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- Internet Field Trips
- ABCs and the WWW
K-2
Learning the alphabet is fun and easy at these sites on the Web.
- Who Said That?
3-5, 6-8
Find the source to familiar quotations with these online resources.
- Worldwide Wordplay
3-5, 6-8
Check out these online resources and have some fun with words.
- Lesson Plans
- A Bagful of Surprises
Early Childhood
A fun activity that uses a shopping bag and ordinary objects to build language skills.
- A World of New Words
3-5
Try these classroom-tested tips and reproducible to expand students' vocabulary. Source: Instructor magazine
- Autumn Leaves
K-2, 3-5
Leaves inspire a variety of fall activities to encourage learning across the curriculum.
- Copycats
Early Childhood
Practice observation and language skills while learning simple print-making techniques.
- Curriculum Builders: Thinking Math
Early Childhood
Help children think mathematically with questions and engaging games.
- Do the Opposite Dance
Early Childhood
Watch children learn about opposites, including up, down, in and out, as they swing and sway to music.
- Grade-Perfect Theme Club: Building Research Skills, Grades 2-3
K-2, 3-5
The activities and reproducibles in this cross-curricular unit will help your students build research skills and handle information.
- Healthy Readers, Healthy Writers
K-2
Learn basic facts about good health and how to avoid colds while building language arts skills.
- I Spy Activity Archive
Early Childhood, K-2
Find a variety of activities based on I Spy to enjoy and build all sorts of skills.
- In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Early Childhood, K-2
Introduce weather concepts with this pantomime play.
- Let's Take a
Early Childhood
Children will get a new sense of their environment with this “hands-on” activity.
- More Valentine's Day Activities
K-2
Check out these multidisciplinary activities that help you celebrate Valentine's Day! (PDF file) Source: Fresh & Fun: February
- Outdoors Treasure Hunt
Early Childhood
Children will be surprised by all the learning discoveries they make with this treasure hunt activity.
- Place-Name Scavenger Hunt
3-5, 6-8
Try an exciting, ready-to-go scavenger game that gets kids fired up about learning history. (PDF) Source: Great American History Games
- Reading & Vocabulary
K-2
Develop vocabulary and reading comprehension skills and also learn basic facts about good health.
- Reading Clinic: Vocabulary: The Key to Improving Comprehension
3-5
Guide children toward making connections between what they need to know to understand texts with these mini-lessons.
- Spelling Strategies: Learning High-Frequency Words
3-5
This article describes four strategies that can help students learn to spell frequently-used words.
- Spelling Strategies: Mastering New Words for Writing
K-2, 3-5
This article discusses five strategies for helping students select and learn their own spelling words.
- Spooky Stuff Theme Unit
Early Childhood, K-2
Build on students' Halloween excitement with fun activities across the curriculum.
- Spotlight Strong Verbs on Word Walls
3-5, 6-8
Use books that use strong verbs and build a word wall to show how to use strong verbs in writing. (PDF) Source: Grammar Lessons and Strategies That Strengthen Students' Writing
- Strategies for Building Vocabulary
6-8
Find a list of self-monitoring techniques and fun vocabulary games that can be used throughout the school year.
- Synonym Sleuths
6-8
Children can practice finding synonyms using resources such as a dictionary or thesaurus. Based on Runt by Marion Dane Bauer.
- That's Cheeky
3-5
Students can check their understanding of special English words from history by matching each word with its meaning. based on The Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Wooddruff.
- Unit Plan: Owls and Raptors
K-2
Owls and raptors are the focus for science lessons with an emphasis on discovery. Students dissect owl pellets and through play, learn about predator-prey relationships.
- Valentine's Day Activities
Early Childhood, K-2
Get your students in the Valentine's Day Spirit with these easy-to-make decorations and crafts.
- Vocabulary S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S
3-5
A vocabulary-reinforcing game that children will beg to play.
- Weather Watchers Theme Unit
Early Childhood, K-2
Find a variety of weather-related activities across the curriculum.
- Weather Window
K-2
Look out the window, then brainstorm a flurry of weather words. (PDF) Source: Portable File-Folder Word Walls
- Weather Words
K-2
Find creative ways to incorporate weather words into writing.
- What’s the Meaning?
6-8
Check student’s understanding of vocabulary words from the story, Shadows on the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow.
- Word Splash
3-5
Dive in to learning with these fun, dynamic and easy-to-use lessons that build vocabulary and writing skills.
- Online Activities Teacher Guides
- Annie's Rhyme Time: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using Annie's Rhyme Time in the classroom.
- Attack on Pearl Harbor: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions on how to use "Attack on Pearl Harbor" online activity in the classroom.
- Culture & Change Black History in America: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the Culture & Change online activity in the classroom.
- Go For the Gold Teacher's Guide
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Allow your students to learn about the Olympic games from Ancient Greece to today, while developing several different skill sets.
- We Remember Anne Frank: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the "Anne Frank" online activity in the classroom.
- Reproducibles
- A Crossword for the Holidays
K-2
Test vocabulary with this crossword puzzle about holidays.
- A House for Hermit Crab
Early Childhood, K-2
These activities based on the book A House for Hermit Crab. teach science and vocabulary.
- Bingo Lingo
3-5, 6-8
A word-bingo game helps children practice recognizing words based on Latin and Greek roots. (PDF) Source: Best-Ever Vocabulary and Word Study Games
- Debate 19, 20, 21
3-5, 6-8
Use this discussion guide for debating censorship, teen juries, and spending on space exploration. (PDF) Source: Teaching Genre: Science Fiction
- Don't Say. . .
3-5, 6-8
Use these reproducibles to help students build vocabulary and avoid overused words in their writing. (PDF file) Source: 25 Quick Mini-Lessons to Teach Narrative Writing
- Get Ready to Rhyme
K-2, 3-5
Pick a word from the box to make each pair of lines in the poem rhyme.
- It's a Whatsasaurus???
3-5
Students create and name imaginary dinosaurs.
- Making Mini-Dictionaries
K-2,
Construct a picture dictionary with easy-to-follow instruction. Source: 15 Reproducibles Cut & Paste Mini-Dictionaries
- Multiple Meaning Words
3-5, 6-8
Practice vocabulary words that have multiple meanings. (PDF) Source: Super Strategies for Succeeding on the Standardized Tests: Reading/Language Arts
- My Book of Winter Words
K-2
This mini-book provides a fun way to experience sight words about winter. (PDF) Source: Reading Success Mini-Books: Sight Words
- Read Around the Week
K-2
Teach vocabulary for the days of the week by making a word-wheel based on a familiar song. (PDF) Source: Fresh & Fun: Calendar Activities
- School Bells Ring
K-2
Learn school-related vocabulary with this fall-filled mini-book activity. (PDF) Source: Month-by-Month Write & Read Books
- Solve a Silly
K-2, 3-5
Use this silly activity to practice playing with the last syllable of a multi-syllable word.
- What Is It?
3-5
Try to answer questions using difficult spelling words.
- Wonderful Word Webs
K-2
Build vocabulary with these Halloween reproducibles. (PDF) Source: Fresh and Fun: Halloween
- Word Builders
K-2
This spelling activity will give students practice with compound words.
- Word Family Mini-Book
K-2
Use this mini-book to spark the interest and enthusiasm of your students. (PDF) Source: 25 Read & Write Mini-Books That Teach Word Families
- Word Family, -ad
K-2
A reproducible sheet that helps children learn word families and boosts early reading and writing skills. (PDF) Source: The Word Family Activity Book
- Word Family, -at
K-2
A reproducible sheet with a word bank that helps kids learn word families and boost early reading and writing skills. (PDF) Source: Word Family Stationery
- Word of the Day
3-5
Learn new words with this reproducible. (PDF) Source: Vocabulary Word of the Day
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