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Prepositions Quiz #2

For Students 1st - 5th
In this prepositions quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
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Pronouns Quiz #1

For Students 1st - 5th
In this pronouns quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
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Pronouns Quiz #2

For Students 1st - 5th
In this pronouns worksheet, students complete an on-line quiz, choosing questions and matching answers. Students score 1 point for each correct answer; a printed version is available.
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Verbs-Quiz #1

For Students 1st - 5th
In this verbs quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
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Verbs Quiz #2

For Students 1st - 5th
In this verbs quiz learning exercise, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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Care of My Possessions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners know the importance of caring for their possessions and pets and are able to empathize with other living creatures. They have a quote of the week to follow and have questions to reflect on after story times, a silent reflection...
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Working Together As a Team

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine the need for rules to keep order at home, in school, in communities, and in the country using trade books and teamwork activities. They work in cooperative groups to define a positive learning community by writing a...
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The Big Green Monster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They complete center activities in groups of four in order to aid in decoding...
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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter-sound recognition of the /u/ by reciting a tongue twister, writing the letter in both upper and lower case, and identify words with the letter 'u' in them. Next, they sing a song, and listen to a story while...
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Shh, Do Not Wake the Baby!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They use letterbox manipulatives to spell 'sh' words and identify /sh/ words as they read a story. They 'fish' for 'sh' words to practice writing at...
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Hop on Pop - Short 'o'

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the alphabetic significance of the letter /o/ along with its awareness of phonemes in spoken words. They assess on construction paper the phrase, "We like to hop on top of Pop who's on top of a hot rock" written on it...
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Carry Your Own Load Toad!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore how to spell words with the vowel digraph /oa/. They read and spell words containing the oa digraph. Students read Toad Makes a Road. They clap their hands when they hear the /O/ sound in the story. Young scholars...
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Lightning Speed Reading

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students focus on improving their reading fluency. They discuss what it means to be a fluent reader and practice repeated readings with a short story. They work in partners and take turns timing one another for one minute reads.
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Bouncing and Dancing with B and D

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore the differences between the letters b and d. They practice seeing the letters and hearing the sounds with words and tongue twisters. They practice letter formation for both letters and listen to the book, The...
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Body Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars use their bodies to form the letters to spell each of the five words that they were given. They must spell the word correctly and the teacher must be able to read the word from left and right on their "baseline." The...
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Ready, Set, Go! Fluency, Here We Come!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students work with a partner to become fluent readers. Each person gets the chance to be each role. One of them gets to be the listener while the other person gets to be the reader. The reader reads the book while the listener times...
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New: Around the World

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify and demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the environment. They use a map and a globe to label where the students in the book came from, point out the continent, and show which ocean...
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What Do Mothers Do?-- Full Color Copy

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students read a small book which they make by stapling 10 fully illustrated pages together. The story depicts mothers in their many roles at home, and ends with the children expressing appreciation.
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Dd is for Doll

For Students K - 2nd
For this handwriting of upper and lowercase letters Dd activity, students trace five lowercase and two uppercase and print the letters Dd several times for mastery.
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Ee is for Eggs

For Students K - 2nd
Students learn to write upper and lower case DeNelian letters Ee for this printing practice instructional activity. Students trace several examples, write letters, color, and count eggs.
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Hh is for Helicopter

For Students K - 2nd
Students learn to form the upper and lower case letter Hh in this printing practice activity. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters.
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Mm is for Monkey

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing worksheet, students form the upper and lowercase letters Mm. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter.
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Jj is for Jet

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing activity, students form upper and lowercase letter J. Students also color in pictures that begin with that letter.