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Making Words
In this word building worksheet, students cut out the given letters and create as many words as they can. Students record their words in the given column.
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Brown Bear Phonics
Students listen to Brown Bear, Brown Bear and imitate the style of Eric Carle in writing a sentence. In this writing lesson, students use the beginning and ending sounds of words to write an Eric Carle type sentence. Students create...
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Basic Food Items
Students explore healthy eating by defining food vocabulary terms. In this food purchasing lesson, students utilize word/picture cards to participate in a food identification activity among their classmates. Students read a list of food...
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Favorite Foods
Students draw a picture. In this favorite foods lesson, students list the foods they like to eat and form each like into a complete sentence. Students cut the word in the sentences apart and then arrange them in the correct order with a...
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The Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach
Students investigate tides and create a model of an intertidal zone. In this hands-on marine science lesson plan based on a Magic School Bus book, the teacher leads students in a discussion about tides, then helps students model a tide...
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Literacy: Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth
Learners explore language arts by analyzing a children's book in class. In this vocabulary lesson, students read the book Slowly, Slowly, Slowly... by Eric Carle. Learners identify the characters, setting and plot of the story before...
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The Farmer Cares for the Land
Students explore farming by creating visual demonstrations. In this agriculture lesson, students read assigned text about a farmer's duty and identify the events that have taken place in the history of agriculture. Students collaborate...
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The Game of Life
Students explore the game of life which refers to what happens to a species when most of the population is gone. In this endangered species activity, students describe what it means for a marine animal to be endangered. Students then...
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Are You Balanced?
Balance scales create a strong visual of how an individual prioritizes one's self alongside their commitments to the community, school, and home. Scholars complete a graphic organizer then discuss their findings with their peers. A...
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Alphabet Poems
Develop fluency with a variety of works. Help kindergartners use multiple strategies to understand text and decoding. They will create an alphabet poem book on Kid Works 2 to illustrate and write their own poem. In the end, they will...
Deliberating in a Democracy
Freedom of Expression
Should democracies include hate speech as a protected right? Scholars analyze the rights found under the First Amendment to the Constitution through researching evidence. Freedom of expression becomes the focal point of the...
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Missing Numbers to Twenty
Which number is missing? Beginning counters examine twenty-six number sequences, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each sequence has four numbers, ranging from one to 20. There is one number missing from the sequence, and learners...
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Applying Phonetic Principles
Young readers develop their phonetic skills by using a nifty tool called a word pocket. They use the tool to help them organize individual letters that they have at their desks to spell entire words and to construct beginning and ending...
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Basic Ideas of Inheritance
Students enter personal information into a database. The information is used to reinforce the ideas of inheritance that is found in 1st Grade Science. Access to technology is essential for this lesson. Adding the use of a mirror for...
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Move the Sounds
Use cut out letters to make beginning sounds, blends, and word families that ultimately make new words. Learners move around physically as they hold the letters to make the specified blend or word. Assessment suggestions are included.
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Halves And Fourths
Young learners start out by going to the board to draw lines through shapes to identify halves. Then they are given a square of paper and are directed to fold the paper into halves and then into fourths. They color the halves and fourths...
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Fall Apple Unit
1. practice numeral recognition 1- 10 2. practice counting a set of concrete objects and match it to the corresponding numeral 3. identify a digital camera and learn to take a picture;The students will: 1. Listen to the book, "Ten Apples...
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Skeeterville
Students explore insect life by participating in a role-playing activity. In this mosquito life instructional activity, students listen to a role-play scenario in which they must protect a town from mosquitoes by creating a field guide...
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Blending Buddies
Students put word cards together and use the word parts to create correct words. In this phonics lesson plan, students practice pronouncing consonant blends and vowel sounds, demonstrating an awareness of beginning, middle, and ending...
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Alphabet Sideshow
Students practice sound and recognition of letters in alphabetical sequence. They gain an understanding of letter sounds and order. They create a slide show with graphics and text. They present their slide show to the class.
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Punctuation: Periods. Commas,
Color-coded slides model for viewers the various uses of the comma and the period. The rule is presented and followed by several examples. Consider extending the lesson with a practice exercise.
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There's a Rainbow on My Plate
Students complete a variety of activities to learn about the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. In this healthy eating instructional activity, students complete activity sheets, make a wall poster, create a take home flyer,...
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A Sentence for Life
What is a sentence? Second graders will explore the components of a sentence in the ten lessons of this unit. The subject, predicate, the process of proofreading, punctuation, and sentence sequence are analyzed in this unit. Handouts and...
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Guided Reading With Fish Print
Students investigate the concept of reading comprehension using Fish Print. They practice reading skills with using picture clues, using context clues, and sight word recognition for simple sentences. The teacher guides the lesson with...