graders use geo-boards to create similar and congruent figures and find their corresponding sides. Using the geo-board paper, they draw the shapes they create on the geo-boards. With partners,students create similar and congruent...
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Icky Stinky Fingers!
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories...
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Icky-Sticky
Students practice recognizing the connection between phonemes and letters with an emphasis on finding the short vowel /i/ in words. They each receive a Elkonin letterbox and a picture card with icky-sticky gum on it and the letter i.
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Fraction Message
Students practice identifying fractional parts represented in pictures and phrases. In this fraction lesson, students determine the proportion represented by common time and money phrases such as "3 hours in a day". Students match their...
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Crazy Corner
In this recognizing words that begin with the C sound activity, learners read a words in a word bank, circle the words that begin with the same sound as cow, and color the C words in the picture. Learners find 10 answers.