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Animals Matter
Students explore philanthropy. In this character education lesson plan, students define and give examples of philanthropy. Students listen to the story A Symphony of Whales and describe how the characters helped the whales. Students...
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Good Readers Visualize
Students explore reading. In this visualization lesson, students practice, creating images in their minds while listening to the story The Vegetables Go To Bed, by Christopher King. They listen to the story and then draw what they...
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Harvest Time - Coloring and Discussion Page
In this coloring and discussion learning exercise, 1st graders read 2 apple poems on a coloring page that shows a little boy picking apples. They discuss what apples look like, how they taste, and what other foods can be made from apples.
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Shake Your Star
Young scholars recite poetry. For this poetry lesson, students make star sticks and use the sticks to act out a star poem that features positional words.
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Japanese Culture
First graders research information about Japanese people and culture. They read a Japanese story listening for rhyme schemes. They create their own rhyme schemes. They discuss Japanese food and sample rice cakes. They read Haiku and then...
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Humpty Dumpty-- Rhyming Words
In this poetry worksheet, students study rhyming words with a 14 verse poem about Humpty Dumpty. There are no directions, but teachers could read this out loud and let students provide the missing word at the end of each verse. Example:...
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The Cricket
In this poetry worksheet, students read a poem entitled "The Cricket." This may be used for a variety of classroom activities.
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Rhyme Time Fun
In this writing rhymes worksheet, students write four short poems about the pictures. Students are provided with the first line of each poem and they write the rest.
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Let's Count 1
In this tracing activity, students trace a short poem about a green frog. Students trace 4 lines in this poem on this activity.
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Swish, Swish, Swish
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Final Phoneme CK
Students discuss types of rhyme and identify the words in a poem that end in ck. They write their own stories about a mouse and his amazing adventure.
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Achoo!
Young scholars examine the /ch/ digraph using a tongue twister and Grace Maccarone's poem, "Itchy, Itchy, Chicken Pox." They recite the tongue twister, write the letters, and imitate a sneeze each time they hear the /ch/ while the...
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider
In this sequencing worksheet, students read a poem about a spider. Students cut out 6 rhyming word cards. They then cut out 2 picture cards and put them in order to show the story events.
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Reading Common Words: School-Home Links
In this reading worksheet, student read a list of 10 commonly used words, then practice reading a poems that uses the words. Worksheet is designed to be signed by both student and parent when completed.
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The Clever Hen
In this "The Clever Hen" worksheet, students read the poem, review 6 sight words and arrange the 12 pictures in chronological order.
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The Crooked Man
In this "The Crooked Man" worksheet, students read the poem, review 4 sight words and color and arrange the 10 pictures in chronological order.
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
In this "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" worksheet, pupils read the poem, review 10 sight words and color and arrange the 14 pictures in chronological order.
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Pat-a-Cake
In this "Pat-a-Cake" worksheet, students read the poem, review 6 sight words and color and arrange the 10 pictures in chronological order.
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Handwriting Practice for Today
In this printing practice worksheet, students trace and rewrite a poem about what children can do. Students write seven sentences.
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Thanksgiving History
First graders decode Thanksgiving vocabulary while learning about the history of this holiday. In this Thanksgiving history lesson, 1st graders listen to a story, trace their hands to make turkey feathers and listen to a turkey...
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Learners read the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and read companion poems, make a bear book, blend sounds, and more. For this guided reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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Gingerbread Baby v. Gingerbread Boy #7
Young scholars read two stories. In this comparison lesson plan, students read "The Gingerbread Baby," by Jan Brett and the original "Gingerbread Boy." Young scholars use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two stories.
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I Like Bugs!
Students explore the story I Like Bugs! In this language arts lesson, students sort bugs from the story into the correct category. Students draw pictures of bugs and create a retelling booklet.