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Don't Make that Baby Cry

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the short "a" sound in words by examining the mouth movements made when making the sound. They practice making the sound by pretending they are making baby sounds. Next, they recite a tongue twister that contains a number...
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Long Vowel A

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vowels instructional activity, students recognize the long vowel A. Students look at one word containing the long vowel A and then look at six other words with their pictures circle the ones that have the long vowel A.
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Beginning Reading Lesson: Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter sound recognition for the /a/ by recognizing the sound one makes when they sneeze. They use a chart with a tongue twister on it and work with letterboxes and manipulative letters that focus on words with the...
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Bump on the Head

For Teachers K
Students discuss as a class if they have ever had a bump on the head and started crying and said /a/. They pretend they have hit their head and say the /a/ stretching it out and try a tongue twister containing the sound and write the...
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School-Home Links: Correct Words in Context

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word usage worksheet, students read several word pairs of words that sound and are spelled similarly. Students then place the correct word to complete the sentence. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Bob and the Frogs Hop on Logs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the /o/ sound. They recite tongue twisters and practice writing words with the /o/ sound. They read a story and choose /o/ words from the story...
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Just Vowels - Around Derby, UK

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students fill in the missing vowel sounds to complete the words for suburbs and villages located around Derby, UK. Students complete 20 examples.
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Gingerbread Phonological Awareness Pictures: Syllables

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this syllables worksheet, students say the name of the horse, fox, gingerbread man, and stove. Students listen to the phonological sounds and syllables in the words.
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Your Local Area

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the meaning of regional differences as they study a survey written about the different ways people like to eat chips and design and make a poster to show what makes their area unique.
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Alf's Song

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to and practice the musical concept of sound and how it is produced. They assess how to distinguish their singing voices from other voices like whispering, talking, etc. Each student differentiates between singing...
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School-Home Links: Spelling Longer Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, learners read ten different longer words. Students choose four of the words from the list and write them on the lines and then write a short sentence for each word.
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Frog and Toad Are Confusing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the similiarties and differences between a frog and a toad. In groups, they compare and contrast them and identify distinguishing characteristics of each. They watch a video on the animals and answer...
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Identifying Musical Instruments

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify different musical instruments.  In this music appreciation lesson, 1st graders discover the different groups and sounds of instruments while learning their names as well.  Students write about an...
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Animal Signs

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Young scholars discuss the many different types of animal signs that can be used to identify and track animals. They participate in an hands-on activity in which they examine tracks, trails, homes, territory markings, and even "scat"...
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Hearing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how the sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Sound can produce patterns.
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High or Low

For Students 9th - 12th
In this wave properties worksheet, students will experiment to see how the sound made by vibrating a ruler is affected by the length of the part that is vibrating. Then students will answer 5 questions based on the results of the...
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Make a Word: Long U by Starfall

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U instructional activity, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the...
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Vacuuming the V's

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students exercise the skill of phoneme awareness with vocal gestures to create the sound of /v/. They review the way to print the letter "V," how to form the /v/ sound and create a hand gesture to help them recall the vocal gesture of...
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Lesson Plans for Sweet Dreams: How Animals Sleep

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the sleeping patterns and sleeping habitats of animals. In this where animals sleep lesson, students research different animal species. Students also write and illustrate an animal picture book, make connections...
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Designing Musical Instruments

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine musical instruments as main part of the study of sound energy. In this designing instruments lesson plan, students focus on the elements of an instrument that cause sound to be created and design a unique musical...
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How Electric Current Produces Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the concept of electric currents. In groups, they develop their own game board to test different circuits to determine if they are complete. They record their observations of the energy transfer between...
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Teaching Phonics Through Poetry

For Teachers 1st
Students understand rhythm and rhyming words in poetry. In this poetry lesson, students listen to poetry and are able to find the ABAB pattern. Students recognize the "ow" sound. Students complete various activities to practice the...
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Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
In this waves instructional activity, students read about the different types of waves and how the speed of waves is calculated. Then students complete 5 matching, 8 fill in the blank, and 9 short answer questions.
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Hear No Evil

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the function of the ears. For this sense of hearing lesson, students read the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear and discuss the things the Polar Bear heard. Students construct simple musical instruments and...