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Cool Cat: The Letter C
For this letter C worksheet, students color "c's" found on a picture of a cat . Students then circle yes or no beneath pictures to tell if they hear the hard c sound at the beginning of each.
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Water and Ice
Students explore water and ice. In this 3 states of matter lesson, students work with a partner to observe, illustrate, and describe the characteristics of an ice cube in a cup. The ice cube is observed again in 15 minutes and changes...
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Think About Me: My Needs
In this personal needs worksheet, learners draw 4 pictures that depict something that is needed in life. Students rate each need in order of importance by coloring 1 to 3 stars.
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Mrs. Wishy Washy
Pupils explore the book, Mrs. Wishy Washy. They listen to the story, participate in a picture walk, identify the patterns of repeated words, role-play the motions, and retell the story using props.
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The 3 Bees
Learners review what the three bees are: respect, responsibility and safety. Individually, they use the internet to complete a webquest to examine how to be respectful to others and be responsible for their actions. To end the...
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Dental Health
Learners watch a presentation about how cavities are formed, view a dentist office on the Internet. Students make a class book about teeth after taking digital pictures of teeth.
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Musical Vocabulary Links
Young scholars use well known songs to help them learn new vocabulary and apply meaning to the words. They make associations to the songs in order repeat and memorize new words. They use the Star Spangled Banner as an example in this...
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Oceans
First graders recognize that nearly three quarters of the Earth is covered by ocean. They locate the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans on a map. They describe the difference between ocean water and fresh water.
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Let's Make Bread!
Learners participate in making bread. They are required to follow the recipe and directions given to them by the teacher. A field trip to the grocery store can also be included.
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Good Enough To Eat
Students are introduced to the five food groups. In groups, they place different foods into the correct section of the Food Pyramid. Using different types of technology, they create one page of a class ABC book sharing what they know...
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Design Your Own Quilt Pattern
Students apply what they have learned, from Eight Hands Round a Patchwork Alphabet, about how quilt blocks got their names by constructing and naming a quilt block pattern of their own using pattern blocks and pattern block paper.
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I Love a Parade
Students receive a worksheet that describes a parade. They tell what the 10th item in the parade will be. Students draw the parade, and tell the pattern they see using letters. Students design their own parade with the same pattern. They...
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Excellent Elephant
In this letter e worksheet, students color the letter e's and enhance their understanding of spatial terms by listening to the teacher's instructions. Students then circle the pictures at the bottom of the page that have the 'e' or 'eh'...
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Hairy Horse
In this letter h worksheet, learners color the various letter h's and enhance their understanding of spatial terms by listening to the teacher's directions. Students then circle the yes of no for the pictures that have the 'huh' sound.
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Magic Monster
In this letter m sound worksheet, students color the various letter 'm's' and learn spatial terms by listening to the teacher's directions. Students then circle yes or no for the pictures that begin with the letter m.
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Lazy Lion
In this letter L sound worksheet, students color the various letter 'L's' and learn spatial terms by listening to their teacher's directions. Students then circle yes or no for the pictures that begin with the L sound.
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Food Pyramid Nutrition Puzzles
Students put together food group puzzles on the computer and identify the healthy message in the end. In this food lesson plan, students identify the food group that the puzzle is representing as well.
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Interactive Food Pyramid
Students participate in the game, "Talking Food Pyramid." In this nutrition lesson, students recognize the organization of foods in to five groups. Students conclude by physically classifying a selection of foods in two groups.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary Level Close Readings
This strategy guide focuses on planning and implementing close reading of complex text in the primary grades which fosters progressively deeper thinking as students become more responsible for their own learning. It offers a step-by-step...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Guide for Determining Text Complexity
An educator's guide to help determine the level of text complexity.
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention:multi Tier Reading Intervention:primary Grade
This Practice Guide, by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in February 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement RTI to assist students struggling with reading. The focus is building an instructional program in order to...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Developing Reading Fluency
How can you develop reading fluency in your students? This site offers insight into the direct and indirect approaches to teaching reading fluency. Come and check it out.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Questions to Guide Instruction
This site offers questions to guide all facets of reading instruction broken down by grade level, grades K-3.
Read Works
Read Works: Get Well Lance
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the story of a girl who is writing a get well note to a classmate. This passage is intended as a guided passage. It contains questions regarding explicit information and drawing...