Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 8 - Open Syllables
Just like scholars plug something in to close a circuit, they must plug a consonant onto a word to make closed syllables. Help learners distinguish between open and closed syllables with a series of activities that emphasize open...
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Going on a Paper Hunt: Nouns, Adjectives, Letter Writing and Science - Properties of Paper
A lesson introduces scholars to nouns and adjectives. After listening to a short story and practicing creating adjectives with a card sort, pupils go on a paper hunt to locate different types of paper, complete a chart with adjectives,...
Illustrative Mathematics
High Blood Pressure
Does watching TV increase one's blood pressure? Assess student understanding of how study design dictates whether a conclusion of causation is warranted. Use this as a prompt for a small group or whole class discussion, or as a part of a...
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Echo Me! - A Melodic Dictation and Tonal Memory Game
Students demonstrate five-finger hand positions (C, G, D, etc.) by playing short melodic phrases using only those notes in the given position and creating short melodies. Requires a networked keyboard lab.
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Dictation
In this listening worksheet, students click on the links and listen to the sentences and write down what they hear with correct punctuation. Students write 8 sentences total.
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Conversation Pictures-- Dictation 3
In this language arts worksheet, students practice giving concise and clear oral directions as they receive a picture (keeping it secret) and describe to a partner how to draw the scene.
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Picture Dictations 2
In this language arts worksheet, students practice giving clear and descriptive directions. Students collaborate in pairs. One person has the secret picture and describes the scene while the other person draws. Roles are then reversed.
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Making Shapes
Here is a nice way to explore shapes with your little ones. Get well cards are made by painting one half of a piece of paper, folding it in half, and having the design copy itself in a mirror image on the other half of the paper. They...
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Kooky Kooking
There are lots of learning opportunities built into a cooking activity. Here is one that has kids dictate their own versions of real recipes. The emphasis is on having fun with this, so some of the recipes may look a bit strange! Pupils...
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If I Were President
Children discuss voting and the presidency. They make a picture of what they would do as president and dictate a caption. The class then votes on the snack they would like to eat that day. This presents many wonderful learning...
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Describer-Drawer Game
What's life with out a little fun and games now and then? This game helps kids practice many different skill sets. Child one takes a card then attempts to dictate how to draw the object to child two. Child two draws an object based on...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
Give your emerging readers practice with the -igh ending. This resource provides three different approaches to cement the rule. First they take dictation from you to form a word bank. Then they unscramble the words. Finally, they write...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
Practice using and spelling the -ful ending. Learners take dictation from you to create a word bank of six words with the -ful suffix. Then they unscramble the words. Finally, they write an original sentence for each word that must be...
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Irregular Past Simple
Learners practice, through repetition, the past tense forms of the irregular verbs teach, wear, win, and write. It is an interactive online resource, so have your elementary fast finishers in the computer lab work on it while you help...
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Strategy for Spelling Success Instant Activity
Second graders write to dictated sentences. In this high-use words spelling assessment, 2nd graders respond to three dictated sentences. Following the assessment lesson, students self-check the sentences and respond to a question on...
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Please, Take A Message
Students identiry which information is important to capture when dictating a telephone message. In pairs, students practice dictating and recording telephone messages using a dedicated telephone message pad. This lesson is intended for...
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Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Students dictate a story to the teacher. They practice key vocabulary. They be exposed to the language experience approach to writing. They watch a video as a listening exercise.
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Hatched From An Egg
Students discover how animals are born/hatched. In this life science instructional activity, students listen to a book entitled Chickens Aren't The Only Ones, and discuss animals that are hatched or born. Students receive a picture of...
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Vocabulary Words Using Two Consonant Rule 3
In this recognizing words spelled with the two consonant rule worksheet, students write from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words coffee, pepper, distance, sandwich, address, and number. Students write eighteen...
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Vocabulary Words With Short i 3
In this recognizing words with the short i pronunciation worksheet, students write from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words sink, cliff, ribbon, listen, build, and written. Students write eighteen answers.
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Vocabulary Words With "oi" and "oy"
In this vocabulary words with "oi" and "oy" spellings worksheet, students spell from dictation, unscramble, and write in sentences the words choice, spoil, oyster, coin, voice, and poison. Students write eighteen answer.
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Vocabulary Words With Final-e-Rule
In this vocabulary words spelled using the final-e rule learning exercise, students spell from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words huge, strange, continue, race, chose, and include. Students write eighteen answers.
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Vocabulary Building: AR and UR Words 3
In this recognizing words spelled with "ar" and "ur" worksheet, students spell from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words March, market, marble, farther, further, and burnt. Students write eighteen answers.
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Vocabulary Building: Final -E Rule 3
In this recognizing words spelled with the final-e rule worksheet, 2nd graders spell from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words scale, airplane, froze, hole, whole, and awhile. Students write eighteen answers.
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