MES-English
Phonics Blend Learning Cards
Blend letters into different sounds using a series of posters on blended phonics sounds. It includes 36 pages of posters, including 18 sounds with accompanying pages with examples of words.
Council for Economic Education
Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature: The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree is a great way to cover multiple concepts in an elementary school classroom. Throughout this instructional activity, they learn about economic principles such as scarcity and goods, science principles...
Student Handouts
Father's Day Acrostic
Fantastic? Friendly? Funny? What adjective will your youngsters choose for the first letter in father as part of this great Father's Day acrostic worksheet?
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Letter E Recognition
In this alphabet letter E worksheet, students recognize that the 3 words that name each picture all start with an E. Students fill in the blank in each word with an E and then color the pictures.
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Letter Patterns
Second graders look at the number patterns we get from letters and numbers. They keep track of the numbers involved by drawing up a table of values. It's important here to look for the pattern and see how the number of tiles changes from...
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Letter R Recognition
Recognizing letters is a crucial skill for young learners to acquire. Learners recognize that the words that name each of the 3 pictures all start with an R. Students fill in the blank in each word with an R and then color the pictures.
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Printing the Letter F
In this alphabet letter F worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter F 3 times and then write the letters 5 times a piece on the lines provided. Good, basic practice for young learners.
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Printing the Letter Q
In this alphabet letter Q worksheet, students practice tracing the uppercase and lowercase letter Q 3 times and then 5 times on their own on the lines provided. Good, basic practice for young learners.
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Letter Q Recognition
Recognizing letters is a crucial skill for young learners to acquire. Learners recognize that the words that name each of the 3 pictures all start with an Q. Students fill in the blank in each word with an Q and then color the pictures.
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Letter F Recognition
Recognizing letters is a crucial skill for young learners to acquire. Students recognize that the words that name each of the 3 pictures all start with an F. Students fill in the blank in each word with an F and then color the pictures.
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The Letter Dd
Students explore the concept of the letter Dd. In this letter recognition activity, students are engulfed with items, movement, and music that begin with the letter Dd. Students create crafts that help them learn and...
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Edit a Friendly Letter
In this friendly letter editing worksheet, students read a letter to "Miss Green," looking for and correcting all errors found in the body, salutation, closing and address of the letter.
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Friendly Letter Edit
In this letter editing worksheet, students recopy a 2 paragraph letter to "Francis" from a friend, correcting all spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors.
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D'Nealian tracing
In this D'Nealian tracing worksheet, students trace the letters of the alphabet in the D'Nealian form. Students trace 26 pages of letters and words.
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Reintroduce /Q/
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a letter identification activity. In this letter "Q" lesson, students identify the different sounds that can be made by the letter "Q" and words that begin with the letter. Students...
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Reintroduce Soft-G
Students are reintroduced to the soft letter "G" and identify appropriate letter sounds in words. In this soft letter "G" instructional activity, students identify the two sounds the letter "G" can make. Students practice saying the two...
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The Write Stuff to Get the Job
Young scholars conduct Internet research to determine how to properly create a cover letter, resume and follup-letter. Students then create their own letters and resumes using the Resume Wizard in Microsoft Word.
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Dog Gone
Students write friendly letters. In this language arts lesson, students discuss the parts of a friendly letter. Students compose a friendly letter. Students share their letters with small groups and draw a picture to go with the letter.
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Bingo - Alphabet Literacy
In this alphabet literacy worksheet, students match the lower case letters in the word "bingo" to their corresponding upper case letter. Then, students match the upper case letter to a picture that begins with that letter. Finally,...
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Reintroduce -wh
Students explore phonetics by participating in a letter combination activity with their class. In this word sound lesson, students identify the sound "wh" and discuss words where the sound is utilized. Students practice repeating words...
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Thank you!
Students type a personal business letter to their elementary principal, teacher or pastor to thank them.
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You Are Uniquely You; Reflecting and Sharing
Students write a letter as a culminating activity to a service project. In this reflection project, students draw something that occurred during the project and attach words to their drawings. Students pair share to edit their work.
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Our Own Postal System
First graders address an envelope, write a letter, and perform the duties of the postal worker in a classroom post office.
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Beginning consonants
In this beginning consonants worksheet, students trace and print the beginning sound of the picture given. Students complete 4 beginning consonant problems.
