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Consonant Cowboy/Letter and Sound Recognition
Students play an educational computer game, complete a letter recognition activity and close the game appropriately. They sing the alphabet song as the teacher holds each corresponding card with the letter and picture as support.
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Letter Names
Students explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this word recognition lesson, students are shown a list of vocabulary terms which they practice reciting with their classmates. Students identify and...
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The Letter Zz
Students complete multi-curricular activities for the letter Zz. In this letter Zz themed lesson, students complete music, geography, science, and online activities to learn about the letter Zz.
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Paper Bag Butterfly Puppets
Whether you're using it to tell stories, explore the letter b, or during a life science lesson, these butterfly puppets will be a hit. Youngsters use crayons, tissue paper, and paper bags to create butterfly puppets.
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Grade 10 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 4
Just read between the lines. Scholars analyze rhetorical devices in Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter by first discussing them with guided questioning. They then complete a rhetorical impact tracking tool before finishing the lesson plan...
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Letter A Alligator Theme
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter A. They trace the letter A on a worksheet, paint the letter A, create an apple print painting, cut out and glue magazine pictures of things starting with the letter A, and...
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Number Recognition Games
Students explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification lesson, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects. Students practice...
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Introduce Double-Letter Words
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to form double letter words.
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Double-Letter Word Fluency
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition activity, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to use letter cards to form double letter words.
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The Letter B
Students read books, play internet games, and trace letters to learn about the letter b. In this letter b lesson plan, students also make bear crafts.
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Lesson 2 - Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words
Closed syllable words contain short vowel sounds. A phonics lessons introduces readers to consonant-vowel-consonant words. Guided instruction introduces the words with a series of dictation activities, and then learners practice reading...
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How Many Letters Are In Your Name?
Students discover how to make a graph that represents the number of letters in their names. In this early childhood math lesson plan, students collect data, categorize data, and develop skills to analyze the pieces of data.
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Lesson 9 - Contractions
Is it do'nt or don't? How about doesn't or does'nt? A lesson on contractions helps learners identify, form, and use contractions. Components within the plan include direct instruction on decoding and encoding contractions, as well as...
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Hop Into the Op Word Family
An engaging lesson that teaches the /op/ word family is here for you. In it, learners utilize a PowerPoint and a worksheet embedded in the plan to help them better-understnad this word family. This fun lesson should be a hit with your...
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Get to Know Your Neighbor
First graders accurately name letters with their phonetic sound. In this letter recognition lesson, 1st graders respond to a question about summer when their name letter is called. Students describe a summer experience.
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What Begins With Bb?
Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students match letter sounds to a variety of pictures using the program "Kidspiration".
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Hello My Name is . . . Helvetica
Students play various games to help create a classroom community. In this name recognition lesson, students combine their name recognition skills with newly learned art and geometric vocabulary. First students discover vocabulary that...
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Swat The Spot
Students practice beginning letter/sound association. In this beginning letter/sound lesson, students listen to a reading of Potluck by Anne Shelby while identifying the sounds that are associated with the beginning letters of words in...
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Reintroduce an Irregular Word
Some words are tricky. Can your scholars quickly recognize irregularly spelled words? Write the word was on the board (or any irregular word you'd like to practice), touching each letter as scholars segment the phonemes. Explain that the...
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Letter/Word Recognition Worksheet
In this letter recognition instructional activity, students identify the given letters and say the sounds of the letters. Students practice saying 28 sight words and 14 sentences.
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Star Student of the Week Letter
Honor each individual in your class by setting aside a week for each learner. Send out a copy of this letter and the materials listed in it each week to the parents or guardians of a particular pupil.
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs
For this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.
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The Letter Bb
Learners participate in a variety of activities to practice words with the Bb sound. In this Bb sound lesson, students use craft rolls to create butterflies. Learners create a letter book with B words
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What Begins With Bb?
First graders match letter sounds to pictures they represent. In this matching letter sound lesson plan, 1st graders use the computer program Kidspiration to match the letter sounds to the corresponding pictures. This can be used for 1...