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You Won't Believe Your Eyes!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils gain a basic understanding of the sense of sight. They watch a video on sight, then engage in some vocabulary games, and perform some simple experiments which focus on the basics of sight.
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Rapid Reading

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars review sight recognition and blending by using an index card with one of the words from the word wall on it. They read a story aloud as a class and hold up their card when they hear their word and sing a song that allows...
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Introduction to Dolch Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to Dolch words. In this reading improvement instructional activity, 1st graders use Dolch words to review beginning and ending sounds, consonant blends and sight words.
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Growing Eyeballs

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students investigate vision and the anatomy of the human eye. They complete a Webquest, watch a video about the structure of the eye, take an online quiz, answer discussion questions, and read newspaper articles about activities that...
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Mechanism of Our Eyes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the eye as the organ of vision, They look at a drawing of the eyes and study the names of the parts. While working with a partner, they observe what happens when the lights are turned lower and lower. Finally, they look at...
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Chance

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars practice sight words using the Dolch vocabulary lists.  In this sight word lesson, students are engaged in a whole class game that allows every student to practice reading Dolch words off index cards.  Young...
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The Senses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore activities involving the five senses. They describe objects by touch and participate in craft corners using sand, rice, and blocks. They taste various foods and use their sight to find missing objects. They practice...
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Find the Target Word Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sight word worksheet, students read a sight word in all capital letters, followed by a sentence. Students find the word in the sentence, circle it and practice reading the sentence. There are 5 sentences on the page.
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100 Most Common English Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sight word worksheet, students practice saying and writing 100 most common English words. The words are written in DeNelian cursive, each in a separate box.
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Locating Words

For Teachers K
Students locate various basic sight words in an article or a story. They read the word list/worksheet, and independently locate and circle each word from the list on the article.
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Apple Picking

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils practice reading Dolch words using an apple theme.  In this sight word lesson, students play an apple picking game that allows them to practice reading several Dolch words.  Pupils play this game frequently to ensure...
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Please and Now

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this please and now worksheet, students trace the words please and now and put them into sentences. Students trace the words 3 x each and put them into 2 sentences.
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Internet Leaders Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 5th
In this leaders scavenger hunt worksheet, students research 10 different leaders important to history. First, they read each questions to determine who they need to search for using the Internet. Then, students write their response in a...
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Bingo!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a game to identify word wall words. For this decoding lesson, students play a variation of the game "BINGO" and identify sight words on the word wall.
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Density Laboratory Gizmo

For Students 4th - 6th
In this mass worksheet, students fill in a chart with different items and their volume, whether they float or sink, and their density. Students complete this for 10 items and answer 6 multiple choice mass questions.
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Visions of Liberty

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of Lady Liberty.  In this Statue of Liberty lesson, students discover what she stands for and why she looks the way she does.  Students also discover how copper oxidizes and changes color. 
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Sound for Sight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study echolocation and understand how dolphins use it to locate prey, escape predators, and navigate their environment. They view a video, "In the Wild-Dolphins with Robin Williams" and see first hand how dolphins communicate. ...
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Compound Word List

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Never run out of compound words to teach your pupils by keeping this list nearby! All 16 pages are made up of lists of words organized alphabetically.
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Five Senses Sorting Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Hone your senses with a fun educational game. Learners match pictures to each of the five senses before spinning a makeshift wheel, and matching their senses to their spin. 
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Twisted Vision

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain polarization vision and why some animals have it while others do not. They examine the reasons why it would be helpful for marine organisms to have polarized light.
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Sight Words on a Snowy Evening

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read various poems by Robert Frost. In groups, they use the text of one poem to identify sight words that are new to them. As a class, they listen to a recording of the poem and then repeating it outloud practicing their...
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Fulfilling the Visions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate the economic implications of public programs to improve transportation. They become familiar with the visions that were articulated for both the Erie Canal and Interstate Highway System.
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Cloze Passage: Our Sense of Sight

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze learning exercise, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is about the sense of sight.
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Matching Words and Pictures, A to Z

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this matching words and pictures, A to Z worksheet, students match words to pictures for every letter of the alphabet, printable either in black and white or color version.