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Rhymes
Students complete rhyming word activities. In this rhyming words lesson, students play an online game for rhyming words and recite a well known nursery rhyme as a class. Students pick out words from the poem that rhyme and brainstorm...
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Ring Around the Rosie
In this English Language children's rhymes worksheet, student enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the rhymes 'Ring Around the Rosie.'
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Humpty Dumpty Webquest
Pupils explore and dramatize the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." They explore a variety of nursery rhyme websites, and listen to, dramatize, and recite Humpty Dumpty. Students also answer comprehension questions and sequence the events...
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Little Boy Blue
For this rhyme worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme about a little boy. Students also color in two illustrations and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Hey Diddle Diddle
In this rhyme worksheet, pupils read a nursery rhyme about the cat and the fiddle. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Little Jack Horner
In this rhyme worksheet, pupils read a nursery rhyme about Little Jack Horner. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
In this rhyme activity, students read a nursery rhyme about Mary and her lamb. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Humpty Dumpty Poetry
In this Humpty Dumpty learning exercise, students complete a poem, word search, and maze revolving around the poem Humpty Dumpty. Students complete 3 activities.
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Nursery Rhymes
Learners listen to the narrative of several nursery rhymes. They then create drawings about the rhymes. This can be done with manual or computerized media tools. The use of computers is better for the integration of technology skills...
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This Little Piggy
In these nursery rhyme worksheets, students cut out the picture of the pig to use as they learn the nursery rhyme for 'This Little Piggy.'
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Three Blind Mice Puppets
In these nursery rhymes worksheets, students cut out the images and paste them on sticks to create puppets for the rhyme of 'Three Blind Mice.' Students act out the rhyme.
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What's in a Sentence? Getting to Know the Parts of Speech
What a kick! After examining the definitions and looking at examples of the different parts of speech, partners work together on a retelling of a famous nursery rhyme. For each sentence, they must select a word that matches the part of...
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Time to Rhyme
Students use phonograms to create pairs of rhyming words. After a discussion of nursery rhymes, students listen to an oral reading of "The Cat In The Hat." Through matching activities, they identify rhyming pairs and create their own...
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Water Safety: Grades 6-8
Taking care of younger children is often the first job for many middle schoolers. Learning how to keep themselves and their young charges safe, especially around water, is essential. Two activities teach teens, and tweens water safety...
Poetry Out Loud
The Tabloid Ballad
What do the theme song from Gilligan's Island, the nursery rhyme "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," and the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" all have in common? Why, they're ballads of course! Challenge your young balladeers to compose their...
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How Characters Get What They Want
Sixth graders analyze the primary force that drives a character's actions in a character analysis lesson. In this character analysis lesson, 6th graders analyze how characters present their actions and participate in a group activity...
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Learning Rhymes
Learners practice reading and writing in this cross-curricular lesson for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on daily practice, individual improvements, and positive reinforcements for jobs well done during the activity.
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London Bridge is Falling Down
In this English Language children's rhymes worksheet, student enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the rhymes 'London Bridge is Falling Down.'
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Young scholars explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. For this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Itsy Bitsy Spider and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Young scholars define the...
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Day and Night
Good Night, Moon is a classic little ones absolutely love. It's a sweet book that can be used, as in this lesson, to start a conversation about the difference between night and day. After reading the story, the class brainstorms...
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Express Yourself!
Encourage scholars to express themselves with help from an engaging song. Sung to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down," participants sing phrases that offer tips for dealing with emotions—sad, happy, worried, proud, mad, and...
August House
The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind
Learn the moral of the story with a series of activities about Aesop's fables. Focusing on The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind, learners complete a graphic organizer to discuss who, what, how, and why the events occur. Additionally,...
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Hey Diddle Diddle
Students discuss their needs to grow and be healthy. They listen as the teacher explains the definition of "organisms" and "nonliving" Students identify organisms in the classroom. They listen to and view a poster illustrating the "Hey...
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If You're Happy and You Know It
In this English Language children's rhyme worksheet, students enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the rhyme 'If You're Happy and You Know It.'