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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Songwriting for Beginning Letter Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great resource for teachers. This lesson plan uses songs and singing as a guide for young scholars in learning letter names and beginning consonant sounds. Students in first and second grade can extend this lesson by creating new...
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TES Global

Tes: When Do We Use Capital Letters? Poster?

For Students 2nd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Capitalization rules are provided on this visually-appealing poster. Students will find reminders about capitalizing the pronoun I, beginnings of sentences, names, abbreviations, and abbreviations.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Playing Name Bingo With

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for two lessons of get-to-know-you activities that use a Name Bingo Game to help learners break the ice with each other. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: State Names

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students use multiple representations to display how many times the letters of the alphabet is used in a state name. Concepts explored: stem and leaf, box and whisker plots, histograms.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: The Alphabetic Principle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Children's knowledge of letter names and shapes is a strong predictor of their success in learning to read. Knowing letter names is strongly related to children's ability to remember the forms of written words and their ability to treat...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Alphabet Fishing (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
This site has a cute game young young scholars will enjoy playing to review letter recognition. Students "go fishing" for letters. For each letter they "catch" they must tell what the letter is and a sound it makes.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Interactive Map: Manhattan in 1609: Dutch New York

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Dutch New York through this historical interactive map and learn what wildlife, landscape, and people lived there in 1609 compared with today. Click on 'Interactives' for additional resources, e.g., a 1626 letter from Peter...
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Other

Design a Study: How to Teach Handwriting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Very specific advice on teaching the skill of handwriting to young children. Making correct letters, making letters the same size, and the slant of the letters are all stressed.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: K Act. 01: Kindergarten Exploration Tubs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Early childhood students will develop their understanding of language, letters, numbers, sequencing, print concepts, and phonics. Students will investigate assorted tubs that are filled with items and picture books associated with names,...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180:gee, You're So Beautiful That It's Starting to Rain

For Students 9th - 10th
In this poem, a love letter is devoted to a girl named Marcia and is told of wonderful things the poet hopes she learns.

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