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The Secret School: chapter 11

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read chapter 11 of The Secret School and answer discussion questions as they read. In this reading lesson plan, 4th graders also write a summary of what they read and complete a crossword puzzle..
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K12 Reader

Christmas Rhymes

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
What better way for children to celebrate the holiday season than by practicing their phonemic awareness skills? Presenting young readers with a series of eight Christmas-themed words, this worksheet asks them to circle the words...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Onset and Rime, Sound Detective

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Play letter sound detective with your class, and snoop out sounds, onsets, blends, and rhyme. In pairs, children take turns choosing a card from the pile; as they sound out part of the word, their partner attempts to figure out which...
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Reading Resource

Cars Puzzles (Basic Code Sentences)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Vroom vroom into reading skills! Bring a set of reading puzzles based on Disney's Cars to your special education or mainstream class. Each strip features a code sentence with the same vowel sound, and when kids put the strips...
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ESL: Verb Activity- "Two Sisters and the Cat"

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL verb worksheet, students type the correct verbs in boxes to correctly complete a paragraph. Students are given a list of verbs in a word box.
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Jack the Fat Cat

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short /a/ sound in written and spoken words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /a/ sound. They then listen to the story "A Cat Nap" and identify the words in the story...
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Hank the Hungry Hippo

For Teachers K
Students identify the /h/ sound in this lesson. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the /h/ sound. They then listen to the book "Horton Hatches an Egg" and identify the words in the story with the /h/ sound. As an...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Onset and Rime, Change-A-Word

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Kids use their phonological know-how to identify and segment onset and rime blends. Double rime picture cards (cat and hat) are chosen, then matched to onset cards that make each word, such as the k sound for a cat and the h sound for a...
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Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

Pardon Me, Your Modifier is Dangling

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Lost! (or misplaced) a modifier. Last seen dangling at the end of a sentence! Reward offered! To underscore the humor, class members are each given a sample sentence to illustrate (A woman passed by, leading a Springer Spaniel, in a...
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Jeffrey and Sloth: Six Traits of Writing

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use drawings as inspiration. Have learners doodle for 10 minutes before beginning the lesson. Then, have them use their doodles to inspire a story. Several writing activities are included here to play with writing. One of my favorites...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Phoneme Go Fish

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Go fishing for initial sounds with this engaging phoneme game! Similar to the card game Go Fish, pairs use picture cards and try to match initial sounds. They set aside any pictures that are a match and ask their partner for specific...
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Sentence Completion Worksheet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the 10 sentences and choose the appropriate word to complete each sentence. There is an extension activity where the student must write silly sentences using the word "because."
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Reading: Consonant Vowel Consonant Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this recognizing words with the consonant vowel consonant pattern worksheet, students read a phrase and illustrate it, identify the phrases that identify the pictures, identify the sentences that correctly describe the pictures, and...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Political Dr. Seuss

For Students 8th - 12th
In this historical events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons by Theodor Geisel. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.
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It's a Secret! Writing Prompt

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners write the ending to <i>It's a Secret</i> by John Burningham.  In this creative writing activity, students are read the first two pages of <i>It's a Secret</i> and they continue writing what they...
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Can you cry like a baby?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the strategies of phonemes and spellings maps to sound out new words. They work on the short vowel /a/ sound with a sentence strip with "Allie the Alligator sat on a mat eating apples," on it and the book, "Cat in the...
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Counting Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this counting activity, students count how many lamps and Zamps they see and then color lamps according to the amount they are told to color based on the book The Cat in the Hat. Students complete 3 problems.
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Starfall

Bb is for Bike

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing practice activity, students learn to print both upper and lower case letter Bb. Students trace several examples before forming their letters in the unlined boxes.
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Laugh at the Cat!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then play a concentration matching game, listen to the book "Cat Traps," and...
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Education World

Every Day Edit - Dr. Seuss

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing worksheet about Dr. Seuss, pupils read and edit a short paragraph. Students look for 10 errors in capitalization punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.
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The Tale of Tom Kitten

For Students 1st - 4th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, students recall story details, vocabulary usage, and work math problems related to the literature. The students will complete five multiple choice recall questions, four multiple choice...
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Spelling Words for The Van

For Students 1st
In this spelling words for The Van worksheet, 1st graders read and write 10 spelling words, then match 6 words with a picture, write sentences using high frequency words, unscramble 2 words and read a story, all done over 4 days.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explore phonemes and short vowels. They identify /a/ (short a) sound in spoken words and learn a meaningful representation and a letter symbol for the sound. Students identify /a/ (short a) sound in words. They read "The Very...
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The Cat Ate My Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme for the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through a variety of activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...

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