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Freddie Feels

For Teachers K
Students become aware of the sense of touch and the body parts effected by touching.  For this five senses lesson, students touch mystery items and create a touch page.  Students discuss the body parts connected to the sense of...
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Squiggly, Wiggly Worms

For Teachers K
Students, who are in early elementary grades, pair with fifth grade students to study worms. They observe worms in experiments, create research questions, and complete the research using Internet sites. They participate in a "Worm...
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What's the Weather?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore different types of weather and examine the elements in the sky that create weather. They create a class lift of weather words and examine and discuss a weather poster. Students then complete the "What's the Weather?"...
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What's Up?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the vocabulary and objects associated with objects in the sky and weather. They observe the sky outside of their classroom and create a list of things in the sky. Students then analyze a poster, read and discuss key...
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What is It? Susie Sees!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the five senses.  In this cross curriculum five senses lesson, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to create secondary...
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Homeschooling Chronicles - How to Start Homeschooling

For Teachers K - 6th
It can be overwhelming when you start homeschooling. These are just a few ideas to get a person started on that journey.
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Five Little Pumpkins Rolled Out of Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate proper overhand throwing form, tossing their ball towards a cone and trying to knock a mini plastic pumpkin off of the cone.
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The Shape of Things

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils create shape booklets. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students practice shape recognition as they participate in a scavenger hunt and create a shape booklet.
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Popcorn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss the properties of popcorn. They explore the connection between corn, popcorn and Thanksgiving. As a class, students sing a popcorn song and create a popcorn craft. They practice writing the word popcorn. As a...
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Harry Hears!

For Teachers K
Pupils explore ear anatomy and the sense of hearing. In this hearing lesson, students discuss the five senses and view a model of an ear. Pupils place cotton balls in their ears to simulate loss of hearing. Students use descriptive words...
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Choosing Where to Act

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners work together to reach a consensus about an issue. They examine a list of organizations and determine which ones meet a given set of criteria. They write supporting sentences for main ideas to end the lesson plan.
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Your Dictionary: Fun Language Arts Games

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This article discusses reasons and suggestions for teaching the language arts curriculum through playing games including dictionary races and alphabetical order races, Mad Libs, punctuation games, crossword puzzle, word searches and...
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Destination Modern Art

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Museum of Modern Art invites young readers interactively learn about Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Umberto Boccioni using sound, simple language, and engaging animations.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Maya and Miguel, Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Interactive and fun activity to drill vocabulary related to sports, adventure and musical instruments. Children choose the language (English or Spanish). Engaging activity for ELL learners and students of Spanish.
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Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
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Quia

Quia: Have Fun: My Quia Activities and Quizzes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Have Fun is a collection of links to Quia games, activities, and quizzes covering a variety of language arts topics, such as analogies, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, sequencing, categorizing, compound words, grammar, sentences, and...
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National Museums Liverpool

Walker Art Gallery: Big Art Alphabet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn your alphabet by finding objects in famous works of art.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Memory Game: Identifying and Generating Rhming Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A game of "Memory" where the students flip over two cards at a time to try and match rhyming words. This site includes links to Rhyming Pictures to use to make the Memory cards.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: The Ship Is Loaded With: A Game Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A fun classroom game that helps students come up with words that rhyme with a word given to them by the teacher. Students sit in a circle, the instructor gives them a sentence and asks what word rhymes with the last word. Students raise...
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Avon Maitland: Getting Students Connected: Grade 5 English

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a variety of links to online language arts activities and games for 5th grade students. These include online books, games, activities and exercises to teach English skills interactively. Some content requires a free...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Go!

For Students K - 1st
This educational tool is for children in grades 3-5. Provides information on art, music, language arts, science, social studies, and more using games and videos.
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Ez Games: Games for Preschool Grade 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Contains a number of games appropriate for preschool through grade one that focus on developing vocabulary and spelling skills. Includes games that ask students to match rhyming words, match from memory, match pictures to words, and more.
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Haring Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site is dedicated to pop artist Keith Haring and it's all done in the style of his cartoon drawings. There are links Keith's biography, coloring pages, games, lessons, and more!
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Free Reading: Rhyme Rally Game: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A teacher-led activity teaching students to identify whether it contains rhyming words. This site also contains links to Rhyming Books.

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