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Curated OER

Here's an Instant Activity for March 3, 2008

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Here are some good spelling activities for 'ou' words. First and second graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then an Instant Activity worksheet. and spell 'ou' words.
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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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K12 Reader

The Man Has a Can

For Students 1st Standards
Add this -an word resource into your plan for the day! Kids can read the poem, which includes several -an words to practice with, and then answer the three included reading comprehension questions.
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K12 Reader

Will You Stay and Play?

For Students 1st Standards
Start off your day with a study of -ay words. Pupils can practice long a with -ay words by reading the brief poem included here. After they read, class members answer three reading comprehension questions right on the page.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Turtle Dash

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Vowel digraphs are the focus of a turtle-themed learning game. Players race against three others, filling in the blank space of words with a double vowel spelling pattern. 
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Curated OER

Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils recognize and spell sets of words with r-controlled vowels. They become familiar with r-controlled spelling patterns.
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Curated OER

Long Vowel Phoneme - oo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners recognize words by common spelling patterns. The teacher reads a poem to the class and look at rhymes for the word moon. They practice handwriting in conjunction with spelling, and they can even write their own -oo- poem! 
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Consonants Blended with Long Vowels and Endings

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice vowel and phonic sounds. In this grammar lesson, students practice rhythm, rhymes, voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds and voiced vowel signs. Students brainstorm words with the cvce patterns.
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Curated OER

My Spelling Words-- Spelling List #138

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 12 words with the "ible" ending pattern. Students write each word, find them in a word search puzzle and define 3 of the words.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Oy Spelling

For Students 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, students focus on the sound spelling of -oy. Students create a chart writing as many words that they can think of which use this spelling pattern.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spelling Strategies for Success

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify the meaning of the suffix "er" in given words and sort according to meaning. Students pair up for proofing of work, checking for correct sorting of words in categories of: no suffix, suffix that means "more," and...
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Curated OER

Word Family Fun

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these word patterns worksheets, students complete several activities to learn words from the following family: AD, AN, AT, and AY.
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Curated OER

Spelling Table

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling table worksheet, students learn how to spell words using the letter patterns and sounds illustrated in the table. Students learn forty six different word sound options.
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Curated OER

Word Game!

For Students 3rd Standards
Early finishers beware! Here is a fun word game creative thinkers will really enjoy. They attempt to make as many words as they can using the word transport. Strict rules make this task a real challenge. Tip: Also great to use in a fun...
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Geometry 3D Shapes: Euler's Theorem

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
How do you get a theorem named after you? Euler knows what it takes! The third lesson of five asks pupils to use an interactive activity to compare the faces, vertices, and edges of seven different three-dimensional solids. They use...
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Curated OER

"There Is No K In Christmas"

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Do you hear a k in the word Christmas? It sounds like it, but it's really a ch that creates the same sound! Teach young learners this fun song, "There is No K in Christmas," and show them words that use ch to make the same /k/ sound. 
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Curated OER

Here's and Instant Activity for October 20, 2008

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students complete spelling activities for words with or and ore spellings. In this spelling lesson, students find antonyms for the 'or' words in the first exercise. Students find synonyms for the second exercise.
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McGraw Hill

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the different...
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PPT
Curated OER

The Wh Spelling

For Teachers 2nd
Review the wh sound with your class. This series of slides shows a picture of an object that begins with this sound and displays the word above. It is a quick and easy way to discuss this topic. It could be used as a review during a...
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Curated OER

Bee a Good Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Starfall

Control OR Circle the Word - Block Print

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy learning exercise, students circle the objects in the picture that are contained in the word bank.
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Curated OER

Instant Spelling Activity: Unstressed Endings

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice their spelling skills. In this word patterns and analysis lesson, 7th graders  examine the unstressed -er, -or, and -ar. Students listen to a mini lesson regarding the endings and then complete a worksheet. The...
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Curated OER

Improving Your Spelling with the Virtual Thesaurus

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students study spelling words. In this word study lesson plan, students use the Visual Thesaurus and play the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee.

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