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First Letter Changes

For Teachers K
Students use the books of Eric Carle to change the first letter in a word to see a new word. In this phonics lesson plan, students change the beginning letters in poems and books.
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Word Wizard

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make magic wands to become word wizards who add the magic "e" to word with cvc patterns. They make reading cards, and a multimedia presentation show the use of the word patterns.
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Ballet

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify word families and demonstrate a variety of ballet moves. They listen to the book "Angelina on Stage," and observe and demonstrate three ballet moves. Students then match a family word with other rhyming words,...
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Rhyming Words

For Teachers 4th
In this rhyming words worksheet, 4th graders complete activities such as circling rhyming words, writing rhyming words, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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Teaching Pronunciation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Using repetition, students communicate with the instructor by isolating the phrase or words to promote better pronunciation.
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils write down all short vowel sounds. They read their spelling words and attach them to each short vowel sound. They practice writing each spelling word under each short vowel sound that they have listed on their paper. They discuss...
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Rhyming Words: 2

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this rhyming words worksheet, learners write 3 rhyming words that rhyme with the words given to them. Students complete 5 rhyming problems.
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Rhyming Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this rhyming worksheet, students write 3 words that rhyme with the words given to them. Students write rhyming words for 5 words total.
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Rhyming Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this rhyming words activity, students examine the 5 listed words and identify 3 words that rhyme with each of the words listed.
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Alliteration

For Teachers 4th
In this alliteration worksheet, 4th graders write alliterations with their first names, find rhyming patterns in poems, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Phonics Word Search #35- Rhyming Words That End With -ill

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this rhyming words worksheet, students locate 12 rhyming words that end with -ill that are hidden in a word search puzzle. They locate words such as chill, still, quill, and drill.
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Phonics Word Search #34 Rhyming Words That End With -est

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this rhyming words worksheet, students locate 12 rhyming words that end with -est that are hidden in a word search puzzle. They locate words such as chest, pest, west, and jest.
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Play Ball Ya'll!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the /awl/ phoneme. They examine the /awl/ sound and how to make the sound themselves. They say /awl/ tongue twisters and use letterboxes to write several 'all' words. They read stories with the /awl/ sound.
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Mother Goose on the Loose: Teaching Reading and Writing in a Way That's Exciting

For Teachers K
Students become familiar with the conventions of print as they recognize Mother Goose poems. In this Mother Goose lesson, students follow the words from left to right as they read Mother Goose poems. Students recognize rhyming words and...
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Let's Write Around the World

For Teachers K
Students participate in an ongoing writing project about the seven world continents. In this continents writing lesson, students work on an interactive game to write about the seven continents. Students locate the continents on the map....
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Hunter Model 2

For Teachers K
Students produce the long sounds in the initial position of words making silly soup.
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Scary A-a-a-a!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter a in order to recognize it, say its /a/ sound, and write it. They pretend to be scared and say, "Aaaa" before reciting a tongue twister. Next, they practice writing the letter and listen to a read aloud of "A...
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Ugly Bug/Snuggly Bug

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate an understanding of rhyming words by creating buggy pictures and a sentence containing rhyming words. They listen to the story, 'Creepy Beetles,' then engage in an activity where they identify the rhyming words.
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Daily Oral Language Activities: Idioms

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the use of idioms. In this vocabulary and reading lesson plan, 3rd graders explore what idioms are and make their own idiom cards to help them understand the use idioms in language.
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Got the Giggles

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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The Three Little Kittens

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice their performing arts by acting out a story in class. In this visual storytelling lesson, students read the story Three Little Kittens in class and discuss the actions of the story. Students read aloud the story again...
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A Seed for All Needs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify uses for plants. In this agricultural lesson, students read the book Spring Gardening and distinguish between food plants and flowers. Students plant flower in cups as a follow-up activity.
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Teaching Language Arts with Sayings and Phrases

For Teachers K
Students complete a unit to learn sayings and phrases that help them understand language art concepts. In this sayings and phrases lesson, students complete 11 lessons that use common sayings and phrases to teach language art concepts...
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Nasreddin Hodja - Turkish and Middle Eastern Folklore Philosopher

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read a readers theater written by Nasreddin Hodja. In this Nasreddin Hodja lesson plan, 3rd graders learn about the philosopher and participate in one of his reader's theaters.