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American Library Association

Great Early Elementary Reads

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Here is an excellent reference list of over 60 recommended book titles for early readers, each of which includes the author, title, number of pages, and brief summary.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We’re a Family: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers K Standards
Pay special attention to onsets and rimes and initial consonants with this packet of activities designed to provide additional support to youngsters just learning to read and write.
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Curated OER

Outdoor Activities/Problem Solving: Play a Listening Game

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students listen to everyday sounds that help them develop listening skills. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop listening and language skills to recreate sounds in the outdoor environment.
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Introduce "th"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letters /th/ and identify words where that sound appears. Students participate in a game in...
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Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore classroom community building. For this character development and community building lesson, students listen to Hands Are Not for Hitting and generate a class list of positive ways to handle classroom conflicts. Students...
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo 4

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
In this sight words worksheet, learners participate in a sight word bingo game where they match up the sight words away, blue, come, down, funny, jump, make, play, three and two to sentence strips on a game board.
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo 2

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this sight words worksheet, learners participate in a sight word bingo game involving the sight words go, me, not, we, said, to, you, little, help and where. Students match the sight words to the words on their game board.
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Sounding out accuracy, Draw Two

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in a card game to read words with a particular sound correctly.  In this sound card game instructional activity, students students keep a word card if they correctly pronounce the word on it. Additional...
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this sight words worksheet, learners participate in a sight words bingo game involving the sight words a, and, I, it, is, in, the, big, look, and my. Students match the sight words to sentence strips to practice using sight words in...
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo 3

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this sight words worksheet, students participate in a sight word bingo game involving the sight words can, find, for, here, one, red, run, see, up and yellow. Students match sight words to sentence strips to practice using sight words...
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Spelling Takes a Hit!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice spelling and word recognition. In this spelling lesson plan, students play a game. . Students are given a word to spell and as they call out each letter, they swat the letter with a fly swatter allowing each student to...
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Caterpillar Jumps

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students participate in a class game which reinforces the phonetic sounds and blends. The full color caterpillar pieces on this page are laminated and the head is placed on the carpet with the children sitting...
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Next Year's Seeds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Reading, a math game, and a simulation activity provide the engagement on a lesson about seeds and crops. Learners in grades two through four read an informational passage about crops, seeds, and farming. They highlight important...
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Who Wants To Be a Millionaire--Little Red Hen

For Teachers K - 3rd
This literature study PowerPoint enables students to review the main story elements of The Little Red Hen. In this PowerPoint, students participate in a game similar to "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" that is based on the events in the...
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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie: A Lesson In Economics

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of cause and effect as it relates to economics through the story "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie."  Students discuss simple cause and effect relationships and make predictions according to the story. They...
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Let's Bowl!!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students demonstrate word fluency from the Dolch word list. In this word fluency lesson, students play a word identification game that involves a simulated bowling game. Students identify several words from the Dolch word list and color...
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Sounding out accuracy, Build a Word

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars demonstrate how to build words. In this word study instructional activity, students play a game where they must choose two index cards from each bucket and put them together to build a word.
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Participating in a Class Birthday Party

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners celebrate a fellow peer in class by having a party for him or her.  In this foreign language lesson plan, students celebrate a classmate's birth using their target language to host a party.  Learners create a bulletin...
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Swat The Spot

For Teachers K
Students practice beginning letter/sound association. In this beginning letter/sound lesson, students listen to a reading of Potluck by Anne Shelby while identifying the sounds that are associated with the beginning letters of words in...
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Letter Sound Fluency

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice letter sounds. In this phonemic awareness lesson, students practice saying each letter sound by playing a game. Students use index cards that have letters printed on them and say the letter sound. Students go as fast as...
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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short...
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Collaborative Drawings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a collaborative drawing. In this cooperation skills lesson, students are divided into small groups and are given art supplies. Students decide on a topic for their illustration and create the drawing on large paper....
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I Want a Red Block!

For Students K - 2nd
In this trace and write worksheet, students trace and write words that represent games and toys for young children. Students trace and write 12 lines.
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Action!!!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here is a good game to play with your charges. Pairs of pupils roll a die and choose the corresponding numbered card. They read the card and perform the action verb written there until the teacher calls out time.

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