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Figure of Speech
Examine the changing nature of language in the U.S. View and discuss excerpts from a PBS documentary with your class and then conduct Internet research, and complete a team project on the evolution of teen expressions.
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Segmenting and Blending Words
Students listen to words, then segment them into sounds, and hear sounds and blend them into words.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Word a Day
Students create a word bank of sight words. Each student creates his/her own personal word bank, and creates pictures to illustrate the word.
Curated OER
Rhyming Objects
Learners explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Learners utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...
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Slopes and the Equation of a Line
In this slope and the equation of a line worksheet, 9th graders solve 15 various types of problems that include determining the slope of a line segment and determining the equation of line when two points on the line are presented. They...
Curated OER
Phoneme Recognition Games
Students explore language arts by completing an in-class phonics activity. In this word structure activity, students utilize the Internet to identify the sounds that different letter combinations make. Students practice combining word...
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Identify Polygons: Algebra/Geometry Institute
Eighth graders classify geometric figures. In this polygon lesson, 8th graders identify given geometric figures. They compare and contrast different polygons. Students name line segments, identify parallel lines, and interesections. ...
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Adventure Writing: Oregon's Landscape as a Setting
Students identify geographical features of different regions encountered by migrants on the Oregon trail. Students research how the Oregon landscape may have affected life and 19th century westward migration. Students write a narrative...
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The Big Hit
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Down on the Farm: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 8)
Chants, rhymes, practice pages, picture, word, and punctation cards provide extra support for reading high-frequency words, substituting, blending, segmenting, and identifying phonemes in this Down on the Farm themed unit.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)
Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Advanced Phonics: Morpheme Structures, Compound Construction
A phonics lesson focuses on morpheme structures—compound words. Pairs choose letter cards, identify a compound word that starts with that letter and write it on a whiteboard. Extension opportunities include additional practice pages.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Sentence Game
How many words do you hear? As you introduce the way sentences are made up of words, this listening game offers an excellent independent practice opportunity. Kids take turns with a partner as they listen to a sentence twice, counting...
Children's Theatre of Cincinnati
A Charlie Brown Christmas Study Guide
Bring A Charlie Brown Christmas to social studies, language arts, math, science, and art class! Learners ponder the meaning of Christmas trees, write about Christmas during the original release of the television special, research holiday...
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Make a Word: Long U by Starfall
Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. For this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...
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Phonemic Awareness: Syllables
Count the syllables in your name, now count the syllables in your friend's name. Kids count syllables as they clap out and segment words. This activity is done as a whole class and has the potential of being highly engaging. The engaging...
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Word Family Activities and American Symbols
In this word family and American symbols learning exercise, students learn about word families and American symbols. They complete an activity in which they create real and nonsense words by combining sounds of the alphabet with 7...
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Blending Syllables Name Game
What a fun way to practice segmenting words into syllables! Engage learners by using their own names, spoken by Mico the puppet (or one of your favorites). Mico announces names slowly, syllable by syllable. If scholars have a...
Starfall
A Is For...
Fun from A to Z! Use a collection of alphabet worksheets to help kids practice their letters. Kids can color and trace each letter, and draw items from a word list to indicate each letter.
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Alphabet Organizer
Learners practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary lesson, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, learners organize their vocabulary words into an online "Alphabet Organizer"...
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Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Blending
This resource is more of a suggestion than a full lesson. It explains how young pre-readers can work with their teacher to practice blending phonemes to make words. The class watches the teacher as she says and orally segments a word...
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Write Sentences
These short sentences will give your budding writers practice printing whole words and leaving space between them. They copy two short sentences and are instructed to leave a finger space between words. Learners illustrate the first...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
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Measuring Distance
In this measurement worksheet, students practice drawing 7 specific geometrical lines in a circle. Students problem solve 1 word problem with 3 measurements involving distance.