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Trade (Hawai'i)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners gain further understanding of the diversities of trade and the cultural impact of the trade items. Students evaluate and analyze trade items and use this knowledge to make sound trade decisions. Learners describe and analyze the...
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Max's Magic Magnets

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils identify the letter and phoneme /m/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /m/ sound through tongue twisters and stories. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture...
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Quiet Please!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice reading silently. They discuss the importance of being able to read silently. Students discuss what it means to read silently. They practicing reading a variety of texts silently. Students write a brief summary of what...
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Chanting

For Teachers K
Students use pictures and text to gain meaning from written materials by connecting text. message heard, and/or material viewed to prior knowledge and experiences. Finally, students recognize and name upper and lower case letters and...
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Signal Flags

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use signal flags chart to identify common ship signals. They create different signal flags and meanings on their own.
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Signal Flags

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use signal flags chart to identify common ship signals. They create different signal flags and meanings on their own.
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Sally the Silly Snake

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying letters and their corresponding phonemes to become solid fluent readers. They focus on the grapheme and phoneme associated with the upper and lowercase letter of S. Each student makes the sound that the...
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Slithering Silly Snake

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils practice letter recognition for the /s/ sound in both lower and upper case formats. They listen as the book, "Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp," by Carol Shields is read to them and then they complete a worksheet containing...
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Test Your Reading Skills - Homophones

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading skills worksheet, learners write words that sound the same as the listed words. Fifteen words are listed to write a homophone for.
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PBS Kids Go Buster Buffalo Round-Up

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders visit Rapid City, South Dakota, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming in these two episodes of Buster. They examine the Lakota people in South Dakota to see what it means to persevere. They sing songs and study idioms. They brainstorm...
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What Was THAT All About?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review silent reading techniques as the teacher models them. They discover the meaning of summarizing what they have read including the three step method and read Snake Safari. They then create a summary map together to...
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Read It, See It!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils review the concept of silent reading and discuss the meaning of visualization. They listen to a poem as it is read and close their eyes to try to make a picture of what is happening and think about the qualities the wind...
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Looking for Local Public Art

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore artwork in the local community. They increase their knowledge about their community. They create a slide show presentation with sounds, text and transitions.
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Making a Grocery List

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore vocabulary words related to groceries. Students examine words that can be used immediately, in every day life, particularly in the grocery store. They demonstrate the sounds of letters. Students match labels and sentences.
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Duh! It's D!

For Teachers K
Students master the formation and phonetic sound of the letter "d" in this lesson. They are introduced to the sound of the letter "d" and practice writing it to place in their individual alphabet books. The students listen to the book...
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Daytona 500

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Student practice reading with fluency. They read In The Big Top and practice reading to improve their speed and fluency. Students discuss what it sounded like when they read the story at various speeds. Students time their reading and...
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Christmas Celebration

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Christmas word and picture matching worksheet, students read 9 phrases pertaining to Christmas. Students match these to the pictures that illustrate their meanings.
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Apostila 1B

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL word and picture matching instructional activity, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different kinds of foods. Students match these with the words that describe them. The meaning of the title is not clear.
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Body 1

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL word and picture matching learning exercise, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different weather conditions. Students match these with the words that describe them. The meaning of the title is unclear.
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Nice to Meet You

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL weather vocabulary learning exercise, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different weather conditions. Students write a sentence for each that answers the question, "How is the weather today?" Note: The meaning of the...
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REPASO2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL action words instructional activity, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people doing things. Students match the pictures to the verbs that describe them. The meaning of the page title is not clear.
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Spelling: Onset and Rime

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make words. For this onset/rime lesson, 2nd graders change the first sound of a word (the onset) to create a new word. This lesson also reinforces student knowledge of vowel sounds.
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Poetry: Getting Started

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students define literary terms and answer short answer questions about poetry.  In this poetry starter lesson plan, students discuss the importance of titles, first and last lines, sounds, and speaker.  Students define a set of...
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European Capital of Culture 2008

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the meaning of culture. They read and discuss news stories concerning cultural cities. Students design and create a campaign poster and text that demonstrates why a particular city should be known as a place of culture.