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Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss communities and why rules are important. In this community lesson plan, students compare and contrast communities with and without rules and play with parachutes and balls.
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Word Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Alphabet Fun 1

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this alphabetical order worksheet, students examine 10 series of 6 letters each. Students identify the letter in each series that does not belong in the series of letters.
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Alphabet Fun 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood alphabetical order instructional activity, students examine 20 series of letters that include blanks that need to be filled in the with the appropriate letters.
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Alphabet Fun 3

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood alphabetical order learning exercise, students examine 10 series of 4 words in alphabetical order and write the next 5 letters that belong in each line.
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Exploring Nursery Rhymes on the Internet

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students recite nursery rhymes. In this literature lesson, students review the nursery rhymes "Humpty Dumpty" and "Jack and Jill." Students then use the Internet to find more nursery rhymes.
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Sentence Structure

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners complete sentence structure activities. In this sentence structure lesson, students discuss ways to piece together a sentence using the given words from the teacher. Learners may also participate in related activities that range...
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My First Sentences

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this sentences worksheet, students use the words given to make regular sentences and negative sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Reading: International Year of Rice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are asked to identify the five grains and the types of food they eat. They read two articles about rice and even make rice recipes later in the lesson.
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Reading: David Beckham

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars read a story about David Beckham. They answer comprehension questions and study vocabulary words with the prefix un.
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Reading: Graded Reader Blind Date

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students talk about what they like and do not like to read. They are assigned a new partner and they try to pick a book their original partner would like.
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Primary Picture Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners identify high frequency words and recite them verbally. In this high frequency words lesson, students use creative pens to trace high frequency words on paper. Learners participate in an interactive magnetic board to...
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Create a Storybook in KidPix

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Young scholars illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.
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Smiles Change the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils develop speaking and listening skills while evaluating a list. In this consensus lesson, students define consensus and discuss how it might be used at recess. After pupils understand how consensus works, students review and...
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Where are all those teeth?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the legend of the tooth fairy. They create a tooth necklace out of dough and glitter.
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Word Wall Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use the basic required 200 words by sight in sentences of three to six words, use the words to play bingo and rhyming word activity.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners 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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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
Learners 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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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
Students 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. Students practice...
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Body Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 teacher...
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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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Test Your Spelling Skills: Dolch Sight Vocabulary

For Students K - 2nd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students will read and practice the Dolch basic sight vocabulary list. There are a total of 220 words in ABC order that frequently appear in written English.