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"HiSS"terical Snakes
Students explore the /s/ sound on the end of words. They discuss the phoneme /s/. Students listen for /s/=s at the beginning, middle and end of words. They write the letter s and practice reading and writing words containing /s/.
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The Squiggly Snake says: "ssssss...."
Students identify the sound the letter /s/ makes. They associate the /s/ sound with the letter symbol and practice finding the /s/ in words. As a class, students make the /s/ wound, draw the letter symbol. They read a book, "James and...
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Computer Pals
Students have a pal from a different part of the country or world. They create introduction letters to send to their pals. They write a story about activities occurring at school and then current events in the community to inform their...
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Slithers the Snake
Students recognize the phoneme /s/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /s/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in various words...
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Mmmmm! Mmmmm! Yumm!
Students recognize the phoneme /m/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify...
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Gulp!
Young scholars identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in...
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Uh, I'm Confused!
Students recognize the short vowel U in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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We Want W!
First graders recognize the phoneme /w/. Through listening and matching activities, 1st graders discriminate the phoneme /w/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate /w/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in...
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Uh, Uh, Oh, It's U
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Excellent Eggs
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate /e/ with its letter representation and identify the...
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Aaaa Choo!
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 spell words...
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Pam The Lamb
First graders 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 spell...
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Rub Those Eyes
Learners 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 in words pictures,...
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What do You Know about Columbus?
In this Christopher Columbus worksheet, students unscramble multiple letters to find words associated with Christopher Columbus. Clues are provided for each word.
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Introducing Symbols–The Beach
Looking for a way to introduce class members to the concept of symbolism and multiple levels of meaning? Readers examine two different passages about the beach and consider how the writers use concrete objects, and places to represent...
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Edgar Allan Poe Short Story WebQuest
Introduce your class to Edgar Allan Poe with a series of mostly self-guided tasks and assignments. Class members follow the list of tasks, starting by watching a video with background information and ending with a compare-and-contrast...
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An Online Tool I Can Use
Tools for school—and beyond! Introduce your sixth graders to online tools to plan their academic and professional futures. The fifth and final lesson in a series of career and college readiness activities focuses on a scavenger hunt to...
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Shape Recognition Games
Students explore shapes. In this math activity, students identify basic geometric shapes. Students complete activities in which they identify shapes, symbols and letters. Students draw geometric shapes.
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Picture Hunt: R Control O
Students use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. In this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.
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The Me Book
Learners relate to the pictures as symbols so that they come to point to named pictures, explain what pictured objects are for, match pictures to real objects, categorize objects, and recognize words.
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My Own Picture Dictionary
Students create a picture dictionary that includes images of people and things that are important in their lives. They identify pictures of people and things that are important in their lives.
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List Poetry
First graders create a list poem using the letters of their names. They describe themselves in the poems, present them and publish a class poetry book.
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Nutrition Dictionary
Learners look up nutrition vocabulary words in the dictionary and write a nutritious fact they learned about each of the words. In this nutrition lesson plan, students also play pictionary with the words.
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Phonics lesson for -ar
First graders identify words associated with the -ar sound. They read sentences and compose a story that include words with the -ar sound. The assessment portion of lesson plan involves students in spelling words with the
-ar pattern.