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Making Words

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create a list of words from a list of letters in a longer word or a collection of given letters. After completing the list, students recognize word families, words that rhyme, words that have the same base word, and words that...
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Compound Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners identify compound words in the story, "Once There Was A Bull." They work with a partner to discuss what makes up a compound word and participate in a game that helps them to understand the concept better. As the assessment...
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-s word accuracy

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice reading words with s endings. In this word accuracy lesson, 1st graders view index cards containing various words that end in the letter s. Students practice saying these words and how adding any s makes the word...
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Word Lists

For Students K - 1st
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read three lists of three to six letter words. The words are categorized according to their word family.
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Thinking Spelling

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
An etymology resource is packed with suggestions for activities designed to build phonological, visual, morphemic, and etymological spelling skills.
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Introduce: Comprehension Monitoring using About Trees

For Teachers K - 3rd
As scholars begin reading more difficult text, they need to acquire an arsenal of comprehension strategies. Here are few helpful ones to guide new readers through the informational text About Trees, which is linked here for printing....
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-ed word accuracy

For Teachers 1st
First graders read past tense words. In this word accuracy lesson, 1st graders view index cards containing words ending in -ed. Students practice saying the given words in the past and present tense.
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Reading Practice: Peter Rabbit

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Oh, that naughty Peter Rabbit! Youngsters read an excerpt aloud from the classic Beatrix Potter story "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." They retell the story in their own words and discuss the events. Readers make inferences about various...
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Literacy Survival Tips for New Teachers!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Whether new to teaching or a seasoned pro, this 12-page phonics and phonemic awareness guide is a must for your curriculum library. Everything from a summary of research on the topic to exercises and activities is included.
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Sight Word Cards

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sight word worksheet, students cut out a set of 20 sight words to use as study/review materials. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Social Studies: Shaking the Family Tree

For Teachers 1st
Create family trees while reading "Little House in the Big Woods." After examining Laura Ingalls Wilder's family tree, compare it to a real tree's roots and branches. Conclude with interviewing family members and decorating family...
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Plants Crossword

For Students 1st - 4th
In this plants instructional activity, students solve a crossword puzzle. Students have a word bank to use and are given sentences as clues.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young gardners read and listen to books about seeds, plants, and the growing process. They plant seeds in plastic cups to observe the process of root-growing and plant formation. The whole class walks through a field to collect seeds...
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Tree Frog Word Search- Easy

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this tree frog word search worksheet, students locate 14 words, all pertaining to tree frogs. There is a word bank to use for this frog shaped puzzle.
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Adding Suffixes

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
In this adding suffixes to root words instructional activity, students read the spelling rule and examples, read sentences and the words at the end, and add -ed or -ing to the word to complete the sentences. Students write 8 answers.
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All About Plants

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify plant needs. In this biology lesson, students watch All About Plants and then write a paragraph describing the various details about plants.
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Structural Analysis

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the word and sentence structure of reading, writing, speaking, and listening effectively. In this structural analysis lesson, 1st graders review the ending of compound words, root words and their usages.
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The Suffix Family- The aw family

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, learners create new words by using the appropriate suffixes from the three columns. This is done while attaching them to the root word.
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Suffix City The eed Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students write the correct word with adding the suffixes to the root word in the three columns. Special attention is paid to the "ed" ending.
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Searching for Spring ...

For Students 1st - 4th
In this spring activity worksheet, students use the 30 words in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Rhyme and Define

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this rhyming pairs learning exercise, learners write the word from the vocabulary box that rhymes with the word listed. Some words may be used more than once and some not at all. Students also match words from the box to their...
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Prefix Practice Cards

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this prefix practice cards activity, students cut out 20 pairs of root word cards and prefix + root words cards. The cards may be used for various classroom activities.
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Letter Recognition: The Letter R

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letter R activity, students identify the R words from a word bank and circle them. Students then circle and color the pictures that start with the letter R.
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"Swamp Monsters" by Mary Blount Christian

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Using the book Swamp Monsters by Mary Blount Christian, young readers discuss key vocabulary terms and make predictions about swamp monsters. They complete a Cloze activity, explore past-tense verbs, and categorize vocabulary words.

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