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La Familia

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils use a hopscotch board with pictures of family members in the boxes. They practice their vocabulary while working with others.
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Working Together As a Team

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine the need for rules to keep order at home, in school, in communities, and in the country using trade books and teamwork activities. They work in cooperative groups to define a positive learning community by writing a...
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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Role Playing for Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the benefits of rereading a story to increase their oral reading speed, fluency, and comprehension. They work with a partner reading the story "What Will the Seal Eat?" They time and encourage each other in each...
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The Big Green Monster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils 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 and...
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Off To the Reading Races

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies , students complete an initial read of a novel text. With a partner, they read complete an assessment of their...
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Shh, Do Not Wake the Baby!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They use letterbox manipulatives to spell 'sh' words and identify /sh/ words as they read a story. They 'fish' for 'sh' words to practice writing at...
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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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Lightning Speed Reading

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students focus on improving their reading fluency. They discuss what it means to be a fluent reader and practice repeated readings with a short story. They work in partners and take turns timing one another for one minute reads.
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What Do Mothers Do?-- Full Color Copy

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students read a small book which they make by stapling 10 fully illustrated pages together. The story depicts mothers in their many roles at home, and ends with the children expressing appreciation.
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One Monday Morning Activity Card

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literature worksheet, students learn the names of the days of the week and respond to the book One Monday Morning. Students complete an activity at home in which they re-read the book, then cut and paste the events of the story...
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Word Meanings From Context

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this word meanings worksheet, students utilize context clues to assist them in choosing the appropriate multiple choice meaning of each underlined word in ten passages. Students interact with skew, legitimate, manipulate and embittered.
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Homophones- School-Home Links

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this homophone worksheet, students and parents read the definition of a homophone at the top of the page. They read a list of homophones and write the correct one in each of 8 sentences. There is a place for both the student and a...
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Fill in Missing Consonant Blends and Digraphs

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this phonics worksheet, students look at a picture and fill in the missing consonant blend or digraph. Worksheet has a total of 6 pictures of everyday objects.
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Missing Consonant Blends and Digraphs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, students look at pictures and fill in the missing consonant blend or digraph. All pictures are of common objects, 6 total.
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Missing Consonant Blends and Digraphs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, students look at pictures and fill in missing consonant blends or digraphs. All pictures are of common items, 6 total.
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Curious George Crossword Puzzle

For Students 1st - 5th
In this Curious George crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 13 clues to identify the correct words that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Something from Something

For Students 1st - 4th
In this Curious George word puzzle worksheet, students brainstorm to find out how many words they can make from the letters in "Curious George is a very curious monkey."
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Double Vision - Curious George Picture Comparison

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this picture comparison learning exercise, students examine two pictures based on the Curious George books. They attempt to find the 12 things that are different between the two pictures of a busy downtown scene.
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Contraction Action

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this contractions worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with contractions, combine words to make contractions, match words to contractions, and more. Students complete 45 problems.
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Verbs: Present and Past

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this verb worksheet, students read about present and past tense verbs, then write the past tense form of verbs underlined in sentences, then complete 2 sentences by adding the correct verb.
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What Is a Pronoun?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, learners read the definition of and the proper usage of pronouns to replace nouns. They use the pronouns from the word box that can take the place of the noun or nouns in 10 sentences. They circle the pronouns...
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Vocabulary Skills 2

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 12 sentences by selecting the appropriate words to complete the sentences.