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Word Wheel
Cut both wheels out of the learning exercise and pin them together to create a word wheel. Turn either wheel to create new words like jet, bet, wet, and set!
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Imaginary Words
Oh, what fun! Young logophiles and neologists create a dictionary-sounding definition for imaginary words and try to fool their classmates.
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Poetry Reading: Analysis Worksheet
Explore poetry by reading the poem "The Walloping Window Blind" by Charles E. Carryl, and completing an analysis with your class. The activity provides the entire poem, a graphic organizer to help with summarizing and paraphrasing, and...
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Let's Sing, Read, and Write
Learners sing and read the old favorite song Wheels on the Bus, and write new song text for a poster and a class book.
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Transport and Dialect
Cultivating an interest in native dialects and how they differ from Standard English is an excellent introduction to the study of language. This resource looks at the dialectic words of the British Isles that are used for methods of...
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Using a Dictionary-Sounds
Figuring out how to pronounce unfamiliar words can be tricky. Learners use the dictionary to determine the beginning and ending sounds of words and then answer four multiple choice questions that test their understanding of these sounds.
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Street Safety
Students explore fire safety rules through a variety of teacher-led activities. For this safety lesson, students choose appropriate felt board pieces as they listen to My Car by Byron Barton. Seat belt and car seat safety, as well as...
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The Broken Car
Students recognize the phoneme /b/. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the phoneme /b/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Spellbound #3
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 20 clues, choose the answer from a word bank and complete a crossword puzzle. There is no theme for the puzzle; it just features interesting trivia.,
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Forming Relationships Using Music & Rhythm
Students make connections to other cultures and traditions through music, dance, art, and poetry.