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The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

For Teachers K - 5th
Over the course of six lessons, scholars try their hand at composing and dancing after a thorough examination of the famous ballet, The Nutcracker, by Tchaikovsky. Participants watch and discuss the performance of two dances, create and...
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Here's an Instant Activity for May 3, 2004

For Teachers 1st
First graders use their visual skills to improve their spelling skills. In this spelling lesson, 1st graders read words and find smaller words within each example.
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O, I C!

For Students 4th - 6th
In this phonetic letters worksheet, students use phonetic letters of the alphabet to answer the short answer questions. Students answer 35 questions total.
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Language Tutorial

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice using vowel teams and pronunciations. In this language lesson plan, 4th graders complete visual, auditory, and phonemic drills, review spellings of words, and echo dictated words. Students also read chorally and...
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Egg Carton Game

For Teachers K
Students explore phonetics by participating in a word sound game. In this letter identification activity, students review the letters of the alphabet and discuss the sound each one makes. Students view a video tutorial of an egg carton...
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Introduce /Z/

For Teachers K
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a spelling activity. In this letter "Z" instructional activity, students discuss the uses of the letter and identify words where it can be found. Students practice making "Z" sounds and...
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Gingerbread Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Students also make art projects, dramatize the stories,...
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Silent E

For Students 1st
In this silent e instructional activity, 1st graders spell words using long vowel sounds. Students study 8 pictures and complete each word next to the picture using the given clues of "c" for consonant or "v" for vowel to spell each word...
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Potato

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learning to sound out CVC words can be fun, when you turn skills practice into a game. Kids play "Hot Potato" by passing a bucket filled with phonetically regular words on cards. When the music stops, students choose a word and sound it...
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Rub a Dub in the Tub

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound in this lesson. They use phonetic spelling to create words with the short /u/ sound using letter tiles. They then listen to the story "Rub-a-Dub Cub" and identify the short /u/ sound words they hear...
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The Very Hungry Kindergartner

For Teachers K
Students read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and write their own book called The Very Hungry Kindergartner. They illustrate pages and complete sentences that are laid out for them. They share their book with other classes.
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Reading Recall

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the vowe-consonant-e pattern in association with reading fluently. After identifying the changes made to a phoneme when the letter e is added at the end of the word, 2nd graders practice reading a phonetically...
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Hieroglyphics: It's Not Greek To Me! (It's Egyptian)

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students identify different hieroglyphic characters. They spell their name and write a sentence using them. They use online hieroglyphic translators as well.
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Diphthongs 4

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this recognizing diphthongs worksheet, students list as many words as possible that have the ai and ou diphthongs in them.
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Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
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The Titanic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use various sources to compare and contrast information about the Titanic. In groups, they create a list of questions and use the internet to find the answers. They write a report with the new information and use their...
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Vocabulary Toss

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners play a vocabulary game. When they identify the correct work-wall word, they earn a point and a chance to double his or her point by shooting a basket. This game is designed to reinforce vocabulary skills by providing a fun way...
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ABC Lesson

For Students K - 3rd
In this alphabet instructional activity, students write letters, pronounce letters, write words that start with troubled letters, and more. Students complete 8 tasks.
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Gone Fishing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice decoding words phonetically. The teacher discusses the association between spoken and written language. After the discussion, each student is given a word that is spelled phonetically. They decode the word by playing...
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Fuzz and the Buzz

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars 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...
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Letter Recognition Flash Games for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics activity, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling of the...
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Beginning Reader

For Teachers 1st
First graders work in an individual tutoring atmosphere. First the student reads books with the teacher. The student sorts words found in the books using phonetic similarities. Finally, the student writes sentences summarizing the book.
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I Dunno!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the sounds of letters in the alphabet. Using phonetic activities, they practice the /u/ sound. Students say tongue twisters. they match pictures to the /u/ sound.
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Pyro Innovations

Get into Shape

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Shapes are so fun! Little ones explore, identify, and create shapes using tangrams or pattern blocks. The activity is intended to stimulate critical thinking while engaging learners through play and shape identification. Each child will...

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