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Letter Recognition

For Students K - 1st
In this letter recognition worksheet, students say the given letters and the sounds aloud. Students also say the four sentences aloud.
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Making Inferences

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover how making inferences helps people solve problems. In this inference lesson, students read a story aloud and discuss problems as they occur in the story. Students work in small groups and use events in the text to infer...
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Cloze Instruction And Herringbone Technique

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison and...
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Getting to Know You: Lesson Four

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice skills for writing and reading. In this independent reader and writer lesson plan, 5th graders are given tools to edit their own writing and to choose books they can read on their own. They work both as a class and...
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Who Took the Cookies

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students find the missing cookies. In this language arts instructional activity, students solve the mystery of who is taking the cookies from the cookie jar. Students are read several books with the same mystery of cookies being taken...
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Mysterious Plot Problems

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Students explore the plot of mystery books. In this genre study lesson, students read the book, Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy and listen to a read aloud of a chapter from the text. Students fill in a graphic organizer that helps...
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Comparing Key Ideas and Details in Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers K - 4th
Students recognize the differences between fiction and nonfiction texts. In this genre study lesson, students discuss what nonfiction means and write the definition. Students listen to a read aloud and vote whether the text is fiction or...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in an activity which introduces them to common types of precipitation. They examine "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" through a teacher read aloud and make a weather pamphlet.
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The Physics of Sound: How We Produce Sounds

For Teachers K - 4th
Students are introduced to how they produce sounds. In groups, they participate in experiments in which they measure sound and identify their five senses. Individually, they make their own musical instruments using different objects and...
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President's Day for Special Education/Early Elementary

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate how both Abraham Lincoln and George Washington displayed the trait of honesty. They listen to read alouds of class books and poems that address both the lives of these men and the trait of honesty. They use a graphic...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Inch by Inch

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to a read-aloud of Leo Lionni's, Inch by Inch before measuring a variety of items using both standard and metric units. They record the measurement data and follow a recipe for dirt pie.
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Weather Tracking

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use the internet to locate weather reports. They present data collected to the class through poster presentation. They read aloud the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and answer questions about...
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Pendemonium: Panic in Paru

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover and practice the use of the three types of pronouns. They view and discuss a lighthearted video that describes the proper uses of pronouns. They also participate in a read aloud of the book,"I and You and Don't Forget...
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What's in the Sock?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use their sense of touch to identify a variety of objects. In this sense of touch instructional activity, 2nd graders listen to a read aloud of Sandra Boynyon's, Fuzzy Fuzzy, Fuzzy. They talk about different textures and...
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Problem Solving

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in completing various locomotor skills. In this physical education/literacy lesson, students explore the gym searching for Halloween items to return back to their "home". Additionally, students must be engaged in the...
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Chanting

For Teachers K
Students use pictures and text to gain meaning from written materials by connecting text. message heard, and/or material viewed to prior knowledge and experiences. Finally, students recognize and name upper and lower case letters and...
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School-Home Links: Read Words Quickly

For Students K - 1st
In this reading words instructional activity, students learn to read some words quickly without sounding them out. Students read the words on each strip to their child and ask them to practice reading the words aloud.
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Reading Poems Aloud: Sound And Meaning

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider the elements involved in reading poetry aloud. They discuss different poetic forms and how the choices a reader makes in tone, emphasis, breaths, and pauses can affect the listener's interpretation and understanding of...
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Phonics: Read and Write Irregularly Spelled Words

For Teachers 2nd
Kids practice saying and identifying words that have irregular spellings. They consider the words said, come, and does by breaking them down into how they are commonly pronounced versus how they "should" be pronounced given their spelling.
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A Plump and Perky Turkey

For Teachers K
Help readers recognize elements in a story. They will use pictures and text to gain meaning from written material. Have learners listen to the story A Plump and Perky Turkey and participate in a discussion. They recognize the Internet...
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The Cat in the Hat is 50!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Have your class react to a number of statements about The Cat in the Hat, then read a news article about a special event honoring the birthday of the popular book. The teacher introduces an article with a discussion and vocabulary...
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Basil Heatter, "The Long Night of the Little Boats"

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
“It was a miracle.” Basil Heatter’s “The Long Night of the Little Boats,” which details the miraculous rescue of the British army from the shores of Dunkirk in 1940, is featured in a series of exercises that ask class members to read,...
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The Editing Process

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read a sample essay and evaluate them in groups. They write their own essay on a topic of their choice and use peer editing. They share their essays with the class.
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Myths, Folktales, & Fairy Tales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduce the concept of myths to your class. Using the link to "Myths Around the World," read a story aloud and have learners list characteristics of a myth. Readers then choose their own myths from the site and work in groups to answer...

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