Students study and analyze letter recognition of A-E. They are involved in drawing letters with hands and arms, sign language, phonics puzzles, computer lab practice on letters and the making of a small sound/letter book to be reinforced...

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students produce sounds associated with given letters and identify pictures that begin with given letters using "Kid's Pix Deluxe 3".

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. For this letter recognition lesson plan, students match letter sounds to a variety of pictures using the program "Kidspiration".

Students explore computer text. In this word processing and computer lesson, students practice changing color, font, and the size of their text with guided instruction from the teacher.

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom lesson plan, students identify upper case letters of the alphabet while relating them to a selection of literature.

Students practice writing words and brief sentences. In this phonics instructional activity, students write letters phonetically spelling the words legibly.

Save trees! Save graphite! Save ink! Go paperless! Make a list, mindmap, sketch an idea. Import, scale, rotate, and add text to images. Save content into books and share your creations. All this and more is yours with a free visual...

Watch young leaders as they totally rock this activity! Pupils partner up and set appointments with one another during the third in a series of 12 character-building lessons. Instructors call out the appointment time, then partners meet...

Young scholars recall details of nursery rhyme read by teacher, identify main characters, and demonstrate knowledge of poem by creating concept map about story that includes title, clip art, and changes in font and color.

Have your class play a game in which they practice identifying various keys on a keyboard by moving around on a body-sized model keyboard. Kids love this game!

First graders read "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" and use Kid Pix to identify characters from the story. In this character identification lesson, 1st graders first hear several versions of the classic tale, and then locate...

Second graders will create their own story and read it aloud. In this literacy/technology instructional activity, 2nd graders use computer software to create their own story, which is read back to them while they write it. Afterward, the...