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Beginning and Ending Sounds

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the beginning and ending sounds of words. In this phonological awareness instructional activity, 1st graders use picture cards for one syllable words and pronounce each word. Students match other picture cards with...
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Put Me in My Place: Using Alphanumeric Grids to Locate Places

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice locating points on a large wall grid and create and label a neighborhood map. For this geography lesson, students spell and discuss places as the teacher places them on the map. They discuss the concept of an...
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Spreading Kindness All Around

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars donate items to organization to demonstrate kindness. In this kindness lesson plan, students read many books and discuss how the characters in each one demonstrate kindness, and then they themselves donate to charities.
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Using a Writing Workshop

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students observe modeling of the writing workshop. In this writing workshop lesson, students understand that the writing workshop will be taught throughout the year and each lesson will be a segment which will be discussed.
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Trucks and Community Workers

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify community helpers and their roles. In this transportation lesson, 1st graders complete a series of lessons integrating technology and literacy. Students decode sounds of short u, c/s/ and g/j/ words and improve...
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R-e-l-a-t-i-o-n-s-h-i-p-s

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders combine letters to make several short words. They create word families and discuss letter patterns and make one word from all the letters at the end of the lesson.
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Musical Chair Review

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play a simple game designed to reinforce letter names, sounds or sight words. They walk in a circle as music plays, and stop in front of a chair when the music stops. Each chair has a letter or sight word that the child must...
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Reading in Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read along with their parents to promote their own reading and fluency. In this reading lesson plan, students look at picture books and follow along with their finger.
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Little Words Are Hiding Inside!

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice finding smaller words inside larger ones. In this spelling lesson, 1st graders write smaller words that they find in larger ones. They look at words such as water and write a list of words within. They use the...
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Spelling Success: ends with el

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders come up with a word that ends with the "el" sound for every letter of the alphabet. In this spelling lesson plan, 4th graders use all 26 letters to come up with these words.
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Homophones

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students draw a sketch of each homophone and write sentences with homophones in them. In this homophones lesson plan, students also match homophones in a picture form.
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Spelling With Double Letters

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice spelling words with double letters. For this spelling lesson, students read a rhyme chorally and identify the words with double letters. Students complete a instant activity worksheet to practice spelling their words...
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Word Building with Suffixes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a worksheet. For this suffixes lesson, 5th graders dictate words, write words and write words without suffixes. Students complete a worksheet where they build words with suffixes.
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Words Ending in Soft g

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a worksheet. In this sound identification lesson, 5th graders distinguish between a soft g and a hard g sound and identify words with each. Students complete a worksheet where they write and identify words with...
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Two Letters, One Sound

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders spell double-letter words.  In this spelling lesson, 8th graders practice pronouncing words that contain double consonants.  Students examine words with one or more sets of double letters, and discuss the proper...
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Homophones and Rhyming Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore homophones. In this spelling pattern lesson, 1st graders are led through a discussion on homophones and words that rhyme with homophones. The teacher leads the class in sorting these rhyming words based upon their...
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Word Parts and Suffixes

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a worksheet. In this word parts lesson, 1st graders brainstorm words with the same endings and discuss which words the suffix "s" can be added to. Students complete a worksheet.
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
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Weekly Reading Test

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students write the words that their teacher says out loud. Students find the word by reading it, and then write it down. They also write a sentence.
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Short Vowel I Activity #2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short i activity, students circle the word in a pair that has the short i sound, then write the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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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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Sight Word Line-Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use sight words to correctly line up. They are given a card and are to match it up with the set taped to the floor. They read each card and show it to the class before they move to their destination.
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Color Recognition Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Pupils study color words. In this math lesson, students complete a variety of activities on the computer in which they identify colors and color words.