Curated OER
Forming Relationships Using Music & Rhythm
Students make connections to other cultures and traditions through music, dance, art, and poetry.
Curated OER
Beginning, Middle, or End?
Here's a worksheet to help students become familiar with where to find words in a dictionary. Students whether the each of the 15 flower related words would be found at the beginning, middle or end of the dictionary.
Curated OER
Instant Spelling Activity: 1st Grade
First graders practice their spelling skills. In this spelling instructional activity, 1st graders explore onsets and rimes as they complete an activity regarding double letters.
Curated OER
Homophones and Rhyming Words
First graders explore homophones. For this spelling pattern lesson, 1st graders are led through a discussion on homophones and words that rhyme with homophones. The teacher leads the class in sorting these rhyming words based upon their...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Writing with Beans
Students become familiar with the letters in a word by pasting beans on it. In this Bean writing instructional activity, students make words using navy beans. Students color or paint the beans.
Curated OER
Word Family Activities and American Symbols
In this word family and American symbols activity, students learn about word families and American symbols. They complete an activity in which they create real and nonsense words by combining sounds of the alphabet with 7 different word...
Curated OER
Pumpkin Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, students use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.
Curated OER
Things About Me
Students watch as the teacher explains how to use a storyboard to plan a PowerPoint presentation. They examine how to use clip art, background colors, and at least one transition before creating a PowerPoint presentation according to the...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Phonics and Decoding
This resource provides information and techniques for teaching phonics and decoding, which assist with early literacy.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Y, Ie, Ind, Ild Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of long /i/. Words with the letters "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: y, ie, ind, ild" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Wor, Wa, Ou Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with the letters "wor", "wa", and "ou" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: wor, wa, and, ou" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Initial Blends Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of initial blends. Words with initial blends are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: intial blends" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Wh, Qu, Th Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of long /i/. Words with the letters "wh", "qu", and "th" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: wh, qu, and th" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ive, Or, Ence Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with "ive", "or", and "ence" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ive, or, ence" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ing Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of the "ing" suffix. Words with the letters "ing" suffix are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ing" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Er, Ur, Ir Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with r-controlled vowels. Words with the letters "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: er, ur, ind, ir"...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: C and K Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with "c" or "k" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: c and k" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ck Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "ck" in words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ck" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ch, Tch Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of the "ch" and "tch" consonant digraphs. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ch, tch" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ar Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "ar" words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: "ar" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Or Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "or" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: or" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Old, Olt, Ow Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "old", "olt", or "ow" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: old, olt, ow" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: The, Se, Etc. Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "the", "se" and other word families. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: the, se, etc." lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Silent B, K, T, W Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "b", "k", "t", or "w" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: b, k, t, w" lesson.