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Worksheet
Starfall

Hh is for Helicopter

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Worksheet
Starfall

Qq is for Question

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy instructional activity, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cherry Pies and Lullabies

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read 5 sentences that are missing words. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences with the appropriate sight words from the word bank.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cherry Pies and Lullabies

For Students 1st - 2nd
It this vocabulary practice worksheet, students read 5 sentences and fill in the blanks in each of the sentences with 1 of the high-frequency words from the word bank.
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Interactive
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Change of State

For Students 6th - 8th
In this change of states quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Word Wall, If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use vocabulary from "If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon" to play a game.
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Activity
Curated OER

Around The Town

For Teachers 2nd
Students participate in alphabetizing letters, coming up with questions and concepts, and show the rules of phonics by playing a game for a unit opener. In this language arts lesson plan, students also come up with thinking maps.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Open Wide

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Waaahhh Cries the Baby!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

When A Says Its Name

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by playing word bingo.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

She Ships Shells to the Shore

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clapping Syllables

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explain that words are made up of parts called syllables. They associate spoken language with written words
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sound Stretching

For Teachers K
In this basic vowel and consonant blending lesson, young learners are shown how to "blend" the sounds of different letters together in order to make a word. Simple words such as, "sun," "moon," and, "ant," are used in a whole-class setting.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sight Words

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students access a variety of sight word related resources on the Internet. They play concentration, read online books, play sight word bingo, and view various sight word lists and illustrations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Love to Eat Apples!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the a=/a/ correspondence by first examining how they hold their mouths when biting into an apple. They practice the sound while reciting a tongue twister and making a gesture each time they hear the /a/. While looking at...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spelling Success: ends with el

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders come up with a word that ends with the "el" sound for every letter of the alphabet. In this spelling lesson plan, 4th graders use all 26 letters to come up with these words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sound Spelling

For Teachers K
Practice how to change words by switching out letters that make different sounds with youngsters. The teacher encourages spellers to, "Think of words that rhyme with "bug." As the kids come up with words like, "rug," "tug," and "mug,"...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Independent - To Be or Not Top Be - Day 3, Lesson F: Coming to Terms

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders develop vocabulary through the study of the American Revolution.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Phonemic Awareness, Say It and Move It

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars clap and count sounds when saying different words. In this phonemic awareness lesson plan, students move bingo chips around when hearing a certain number of sounds in words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore ways to use technology. They create pictures with Kid Pix software to describe something about themselves. They create pictures os something they did over the summer and write sentences to accompany their pictures. They...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Initial Consonant Clusters -1

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this literacy worksheet, students find the words to complete the crossword puzzle. They are focusing on the concept of consonant clusters.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sesame Street Letter Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study the letters of the alphabet, explore different shapes, rhyme, and listen to the different sounds of the alphabet to help them sound out words and begin elementary level reading.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Egg Carton Game; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A small group game to build students' abilities to identify letters and their sounds. A student shakes an egg carton, opens it to see where a chip landed, and says the letter and its sound.
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Connect 4 Words: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A reading game based on "Connect 4" that will build student's abilities to say the name and sound of a letter and find a word beginning with that sound.