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A Seal Who Loves Peaches and Cream

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students decode correspondence in order to become better, fluent readers. When the letters e and a are put together they make the E sound. They become more fluent readers through listening for a correspondence in speech, in text, and...
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Reading Recall

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the vowe-consonant-e pattern in association with reading fluently. After identifying the changes made to a phoneme when the letter e is added at the end of the word, 2nd graders practice reading a phonetically...
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Signs of Mine

For Teachers K
In this reading and life skills lesson, students practice recognizing common signs that would see around town and at school. Examples are, stop signs, exit signs, etc. After a class discussion where examples are given, students tour the...
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Publishing a Group Book

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine various alphabet books. They write several sentences for their assigned letter of the alphabet, type them onto a word processing program, and create an illustration for a class alphabet book.
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Reading Our Neighborhood

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore their environment and what they can read. In this instructional activity about signs, letters, and pictures in the neighborhood, students will observe what they see around them. Students walk around and take pictures of...
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Saving Hawaii

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars engage in a lesson about the a proposal for a sanctuary in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They write a letter to the President of The United States in opposition to the proposal based upon classroom activities and...
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Cinco De Mayo Spelling Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling worksheet, students recognize how to spell words related to Cinco De Mayo. Students are given twelve words where they must fill in the missing letter of the word.
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete an getting to know each other activity. In this personal names instructional activity, students play a name game, read a book about names, and then discuss why names are important. Students design a name card on oak tag...
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Introduce Contractions

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners are introduced to contractions and their function as apostrophes. In this contraction lesson plan, students recall the word "it's" on the board. Learners then sound out the word and recognize that he apostrophe is...
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Mapping Your Local Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a walking tour of their community to discover the names of numbered locations on a premade map. They then, create their own map of the community on the computer using Kidspiration software.
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School-Home Links: Spelling Sight Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sight word worksheet, students read 7 sight words, say each letter, cover and spell, then uncover and check spelling. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent and student upon completion.
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Spelling Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this spelling worksheet, students recognize the spelling of certain words. Students are to find the missing letter in fifteen words in order to complete each word.
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ABC Community Walk

For Teachers K
Students listen to several stories about cities and different types of communities. They take a walk in their city to identify unique characteristics. They create an alphabet book using people or features of their own community to go...
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Aaaachew!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the /a/ sound and identify the short /a/ sound in words. They read a tongue twister which emphasizes the short /a/ sound, and then practice writing a's. They then listen as the teacher reads "A Cat Nap" and write an...
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Cotton and Cabbage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers note how given traits could be achieved by selective breeding and by transgenesis. They identify different uses of GEO. Students recognize that the use of letters (Bt) before an organism's name means that the organism has...
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words

For Students K - 1st
In this reading words worksheet, students practice reading the common words from the list from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then make flash cards of the words and practice again. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Left-to-Right Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Left-to-right, left-to-right, that's the way we read and write! Watch this short video clip and teach your young learners this chant before they start writing! 
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Pumpkin Carving Sequencer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization lesson, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Students then click and drag...
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Reading and Writing in the Right Direction

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Beginning writers practice writing and reading from left to right using green and red dots. You'll need notecards with a green dot on the left side and a red dot on the right side. Do your learners understand that print moves from left...
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Beat the Heat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 1: Short E

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of six words that all contain the sound of short vowel E. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities.
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Peg and Hen

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars navigate a website to practice the short e sound.  In this short e sound instructional activity, students read a story on Starfall and complete practice with the short e sound.
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Short Vowels

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners will create a list of short vowel sound words and participate in computer phonics activities to practice. They will read an interactive storybook online. Next, they will complete words in order to better understand short vowel...
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Beginning Consonant Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young readers practice their beginning consonant sounds. Solid worksheets prompt students to practice their consonant in fun ways. These worksheets use Clifford the Big Red Dog as a theme, and give the kids excellent and colorful practice.