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Fun With Graphs

For Teachers 1st
First graders read about making graphs and lean how to make graphs using "The Graph Club" software.
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Alphabet Books

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars work with a partner from a different grade level to brainstorm, draft, edit, illustrate and publish alphabet-themed books. They take turns reading the books to each other and conference with a teacher to review their work.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

What's My Sound?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners follow a power point presentation to practice the sounds each letter of the alphabet make. In this 'what's my sound' instructional activity, students apply word recognition strategies and demonstrate listening and comprehension...
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Sesame Street Letter Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study the letters of the alphabet, explore different shapes, rhyme, and listen to the different sounds of the alphabet to help them sound out words and begin elementary level reading.
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Curated OER

Independent - To Be or Not Top Be - Day 3, Lesson F: Coming to Terms

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders develop vocabulary through the study of the American Revolution.
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Curated OER

Whoo Knew There Were Owls

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students research information on owls using the Internet and Kidspiration. They work in groups to create a poster which includes habitat, diet and life cycle and present to the class.
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Good Enough To Eat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the five food groups. In groups, they place different foods into the correct section of the Food Pyramid. Using different types of technology, they create one page of a class ABC book sharing what they know...
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Icky Sticky Mess

For Teachers K
Students practice sounding out and writing the letter "i." They listen for the "i" sound in phrases the teacher says. The students then practice writing the upper and lower case letter "i." Finally, they listen to the book "Liz is...
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Curated OER

Pumpkin Writing Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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Curated OER

Wheat Berry Sprouts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students prepare a wheat berry sprouts sandwich and discuss digraphs.  In this wheat berry sprouts lesson, students circle the digraphs in the recipe for the wheat berry sprouts sandwich.
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Reading a Map

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with the vocabulary and skills related to mapping.  In this guided reading lesson, 3rd graders find proper nouns on from the map.  Students read Goldilocks.  Students make a map...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Dr. Seuss's Sound Words Playing With Phonics and Spelling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about sound and letters using Dr. Seuss's "Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?" In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Phonics Through Literature Learning About the Letter M

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for lessons that teach about the letter M using a "Mystery Box" filled with items starting with M and the books "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and "Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree" by Eileen Christelow. In...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tap and Say an Activity for Segmenting Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
You can add a phonemic awareness activity to your phonics lessons each day and it will only add a few extra minutes to your lessons. You also don't need to buy expensive manipulatives for your students to use. There are lots of low-cost...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This online lesson uses an interactive activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. The words for this lesson are taken from the book "Chrysanthemum," by Kevin Henkes....
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A big green monster helps learners build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Tic Tac Toe; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A letter sound version of Tic Tac Toe that students play with partners. Before they can take their turn, they must draw a letter and give three words that begin with that letter. Their partner must give them a thumbs up before they can...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A quick alphabet game for the whole class. Students stand in a circle and throw a beanbag to each other. When they catch it, they must say a word that begins with the letter given. Continue this in alphabetical order.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Give Me Five; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An exciting game to build students' understanding and accuracy of producing words that begin with the same letter. Students sit in a circle and the teacher says the sound of the letter. One student must pass a bean bag around the circle...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Egg Carton Game; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A small group game to build students' abilities to identify letters and their sounds. A student shakes an egg carton, opens it to see where a chip landed, and says the letter and its sound.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Connect 4 Words: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A reading game based on "Connect 4" that will build student's abilities to say the name and sound of a letter and find a word beginning with that sound.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Letter Ring Game: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A fun, unique version of the game "Ring Around the Rosie" that builds the students' accuracy in identifying letters, sounds, and words that begin with that letter. A link to printable letter cards is provided on this site as well.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Whole to Parts Phonics Instruction: Letter Sound Correspondences

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that use the whole-to-parts phonics approach to beginning reading. It uses onset and rime to group word families and spelling patterns to show sounds in context. In addition to objectives and standards,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Phonics in Context

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for a lesson that teaches students the letter-sound relationship for the short /u/ sound using the book "Umbrella" by Taro Yashima. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...

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