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Rhyming Word Poems
Students create poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read poetry and identify rhyming words using highlighters. Students may also add rhyming lines to the poetry they read.
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More Spring Poems: The Bee And The Flower
In this literature worksheet, students read and discuss the poem "The Bee And The Flower," color the picture, underline or circle the rhyming words and then print the rhyming words on pages two through four on the lines provided.
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Write Your Own Poem
In this rhyming worksheet, students examine 4 words with the initial str and identify as many words as possible the rhyme with them. Students use some of the rhyming words to write a line of poetry.
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More Spring Poems: Buttercups
In this literature worksheet, students read and discuss the poem "Buttercups," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then write the rhyming words on pages two and three several times.
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Robin Hood Rap: Matching Words and Definitions
In this Robin Hood vocabulary worksheet, students match 15 words with their meanings. Students put rhyming words into pairs and use those words to fill in blanks in a rap about Robin Hood.
Harper Collins
The Giving Tree Anniversary Teaching Guide
Celebrate poetry month all of April with a guide that uses six of Shel Silverstein's most famous books as a basis for the lessons. Discussion questions and writing activities are provided for each of Silverstein's books.
Seussville
Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!
Eleven engaging activities make up a story guide that accompanies Dr. Seuss' Hooray For Diffendoofer Day! Scholars design a fictional classroom setting including scary face tests, writing job descriptions, adapting the book into a play,...
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A Serious Question
In this creative writing worksheet, students read a poem about a kitten called "A Serious Question" by Carolyn Wells. Students rewrite the poem, filling in the blanks with different words on their own.
Roald Dahl
George's Marvelous Medicine
Six lessons comprise a unit about Roald Dahl's George's Marvelous Medicine. Over time, scholars explore themes such as the power of words, exciting writing, and mixed feelings. They examine the writing's literary devices, persuasive...
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“THE LORAX” by Dr. Seuss
Few children's books convey the message of conservation as well as Dr. Seuss' The Lorax. Read the story aloud, emphasizing the interconnectedness of plants and animals in an ecosystem and discussing different ways people can help the...
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Rhyming With Pancakes
Learners listen to the book The Great Pancake Escape as an introduction to rhyming and its use in storytelling. Provide examples of simple words that rhyme with other simple words and come up with rhymes with an end word from an earlier...
Core Task Project
Whatif by Shel Silverstein
What a skillful way to incorporate Shel Silverstein, a wonderful author, into the classroom. Composed of three tasks, children are led through a series of text-dependent questions that force them to unveil the meaning of Silverstein's...
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I Have A Little Garden
For this poetry worksheet, students read the poem "I Have A Little Garden," color the picture, underline the rhyming words in the poem and then write the rhyming words on pages two through three.
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More Spring Poems: Fluttering Butterflies
In this literature based worksheet, learners read the poem "Fluttering Butterflies," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then on the lines provided, write the rhyming words on pages two through four several times.
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The Clever Monkey Rides Again
Students read and explore a West African folktale. For this folktale lesson, students read the book The Clever Monkey Rides Again and examine West African proverbs. There are several related multi-subject extensions on this lesson which...
Lesson Plansos
Guided Reading Activities with Pizzazz
Get the most out of your guided reading lessons with this collection of literacy materials. Offering a system for using color-coded tags to mark pages while reading books, as well as an assortment of comprehension and grammar worksheets,...
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Trees
In these language arts worksheets, students will analyze the poem "Trees" by Sara Coleridge. Students will then respond to 16 sentences correcting the misspelled words and rewriting the sentences on the lines provided.