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Word and Letter Practice #5
In this word and letter practice learning exercise, students name given letters, say sounds, read simple sentences, and practice sight words and blending.
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Fuzz and the Buzz
Students practice various strategies for becoming fluent readers. They review the skills of phoneme recognition, decoding, crosschecking and spelling in order to read with automation. Working in pairs, students complete a pair-share of...
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Characterizing Drosophila Mutants
Young scholars investigate wild-type and several mutant varieties of Drosophila melanogaster, which are characterized and distinguished according to pteridine pigments. They discoverthat paper chromatography of the wild-type...
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Coal To Electricity
After observing the table that tells about the wattage, kilowatts, and estimated pounds of coal consumed annually; middle schoolers construct a bar graph that indicates the amount of coal required to run each of the following appliances...
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Colors: Primary and Secondary
Learners explore primary and secondary colors. In this lesson on light and color, students complete four different activities which include mixing colors, creating secondary colors from primary colors and observing the colors in a bubble.
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Introduce /G/
Students say the /w/ sound, following teacher modeling and review words beginning with the sound. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining...
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Reintroduce /K/
Pupils say the /w/ sound, following teacher modeling. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining silent when another letter is pointed out....
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Itty-Bitty Teeny-Tiny Word Books
In these worksheets, 1st graders will construct two itty bitty word books. Students will create a book of words pertaining to the zoo and the farm and color the pictures in each.
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Finding the Missing Letters and Sequencing
Students discover missing letters of the alphabet. In this letter recognition lesson, students identify the missing letters in a short alphabet sequence. Students complete a worksheet as an assessment.
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Carbohydrate Functionality - Sweeteners
In this carbohydrate instructional activity, learners conduct three experiments to determine the function of sweeteners. This instructional activity has 3 short answer questions.
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Reintroduce /N/
Students review the /n/ sound, following teacher modeling. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining silent when another letter is pointed...
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Bretton Woods 60th Anniversary Exhibition
Students examine how the Bretton Woods meeting of 1944 came about to recognize the need for international monetary stability. They study a number of aspects of the meeting.
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Cashton Community Quilters
Fourth graders create and construct a fabric quilt symbolizing the heritage of the Wisconsin community of Cashton. They research Wisconsin historical symbols and use math skills to calculate the number and sizes of the quilt squares. ...
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Reintroduce /G/
Students say the sound for the letter g, reviewing the position of the mouth and tongue. In this phonics lesson, students brainstorm other words that begin with the /g/ sound and choose the letter from a set of 12, continuing recognition...
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Fancy Crayon Box
In this colors worksheet, students color and cut out 8 crayons and glue them into a crayon box. Three of the colors are given; students select the colors for the rest.
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Sh! Be Quiet
Students practice writing, sounding out, and listening for words with the /sh/ digraph. Students participate in a chant Sh! Sh! Stop that Noise. Then they listen to "Book Shadow" and identify the words with the /sh/ digraph.
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Shhh!
Learners practice identifying and spelling words containing the /sh/ digraph. They listen as the teacher says different words, and identify those with the /sh/. They then complete a worksheet with pictures and write the words under the...
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It's Icky Sticky
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they decode.
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The Broken Car
Students recognize the phoneme /b/. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the phoneme /b/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Icky Sticky
Young scholars recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words...
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Silly Siggy
Pupils recognize the short /i/ sound in spoken and written words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /i/ sound. They then listen to the book "Liz is Six" and identify the words in the story...
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Ick, That's Sticky
Young scholars recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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DNA Model
Students are able to construct a candy model of DNA. They are able to list all of the parts of DNA that they investigated earlier. Students are able to describe what each part of DNA does. They create an edible model of DNA strands.
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Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
Learners identify the physical and chemical properties of matter. They review the types of matter. Students list the four states of matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas and Plasma). They recognize and describe the different types of matter.