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The Tudors: Who, What, When and Why

For Teachers 6th - 8th
It may sound like the making of a daytime soap opera, but it isn't. It is a timeline that describes the many wives, struggles, kings, queens, and explorers that made up the Tudor Dynasty. You can click on the timeline to progress through...
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Long Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Multiplying two-digit numbers together can be confusing for many learners. This clear presentation does a good job of showing each of the steps, and explaining why the steps are taken, to young mathematicians. The presentation takes one...
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Introduce: Prediction

For Teachers K - 3rd
What will happen next? Leave readers at a cliffhanger as they practice prediction strategies while listening to a story. Pupils start by making guesses based on the book's cover and title, discussing the techniques they use to make these...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of challenge activities. The surprise comes from the information your scholars will discover when researching topics such as alligators and crocodiles, living in other countries, becoming a...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Problem Solvers: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 4th Standards
When it comes to reading and understanding a text, sometimes readers need extra help. The third and final resource in a series of guides to accompany Theme 4: Problem Solvers provides additional activities to help struggling learners....
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NOAA

The Incredible Carbon Journey: Play the Carbon Journey Game

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Class members explore the carbon cycle in the final installment of the 10-part Discover Your Changing World series. They play a simulation game where they walk through the steps carbon takes as it cycles through the different layers...
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Reading a Classic Novel

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Charles Dickens offers an excellent example of sensory writing in this reading comprehension worksheet. Learners read excerpts from the novel Hard Times in which he describes the New England industrial city of Coketown. They...
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Similes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Similes are a great way to get your writers thinking about descriptive details. They read a brief explanation which covers clichés and the general wording of a simile. Then, learners try a few on their own. First, they complete nine...
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What Really Caused the Great Depression?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Falling wages. Rising unemployment. Falling prices. Sound familiar? Young economists look at the role the US banking system had in causing the Great Depression.
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University of California

The Vietnam War (1945 – 1975)

For Teachers 11th Standards
Have you ever wanted to do something so perfectly you wound up not doing it well at all? Young historians use primary and secondary documents to analyze the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The issues surrounding the...
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US Holocaust Museum

Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Hiding in the filth of a sewer, as a child, to avoid capture by Nazi soldiers—sounds scary! Scholars investigate the youngest victims of the Holocaust, the children. They research video clips and written sources from the Holocaust...
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Reed Novel Studies

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Film Study

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
According to John Betjeman, "Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows." With The Boy in the Striped Pajamas film study, scholars work in small groups to discuss the quote and other...
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School-Home Links

For Students K - 1st
In this letter sounds worksheet, learners look at each letter in the words and make all of the sounds. Students say the sounds quickly and then say the word.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

What's My Sound?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students follow a power point presentation to practice the sounds each letter of the alphabet make. For this 'what's my sound' lesson, students apply word recognition strategies and demonstrate listening and comprehension skills to build...
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Beginning Sounds-What sound does each picture begin with?

For Teachers K
Students view a multimedia presentation to identify beginning sounds.  In this phonics lesson, students recognize beginning sounds.  Students navigate a website for addition phonics sounds.
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Identifying Phonemes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this phonemes worksheet, students break apart 20 words into their phonetic sounds. Students categorize the words into two groups: words with the sound in "fool" or words with the sound in "play".
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Making Words OG

For Students K - 1st
In these word sounds worksheets, students create a mini-book for words that have the -og sound. Students write the words dog, fog, job, hog, log, and frog.
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Build it Up

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice spelling words through by blending sounds with a focus on short vowels i and a. Through matching and listening activities, 1st graders replace initial and final sounds to create words they decode and read.
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Segmenting and Blending Words

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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Excellent Elephants

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /e/ by repeating the words "excellent elephants" several times to determine the proper sound. They make words using Elkonin letterboxes before listening to a book talk for the book "Pen Pals." Next, they read the book...
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Long ee or ea

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice spelling words with the long e sounds using ee or ea. In this ee or ea lesson plan, students complete words using the ee or ea pattern, identify rhyming words, and write a rhyming poem using ee words. Using word and...
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Sheepish Ee

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine how "ee" makes the /E/ sound using Elkonin boxes and letter manipulatives. While reciting an e rhyme they practice saying the long /e/ sound before reading a story which contains long e words. Finally, they complete a...
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My Favorite Things

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen to the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. In this singing lesson, 4th graders discuss the words of the song and also find where the note goes upward. Students write down what their favorite things are.
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Initial Ss Blends

For Students K - 1st
In this beginning blends worksheet, students practice listening for the initial blends. They circle the correct sounds for the beginning blend - middle vowel - and final sound. They write the word that names each of 8 pictures.

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