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Core Knowledge Second Grade ELA Skills Curriculum
Six units comprise the Core Knowledge Second Grade ELA Skills Curriculum Set. Units focus on second-grade skills, specifically spelling, grammar, writing, and reading. The lessons in each unit begin with a warm-up, then go into concept...
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Core Knowledge Kindergarten ELA Skills Curriculum
A series of 10 units make up the Core Knowledge Kindergarten ELA Skills Curriculum. Young scholars participate in hands-on activities, complete worksheets, and take assessments. Lessons within each unit follow a similar pattern, are...
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ABC Mouse Alphabet Songs
Add a captivating musical element to alphabet instruction with a collection of music videos by ABC Mouse. Each video features a different letter sung to a variety of musical styles.
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Second Grade Skills Unit 2: Bedtime Tales
New ReviewA unit covering second-grade skills reviews 16 letter-sound correspondences, tricky words, and punctuation. Readers provide context for examining story elements, and pupils participate in close reading and write narratives retelling a...
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Second Grade Skills Unit 1: The Cat Bandit
New ReviewFor twenty-two lessons over five weeks, scholars practice sound-spelling correspondence, spelling patterns, tricky words, and reading decodable text. Assessments aid in small group formation and gauge comprehension. Lessons begin with a...
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First Grade Skills Unit 3
New ReviewFour weeks, 19 lessons—this unit covers five new vowel spelling patterns, tricky words, spellings, verb tenses, reading fables and exploring the writing process. Lessons offer review, an introduction to the concept, skills practice,...
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First Grade Skills Unit 1
New ReviewFirst graders participate in skills practice with 32 lessons focusing on sound-spelling correspondence—sound combinations, consonant digraphs, double letter sounds, tricky spellings, and words. Lessons begin with a warm-up, review and...
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 2
New ReviewKindergarteners practice prewriting skills in a 10-day unit. Young scholars blend sounds and syllables, build shapes with playdough, write shapes on paper, and trace their names.
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 3
New ReviewA 14-day unit focuses on letter-sound correspondence. Each day explores a different new letter and its spelling. Scholars participate in activities, practice hand motions for blending, complete worksheets, and do a reading assessment.
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 4
New ReviewFifteen lessons make up a unit that focuses on letter-sound correspondence. Beginning readers examine letters and their sounds. Scholars complete a review, an engaging activity, watch teacher modeling, and practice concepts. Lessons are...
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 5
New ReviewA unit designed for kindergarteners builds letter-sound correspondence in preparation for reading. Over four weeks, young scholars build proficiency in recognizing and matching the sound of 9 letters. They take that knowledge to read a...
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 6
New ReviewThroughout 15 lessons, scholars explore four and five-sound and rhyming words, closely examining initial and final consonant sounds, and begin reading the text independently. Each lesson follows a similar routine; an introduction to...
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 7
New ReviewA unit consists of seventeen lessons that examine six new consonant digraphs. Lessons review past concepts, introduce sounds and spelling, and offer differentiated instruction in small groups. Learners begin reading a decodable story and...
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 8
New ReviewA unit introduces 14 double-letter spellings for consonant sounds and seven tricky high-frequency words. Over four weeks, young scholars participate in daily spelling and word reviews, guided practice, and complete skills practice....
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 9
New ReviewThis unit explores uppercase letters and tricky high-frequency words. Over 23 lessons, scholars review decodable and high-frequency words, examine and practice writing uppercase letters, and work with a new tricky high-frequency word....
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Alphabet Mini Books
Put together mini books for every letter of the alphabet! Provided here are printables for all 26 letters that each contain eight pages for kids to color in and write on. Directions are provided at the top of the first page of each...
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Beginning Consonant Blends - 1/3
Introduce /ch/ and /sh/ to your beginning readers. The digraphs are stated and other letters are added to make words. The words are repeated to allow young ones to practice saying the words themselves before the voice-over speaks.
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Phoneme Split and Say
Little ones are provided with all the tools needed to begin segmenting phonemes. There are twenty Elkonin box picture cards, five blank Elkonin box cards, and full instructions on how to help pre-readers practice splitting and saying...
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Letter Recognition: Poetry Pen
It's always nice to have a great idea and all the tools to make it happen. The class can use these nursery rhyme and alphabet cards to teach each other letter recognition and letter sound correspondence. There is a full set of alphabet...
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Letter-Sound Dominoes
What do dominoes and phonemes have in common? Quite a bit in this engaging phonics game! Each domino has a letter on one side and an image on the other. Everything you need is here; partners place the starting domino on the table then...
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ABC It's as Easy as 1-2-3!
Help readers explore initial letter sounds. They will choose a letter of the alphabet and create a page for a classroom "ABC" book. They will write down various words that begin with their assigned letter and draw a picture to go in the...
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J Jacket Song
Elmo sings about the letter “J.” He lists words that begin with the letter, like jacket. He also practices saying the sound. This film could be used to introduce the letter “J.”
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Jumping With J
Kids jump to demonstrate the sound of the letter “J.” After watching this film, it would be hard for learners to forget the sound of this letter. All they need to do is jump.
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Ruben Studdard: Soul Alphabet
Elmo and Ruben sing the alphabet song in this video. This is a soulful rendition of the song and a great way to practice it in the classroom. It could be used as a review before a lesson on the alphabet.