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Egg Hunt Reinforces Math, Language Skills

For Teachers K - 8th
It's amazing what you can do to reinforce math skills while leading an egg hunt! Learners of all ages will benefit from playing this simple game.
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Curriculum Corner

Digraph Boggle

For Students K - 2nd
Th, wh, ch, and sh are only some of the consonant digraphs early readers need to master. Increase skills and digraph recognition with a fun game. Children find words containing an initial or final digraph, circle them, and then write...
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Curated OER

Fishing for Friends

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students design a creative fishing game in which they measure pieces, sculpt a pond scene and write details about themselves. They seek out new friends by playing a game to discover other students with similar interests and hobbies to...
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Curated OER

Rhyme Brainstormers

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students identify words that rhyme and realize that this literacy skill is engaging. Then they prepare their own language game props. Students also monitor each other in following rules, erasing duplicate words, and scorekeeping....
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Pearson

Rumpelstiltskin

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Classic fairy tales are great! They have memorable characters, present interesting story lines, and lend themselves to art projects. Grab a copy of "Rumpelstiltskin" and get ready to participate in several early literacy activities. The...
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Curated OER

Learning About Prediction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
The skill of prediction as a reading strategy is explored. Learners are shown how to use clues within a story, along with pictures, to make predictions as to what's going to happen in the story. A clever in-class game which uses objects...
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Curated OER

Author's Purpose

For Teachers K - 3rd
A simple activity for young readers, this introduces the idea of author purpose. Learners analyze various types of texts (newspaper articles, magazines, books, advertisements, etc.) and determine if the author's purpose for writing was...
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Curated OER

Caring Concentration

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read and discuss literature containing characters who help and support one another. They identify caring vocabulary and actions and work together to design and play a card game that promotes caring attitudes and skills.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Alphabetical Order 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
If your class is working on alphabetical order, then this worksheet might be for you! Class members alphabetize 10 words, using the spaces below the words to record their responses. Make it into a game and have leaners race to the finish...
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Curated OER

CVC Word Cards

For Students K - 2nd
Learners explore short vowel sounds as they cut out these seventy word cards. The cards may be used in a variety of classroom activities. Make games out of word recognition such as grouping together the rhyming words, trying to toss the...
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Curated OER

Long Vowel Sound "OA"

For Students K - 2nd
It's a guessing game! Can your youngsters guess the word that the clues describe? Can they draw a picture to accompany two of the answers? Have them locate the oa digraph in each written word when they're finished! 
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Capitalization and Punctuation

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
First and second graders explore writing conventions. They add question marks or periods to the end of teacher generated sentences on sentence strips. They locate punctuation marks in poems and write original sentences using appropriate...
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Curated OER

Word Scramble

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Have your class play a motivating word game to practice reading skills. Learners take a look at a group of letters and use them to form words. The words all end in the -ay sound. A teacher could use this resource to practice reading,...
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Making Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young writers identify and generate words using the strategies of phonics on the Making Words computer program. Words are typed instead of having to use tiles or paper. Extension activities such as playing the memory game, drawing...
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Teachers' Domain

Sequencing: Princess Fairy Tales

For Teachers K - 4th
Review with your young readers the course of events in typical fairy tales with princes, princesses, and dragons. Then read either The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch or Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole to compare these two...
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Reading Resource

Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students K - 3rd Standards
Who can match three words first? Using a tic-tac-toe template, kids fill in nine words from their vocabulary word wall, and listen for the teacher to call out words that match their game boards. The first to get three in a row wins!
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Sports Safety Role Play

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners role-play sports situations and determine the actions needed to stay safe from injuries. They define the term sports safety, develop short skits about situations involving sports safety, and work together in cooperative groups.
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K12 Reader

Punctuation Theater

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Break out the slide whistles, triangles, and tambourines. It's time for a punctuation lesson. This richly detailed plan is loaded with ideas and activities for using rhythm instruments to accent the punctuation in folk tales. A...
PPT
Curated OER

Ruby the Copycat: Robust Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
If your class is getting ready to read the fantastic book, Ruby the Copycat, then you'll love this resource. It includes images and definitions for some of the robust vocabulary found throughout the story. Not only does each slide...
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ESL Kid Stuff

Classroom Objects

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
How many classroom objects can your learners identify? Use a set of activities based on object recognition and color matching to help young kids use their observation to learn new vocabulary.
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1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

I Can Read! Sight Words Set #6

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Master the sight words big, said, come, and in with a packet of helpful reading activities. Kids work on their reading skills with tracing pages and bingo activities, as well as flash cards, connect-the-dots, and a short word...
Assessment
Barbara Kowal

Winter Picture Test: Circle the Word

For Students K - 3rd Standards
Challenge scholars to show what they know about winter vocabulary with a multiple choice assessment. Young learners examine a picture and choose one of six words that correctly identify it. 
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K12 Reader

Competing for Resources

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Young biologists examine the concept of scarce resources with a reading comprehension passage. After finishing the paragraphs, learners turn to the questions to demonstrate what they have learned about what is beneficial and what is...
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Magic Light Pictures

Color and Cut - Room on the Broom

For Teachers K - 3rd
Make your own magic wand with a picture from Julia Donaldson's Room on the Broom! After your class reads the story, they can color the witch and her broom on a star, and then attach the star to a stick to create their own wand.

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