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Practice Printing The Letter E
In this letter e worksheet, students practice writing the upper and lower case letter on lines provided, then practice writing the word "eat." A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Printing Practice: Letter O
In this printing practice worksheet, learners practice printing the upper and lower case letter on on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Sign Language: Letter R-Printing
For this sign language/printing practice worksheet, students practice tracing and writing the letter r, then color a picture of the letter represented in sign language.
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Sign Language: Letter S -Printing Practice
In this printing practice worksheet, students practice tracing and writing the letter s, then color a picture of a hand making the sign for the letter.
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The Secret Life of Trees: Tall and Short Letters
In this spelling word visualization learning exercise, students write 10 words from the book The Secret Life of Trees in boxes that represent the tall and short letters of each word.
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Letter C c words
In this recognizing correct spellings of c words worksheet, students view pictures and lists of three words and choose the correctly spelled words. Students choose 12 answers.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
In this C.S. Lewis learning exercise, students answer eight short answer comprehension questions and define six words. Students can define twenty extra credit vocabulary words.
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Cursive Writing Practice - Upper Case G
For this cursive writing practice worksheet, 3rd graders trace dotted lines to form 7 upper case G's in the first row. They trace the letter at the beginning of two rows that they fill with independently written G's. They see a pictures...
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Hoaxes, Scams, Chain Letters and Urban Legends
Students explore the evacuation of New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. Using the internet, they research stories they may have heard and verify a story's authenticity. Students discuss rumors and urban legends. Given a worksheet,...
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Cursive Practice (letter writing)
In this cursive practice worksheet, 4th graders copy a letter about handwriting, in their best cursive writing. The letter begins, "This is a sample of my best handwriting...."
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The Letter U
In this literacy activity, students cut out and paste the pictures to the sheet with the letter. They also could color the letter and label the picture.
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Initial Sounds
In this consonant sound instructional activity, students focus on the initial letter sounds. Students study 8 pictures and circle those that have the same sound as the first picture on the page.
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Letter to the Pope from Henry VIII
For this "Letter to the Pope" template worksheet, students fill in the blanks with details that Henry VIII might have written to the Pope regarding his separation from his wife.
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Customized Handwriting: Sign Language, Letter T
In this customized handwriting: sign language, the letter T worksheet, 1st graders change style, font or text, then print the worksheet to practice printing and color the picture.
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Writing Letters to Legislators
Students discuss the importance of writing to their representatives. Using the internet, they identify who their representative is and ways they can communicate with them. They review the guidelines in which they need to follow in order...
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Animal Sounds Cut and Paste
Grrr! Practice animal sounds with this engaging cut and paste instructional activity. Young readers can color six black line picture of animals including a cow, a cat, a duck, a bird, a dog and a bear, before cutting them out and glueing...
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Count the Sounds
Sing along with this phonics song. Your early readers will count the sounds using their fingers as they sing or say the sounds of four simple words. Tip: Use this song with other words, make connections by using words from the class word...
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Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Blending
This resource is more of a suggestion than a full lesson plan. It explains how young pre-readers can work with their teacher to practice blending phonemes to make words. The class watches the teacher as she says and orally segments a...
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Printable Alphabet Tracing Worksheets
As usual, A is for apple! Practice writing every letter in the alphabet. Each page in this packet begins with a cute graphic, an example of the letter in a word, and several lines for practicing both the uppercase and lowercase version...
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Exploring the Irish in America Through Found Poetry
What was life like for Irish immigrants settling in America during the late 1800's? Learners examine primary source documents, such as lyrics, poems, and letters, to understand the immigrant experience. They then use those primary source...
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Pay to Play?
Lead your class in a discussion about how they believe money influences politics. After reading "Go Ahead, Try to Stop K Street" from the New York Times, they evaluate the claims in the article about the current lobbyist scandal in...
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ABC Geometry Book
Help your middle and high schoolers explore geometric terminology. In this geometry lesson, learners use the entire year to create an ABC Geometry book. Students use a list of terms learned in class to create a page for each letter....
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b or d: What do you see?
First graders often mix up the letters b/d, making them pronounce words incorrectly because they are identifying a b or d when they should be pronouncing the opposite letter. They are exposed to the two letters in a variety of ways...
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Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
Pupils analyze a variety of primary source materials related to lynching (news articles, letters written to or written by prominent Americans, pamphlets, broadsides, etc.) in order to assess the effectiveness of the anti-lynching...
