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Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land - International Phonetic Alphabet
Learners research the uses and symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. They complete a worksheet to translate and transcribe phrases of English into the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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The Doubling Rule
Students practice the rule for doubling the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix.  Through guided practice and class discussion, they identify the spelling patterns that require letter doubling.  Students practice doubling by...
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Beginning letters
In this beginning letters worksheet, students write the beginning letters for 3 letter words by looking at their pictures. Students complete 5 words.
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Words That Rhyme
Students identify rhyming words. In this word study lesson, students review the concept of rhyming by following examples written on the board. Students circle the words that rhyme in each group. A worksheet is included as a follow-up...
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Rhyming Words
In this rhyming words worksheet, learners read four words in a row; three rhyme and one does not. Students underline the word in each of the 7 rows that does not rhyme.
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Rhyming Words
In this rhyming words worksheet, students read a word and then select, from the next 4 words, which does not rhyme with the first word. There are 7 questions on this worksheet.
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Color Picture/Word Match
Students match colors to the color words that they represent and complete a matching puzzle to go with it. In this colors lesson plan, students put the puzzle together to match up the colors.
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Where's My Name?
Students identify their name in print by picking it out of the group and attaching it to a picture of themselves. In this name lesson plan, students use print letters to focus on and identify their own name.
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Speedy, Speedy Students Reading Fast
Students review basic reading decoding.  Given books at their independent reading level, they read independently and with several different partners to increase reading fluency. They see how many more words per minute they can read after...
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Ii is for Igloo
For this printing worksheet, students form the upper and lowercase letter Ii. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter Ii.
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Uu is for Umbrella
In this printing worksheet, learners form the upper and lowercase letter U. Students also color in two pictures that begin with the letter U.
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Ii is for Igloo
In this literacy instructional activity, learners look at the formation of the letter I and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Uu is for Umbrella
For this printing practice learning exercise, students learn to form both upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter u. Students trace several examples before generating their letters in the boxes.
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Shhh!!! I'm Reading!
Students practice reading silently decodable texts in this lesson plan.  They discuss the importance of being able to read silently.  They then practice silently reading "Wemberly Worried."  An assessment/checklist is included in this...
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The Indefinite and Definite Article- Explanation and Practice Exercises
In this language arts learning exercise, students read  about the proper use of the definite and indefinite articles. They complete 28 sentences showing the proper use of the articles, and complete a model paragraph using the proper...
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Tornadoes
Students research tornadoes. For this weather lesson, students construct a KWL chart on tornadoes and view the video National Geographic-Tornadoes. Students discuss the facts they learned from the film and complete the KWL chart.
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Soft Syllable Endings
Sixth graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this grammar lesson, 6th graders discuss what a list of words have in common. Students complete a crossword puzzle focusing on words with soft syllable endings.
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Initial Consonant Clusters 3
In this ESL worksheet, students analyze word and picture cards.  The worksheet focuses on using consonant blends tr, pr, dr, and gr at the onset of words.  Students also practice reading words that contain "ee" and "ry."
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Hop To It
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for H. They practice writing the letter H and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /h/. They associate the phoneme /h/ with its letter representation and identify it as the...
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Initial Consonant Clusters
In this literacy learning exercise, students look for the words that correlate to the pictures that are listed. They are all words that are consonant clusters.
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Take Me to Your Reader
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression.  They listen to the teacher read different sentences with and without expression and discuss the differences.  Next, in pairs they take turns reading...
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Words That End in "--tch"
In this language arts worksheet, students investigate words that end with "--tch." Students read a 2 page story about an angry wife who ends up at her own surprise birthday party. Students mark the "--tch" words. Then students complete a...
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Please Read Politely!
Students, through teacher modeling and independent practice, discover the concept of silent reading. They read a selection aloud, in a whisper, silently, but with lips moving and finally silently without lips moving.  They answer...
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I Can't Hear You
Students practice reading silently to become better readers. They each read a copy of the book, "Mr. Cricket takes a Vacation," from Carousel Readers. Each student explains why if everyone read aloud in class how distracting it would be...