Annenberg Foundation
Migrant Struggle
The American Dream is a goal that many pursue, but is it truly attainable for all people? An in-depth lesson explores the plight of migrants in twentieth-century America. The resource includes a video and author biographies and...
Curated OER
Charlotte's Web
In this literature worksheet, students, after reading the novel, Charlotte's Web, write an original poem about Wilbur and start each line with a word that begins with the letters in his name straight down.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Advanced Phonics: Morpheme Structures, Compound Construction
A phonics lesson focuses on morpheme structures—compound words. Pairs choose letter cards, identify a compound word that starts with that letter and write it on a whiteboard. Extension opportunities include additional practice pages.
Perkins School for the Blind
Build a Word
Get out those scrabble tiles and a braille tape labeler because today we are playing a build-a-word game! Label several sets of scrabble tiles using the braille labeler, place them in a box, and have children take turns pulling letter...
K12 Reader
Alliteration Game
Practice alliteration with a fun game! Kids match names to a best friend's name, and add something they both like.
Curated OER
Keyboarding Lesson - Type Reach
Students locate and type letters e, h, and o keys and practice a new technique: type reach. They review the home row with all letters learned.
Curated OER
ABC Missing Order
In this ABC missing letter worksheet, students fill in missing boxes with the correct letters of the alphabet in 5 given rows. A reference web site is given for additional resources.
Curated OER
Between Worksheet
In this between activity, students circle the letter that is between the other letters. Students complete 4 problems on this activity.
American Institute of Architects
Architecture: It's Elementary!—First Grade
Build an interest and appreciation for architecture in your young learners with this fun 10-lesson art unit. Engaging children in using their five senses, the class first observes the environment around them, paying special attention to...
Curated OER
Long Vowels Chart
In this phonics worksheet, students learn the spelling patterns for long vowels and combinations by analyzing the long vowels chart. Students see the different ways to spell the long vowel sounds and notice words with that spelling...
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Alphabetizing
In this alphabetizing instructional activity, students alphabetize many words with the 1st letter, write missing letters, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
Curriculum Corner
Synonyms and Antonyms
One of these words is not like the other! Test grammarians' knowledge of synonyms and antonyms with an activity that challenges scholars to locate three synonyms, an antonym, and record their findings on a worksheet.
Cartwells
MyPlate Lesson and Relay
Youngsters are up and moving in an exciting relay race designed to help them better understand where common foods fall on the MyPlate nutritional guidelines. Working in teams, they identify images of foods and name what food groups they...
Curated OER
Name That Sound
First graders match different pictures to the correct beginning and ending sounds they go with. In this sound lesson plan, 1st graders will use the computer program Kid Pix to go through a variety of pictures. They then match the picture...
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Pen Pals
Students write to a pen pal and learn about their lives. In this pen pal lesson, students learn about a person from another country. Students develop an understanding that they have many things in common with people from other parts of...
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The Story of Art
Students canvass the important elements of art in the seven lessons of this unit. Story structure and in particular, color is perceived as essential to the development of the idea of a picture.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Systems Every "Body" Needs to Know
Through an informative WebQuest and group work, learners explore the human body and cell structure. They create a cell diagram, research a disease, write a letter explaining the causes of human disease, and work in small groups to create...
Curated OER
My Pig Book
In this My Pig Book worksheet, students write 5 words that rhyme with pig and 4words that begin with p. They solve one addition and one subtraction question about pigs and complete a pig word search. Students also answer what they...
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Excellent Elephants
Students study the /e/ by repeating the words "excellent elephants" several times to determine the proper sound. They make words using Elkonin letterboxes before listening to a book talk for the book "Pen Pals." Next, they read the book...
Curated OER
That Sneaky E!!
Introduce your class to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph. Because the...
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Ehhh! Can you repeat that!
Students assess how to recognize phonemes that stand for letters creating spoken words utilizing the short vowel /e/. They associate our written language as a secret code to solve. The tongue twister "Everybody saw Eddie and the Eskimo...
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Earth Science--Letter "F"
In this earth science worksheet, learners locate and identify vocabulary terms related to earth science that begin with the letter "F." There are 24 words located in the puzzle.
Curated OER
Wade Made Lemonade in the Shade
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify words that contain the long /a/ sound. Students spell words containing the long /a/ sound using letter...
Curated OER
Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet-- With Lines (A To E)
In this printing practice instructional activity, students analyze and trace 4 examples of upper and lower case letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd and Ee. Students then form their own letters on the lines.