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A Positive Spin
Study word choice and connotation in advertising. Readers examine campaign ads, both negative and positive, from the 2006 mid-term election before discussing an article and analyze a campaign of any candidate they choose. Finally,...
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Who Works at Our School?
Young interviewers will learn more about the school staff by asking them questions and creating a bulletin board display. They will learn how to make thoughtful interview questions, conduct professional interviews, and organize...
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Faster, Faster!
Young scholars practice reading faster, smoother and more expressively by exercising the strategy of reading and rereading text to become more familiar with word recognition. They participate in reading a page or two of "Pen Pals" to...
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Introduce Word-form Recognition
Learners demonstrate automatic word recognition. In this sight word practice lesson, students sound out the words on the board to themselves and then read the word aloud.
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Recognize Sight Words Worksheet
In this sight words worksheet, students study the 4 sight words in the table: the, is, find, and this. Students circle the words in the 4 sentences.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson plan, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out...
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Here Comes the March!
In this word recognition worksheet, students call out the final word in a poem that is read to them. The students focus on the rhyming words at the end of each stanza.
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Fun Phonics
In this word recognition learning exercise, 2nd graders answer 4 questions after being given clues. Students must choose the correct word from a given word bank to correctly answer each question.
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Popcorn Word Game
Students practice sight word recognition as they play a memory word game using sight words that they must match and read aloud.
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Word Scramble - Colors
In this ESL word scramble activity worksheet, students practice their problem solving skills as they unscramble 12 color words.
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Recognize Sight Words: "Will," Up," "Fly," "Down"
In this sight words worksheet, students study the 4 sight words in the table: will, up, down, and fly. Students then circle each of these words in the 4 sentences.
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Recognize Sight Words Worksheet
In this sight words worksheet, students study the 4 sight words in the table: what, get, we, and in. Students circle the words in the 4 sentences.
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Recognize Sight Words Worksheet
In this sight words worksheet, students study the 4 sight words in the table: run, they, a, and like. Students circle the words in the 4 sentences.
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Recognize Sight Words Worksheet
In this sight words worksheet, students study the 4 sight words in the table: you, play, with, and and. Students circle the words in the 4 sentences.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency, Letter-Sound Correspondence, Make a Match
An activity tests the fluency skills of young readers. Scholars match initial sound cards to letter cards. Pairs take turns and work to locate the most matches before the timer goes off. The activity ends with a peer evaluation.
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...
Terry Kawas
One Hundred Shoes
Practice counting and patterns in one fun activity! After discussing the word cent and what it means, kids count the number of body parts on the centimeter and add two legs to each. They then determine if there is a faster way to...
August House
The Clever Monkey Rides Again
Use a West African folktale to practice several different skills in your first grade classroom. Learners read The Clever Monkey Rides Again and focus on rhyming words, reading comprehension, measurement, art, movement, and word...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Vocabulary: Word Analysis, Analogy Basketball
Give grammar instruction a boost with a basketball-themed game all about analogies! Working in pairs, learners quiz each other's analogy knowledge testing how many they can complete and earn the most points.
Heidi Songs
Uncle Sam Hat CVC
American learners can show their patriotism by coloring Uncle Sam's hat with red and blue! To do so, they need to identify which words are real and which ones are made up.
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Beginning Spelling: Time to Eat
For younger grammar learners, or as part of an ELD lesson for older kids, a word scramble activity provides a fun way to practice food-related vocabulary and spelling. Learners unscramble letters to form 11 food-related words. The...
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Letter A Word Search
Learners practice their handwriting and word recognition. For this letter A lesson, students identify eight words with pictures as they use lowercase letters to complete an elementary word search.
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Vocabulary Building: Words with "OR"
In this spelling words with the "or" pattern learning exercise, students write words using definition clues, unscramble letters, and write sentences using the words or, for, more, before, and color. Students write fifteen short answers.
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Play Doh Color Wheel
Young scholars identify primary and secondary colors, and construct color wheels, using Play Doh in the three primary colors.