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What Kind of Vessel Are You?

For Teachers K - 5th
This is a strange question; but what kind of vessel would you be and why? After examining images of a large Inca jug, the class sets to writing a creative narrative that answers that very interesting question. They start by researching...
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Olly Octopus

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in...
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Penny the Pig Plays with the Letter P

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars practice recognizing the letter Pp in writing. They work with the Alphabet Chart, alphabet magnets and the chart with "Penny the pig puts on her pretty pink shoes," on it as well as an ABC coloring page with Dr. Seuss'...
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Open Wide

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice letter(s) map(s) along with phoneme sequences and sounds that make the /o/ sound in both spoken and written formats. They also decode words containing /o/ sounds to work towards becoming more fluent readers beginning...
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Things That Make You Say Aaaa!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss how to identify the a=/a/ in spoken words. They discuss a meaningful representation for the sound and a letter symbol. They identify the /a/ sound in words. Students read a story and blink their eyes when they hear the...
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Can you cry like a baby?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the strategies of phonemes and spellings maps to sound out new words. They work on the short vowel /a/ sound with a sentence strip with "Allie the Alligator sat on a mat eating apples," on it and the book, "Cat in the...
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Pipe-Cleaner Stick Figures

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create puppets out of pipe cleaners and, in groups, put on a puppet show based on a section of a story they have read from their readers.
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Compound Word Match-Up

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate an understanding of compound words. They create a compound word with a partner. In addition, 2nd graders correctly use their compound word in a written sentence.
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My Favourite Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss some of the different vocabulary words associated with books.They take note of the cover picture and attempt to guess the content. They listen to a book read to them by the teacher. They write their own title to the book...
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The Senses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore activities involving the five senses. They describe objects by touch and participate in craft corners using sand, rice, and blocks. They taste various foods and use their sight to find missing objects. They practice...
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Farm Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in fluency activities related to farm animals. They discuss counting sheep and view clips from the video "Babe." They create a short dialogue between Babe and Fly. They role play as animals providing the sounds...
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The Alphabet

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students assemble different items onto large poster boards containing each letter of the alphabet. They use either pictures or words for each object. They also play the banana game where they complete a grid for each letter while...
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Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research a variety of fairy tales on the internet. They experience their magical settings and imaginative context. Students look at the vocabulary of each tale in depth. They access a mystical atmosphere to enhance their...
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Colors: What is Pink?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study colors. They listen to poems, identify their favorite colors, and describe objects that are pink, red, and orange. They collect pictures from magazines of objects that are their favorite color and create a class dictionary.
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Six Blind Men And The Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice story related vocabulary. They create a list of adjectives to describe objects. They predict the outcome of the story while listening to it. They memorize an elephant rhyme.
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My School

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study their school and school-related topics. They review the days of the week, telling time, and school symbols and objects. They create a timetable of their subjects, practice telling time, and discuss the important people...
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Pet Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in a simple vocabulary game identifying animals.Students discuss their experiences with their own pets and role play situation between a parent and their child who desperately wants a pet. Students read a text...
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Gone Fishing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice decoding words phonetically. The teacher discusses the association between spoken and written language. After the discussion, each student is given a word that is spelled phonetically. They decode the word by playing...
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I Dunno!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the sounds of letters in the alphabet. Using phonetic activities, they practice the /u/ sound. Students say tongue twisters. they match pictures to the /u/ sound.
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Publishing Pupils

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are guided through the writing process and then given time to use the skills they have acquired by writing a story and publishing it using a computer.
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Antonym Awareness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders consider the definition of antonym and go through several examples as a class. They play a game of matching antonyms with each other. They complete and assessment sheet.
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One Thing Leads to Another

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders rediscover cause and effect situations using the story The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They gain an understanding of how one thing leads to another.
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Word Order:Telling Sentences

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are involved in hands on and guided practice activities for learning how to put words in order to make a telling sentence make sense.
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Sole People

For Teachers K - 8th
Explore the African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create a "sole" painting.

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