Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building a Sentence

For Teachers 1st
First graders echo a sentence targeting a vowel selected by the teacher and shown on a sentence strip. In this sentence building activity, 1st graders put the cut up sentence strip back into correct order, repeating the sentence....
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Aaaaaaa...a Fast Crab! "

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme chosen is the letter "a". They need to correlate the sound to the letter.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wash Your Hands...they are icky sticky!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars engage in an emergent literacy lesson plan that focuses on phonemic awareness and they practice corresponding the letter "i" to its long or short sound. This type of recognition has been found to be essential to reading...
Worksheet
Starfall

Oo is for Octopus

For Students K - 1st
Oodles of fun and opportunities for learning are overwhelming in this Letter O activity series, which features printing practice for letters and numbers, connect the docts, and lots of cute octopi for your learners to color.
Worksheet
Starfall

Oo is for Octopus

For Students K - 2nd
Learners learn to print the upper and lower case DeNelian letter Oo in this language arts worksheet. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters in the unlined boxes. Also included is a Connect-the-Dot and counting...
Worksheet
Starfall

Ee is for Eggs

For Students K - 2nd
Learners learn to write upper and lower case DeNelian letters Ee for this printing practice worksheet. Students trace several examples, write letters, color, and count eggs.
Worksheet
Starfall

Ee is for Egg

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy worksheet, learners use the letter E in various contexts to increase letter recognition and spelling skills for related words.
Worksheet
Starfall

Ii is for Igloo

For Students K - 2nd
For this printing worksheet, students form the upper and lowercase letter Ii. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter Ii.
Worksheet
Starfall

Uu is for Umbrella

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing worksheet, learners form the upper and lowercase letter U. Students also color in two pictures that begin with the letter U.
Worksheet
Starfall

Ii is for Igloo

For Students K - 2nd
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.
Worksheet
Starfall

Uu is for Umbrella

For Students K - 1st
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.
Worksheet
Starfall

Aa is for Apple

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students practice writing the letter a and color in the pictures related to it. Then students write a sentence.
Worksheet
Starfall

Aa is for Apple

For Students K - 2nd
For this printing worksheet, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter A's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two rows of A's on their own.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Let's Write Around the World

For Teachers K
Students participate in an ongoing writing project about the seven world continents. In this continents writing lesson, students work on an interactive game to write about the seven continents. Students locate the continents on the map....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Suffix Addition: Dropping Silent "e"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of using the silent "e" in certain words. They practice using the rules while reading them in a review. The application of the rule is given in the lesson and can be...
Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Definition Context Clues

For Students 7th - 10th
Model for young readers how to recognize definition clues and how to use these clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Then distribute this learning exercise that offers them an opportunity to practice recognizing the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Can Read With Expression

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading fluently and expressively through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. They create a deck of expression cards to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Correct Use of the Articles "A" and "An"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars discover the grammatical rules regarding articles. In this grammar lesson, students study the rule regarding the use of "a" and "an" in writing. Young scholars are encouraged to discover the rule on their own and apply the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math: Congruent and Similar Figures

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use geo-boards to create similar and congruent figures and find their corresponding sides. Using the geo-board paper, they draw the shapes they create on the geo-boards. With partners,students create similar and congruent...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter Names

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this word recognition lesson, students are shown a list of vocabulary terms which they practice reciting with their classmates. Students identify and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Around the World with Bud the Sub

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study the u=/u/ correspondence. They explore words with /u/ in them, read a book focusing on /u/ and complete a worksheet. The Play Around the World with flashcards with /u/ words and words that are not /u/ words on them.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Here's and Instant Activity for October 20, 2008

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students complete spelling activities for words with or and ore spellings. In this spelling lesson, students find antonyms for the 'or' words in the first exercise. Students find synonyms for the second exercise.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Long and Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
During this lesson, students will learn the different sounds vowels make. They will view a slideshow presentation that teaches them the different sounds. Once they have learned the sounds, students will create a document of pictures...