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Phonemic Awareness, Say It and Move It

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners clap and count sounds when saying different words. In this phonemic awareness lesson plan, students move bingo chips around when hearing a certain number of sounds in words.
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World War II Alien Enemy Control Program

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils review the history and language of the Alien Enemies Act and related laws as well as the Constitutional challenges it presents. They also review the World War II Alien Enemy Control Program and the Alien Enemy Hearing Board...
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Sound Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Students will be able to describe the process by which we are able to hear sound. They also will be able to distinguish different sound intensities. They then use Probeware to prove their hypothesis.
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Geography

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students, after hearing a radio broadcast on 'A Day in School Abroad,' explore and study the lives and experiences of children in a variety of places. They assess the advantages and disadvantages of living on a small island, find out...
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Reconstruction and "All Men Are Created Equal"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the time after the Civil War known as Reconstruction. In groups, they role play a Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Reconstruction in which some members are senators and others are witnesses. They share their ideas...
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For Pete's Sake

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the proposed Gazprom City in St. Petersburg, Russia. They review proposals from international architects and consider the pros and cons of the Gazprom City development. Students conduct a mock public hearing to...
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Sneaky Snake Emergent Literacy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to letters of the alphabet, specifically the letter S. Students recognize the letter S and its phoneme /s/ and receive practice in recognizing the letter S, hearing and saying the phoneme /s/, and in writing the...
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Sights and Sounds with Spot

For Teachers 1st
First graders view an animated picture on a Web site. Creatively they decide which objects to add to the picture for flair. In addition, sentences are written to describe what they see and hear in the picture they helped to create.
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Erupting Volcano

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch teacher conduct the following experiment. Wearing safety goggles and old clothing is advised. The experiment could ruin clothing and hurt unprotected eyes. Follow the steps below having students write down what they...
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Alien Story:

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose 10 aliens (or any character) from the alien palette in Kidspiration. Have students write what the aliens are saying to each other in the text boxes. Use the listen tool to actually hear them talk to each other.
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Phonemic Awareness Infusion

For Teachers K - 5th
Students comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of two and three letter consonant sounds, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronuciation to...
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Alphabet Books

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness by making alphabet books. They identify initial consonant sounds and choose pictures of objects that begin with given letters of the alphabet. Students identify phonemes...
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High Five Dance Warm Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students stand in a circle in sequential order. They grapevine to the middle of the circle when they hear their number. When in the middle of the circle, students high five someone and then grapevine out of the circle. Numbers may be...
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Senses Fun!

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this senses worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer, filling in things they can see, hear, taste, touch and smell. 
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Curricular Correlations

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to prerecorded sounds and put them into categories. They discus the sounds that would be heard outdoors, and indoors. They go outside for a few minutes and take a "hearing walk." Then they come inside and close their...
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Book 1 Listening

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
For this listening activity worksheet, students listen to two different sections from a book. Students check off the words in the first section they hear and then check off the phrases they hear in the second section.
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Book 1 - Listening Test 2

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this listening activity worksheet, students read and listen to book 1 for certain words and phrases. Students check off the words they hear in section one and the phrases they hear in section two.
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The Mitten by Jan Brett

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students hear the story "The Mitten," by Jan Brett.  After, students retell the story through a variety of different dramatic play activities. 
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Words In The News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm through playing a guessing game to determine the person they will be researching is Fidel castro. They review his background then hear a radio presentation from Castro then answer and discuss a given set of questions.
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Doc Says Open Up

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short /o/ sound in spoken words in this activity. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the short /o/ sound. They then listen the the book "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Suess, and identify the words they hear...
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A Punch in the Gut

For Teachers K
Students recognize /u/ in spoken words by observing a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. They then practice finding /u/ in words. They listen to the story "Fuzz and the Buzz" and identify the words they hear with the /u/.
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A Peck of Peppers

For Teachers K
Students identify the /p/ sound in spoken words and recognize the letter symbol in this instructional activity. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the /p/ sound. They then listen to the story "Patos Jam" and "pop" open...
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Simple Simon Saves the Day

For Teachers K
Students recognize, identify, and locate the /s/ sound in spoken or written words. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the /s/ sound. They then listen to the story "Simple Simon" and make "finger snakes" whenever they hear...
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Pink Puffy Pig

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an emergent literacy lesson based upon the skill of phonemic awareness. They recognize the grapheme p in text, hear the phoneme /p/ in spoken words, and write the upper and lower case form of p by my modeling.