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If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Reading Lesson

Elementary teachers can use the book If You Take a Mouse to the Movies to teach students how to sequence a story by putting events in order on a popcorn string. more...

How to Teach Elementary Kids Compound Words

Elementary teachers can use the book If You Take a Mouse to the Movies to introduce compound words to their students and play a word match game during reading class. more...

Elementary Snowman Glyph Math Lesson Plan

Elementary teachers teach students to read a legend to create a snowman glyph during a math lesson plan about non-standard graphs and charts. more...

Language Experience Approach Reading Lesson Plan

Teachers can make popcorn with students after reading If You Take a Mouse to the Movies. The kids can write an LEA popcorn story to practice reading and writing. more...

Teach Elementary Students How to Sequence Events

Elementary students use pictures to learn how to sequence story events after reading If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff during this reading lesson plan. more...

If You Take a Mouse to School Lesson Plan

Teachers can read If You Take a Mouse to School with elementary kids to review the classroom schedule and teach students how to write their own story. more...

Ten Little Pumpkins Poem and Math Lesson

Kindergarten teachers can teach movement, memorization, addition and subtraction skills using the Ten Little Pumpkins Poem and Finger Play during circle time. more...

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Contractions With Has and Have

By: DeLene Sholes

When two words are combined to form a contraction, the result is a more conversational tone that is often needed in spoken and sometimes written language. more...

Am, Is, Are Contractions

By: DeLene Sholes

Contractions with the verb to be combine a pronoun or noun with am, is, or are. In the shortened form, an apostrophe is used to show where a letter was omitted. more...

Contractions Ending With Shortened Form of Will

By: DeLene Sholes

Most children learn to use contractions in speech at an early age. Their prior knowledge of contractions usually transfers easily to reading and writing. more...

Teaching Contractions Lesson Plan

By: DeLene Sholes

Teaching contractions can be fun for the teacher and students. Use games, especially games that require children to move around or work together in pairs or small groups. more...

Kindergarten Activities on the Letter Z

By: Feature Writer Jenny Evans

Lesson plan ideas and letter Z activities for children ages 2 to 6. Get creative to teach alphabet recognition and pre-reading skills in the classroom or at home. more...

Kindergarten Activities on the Letter Y

By: Feature Writer Jenny Evans

These unique games, crafts, and activities reinforce alphabet recognition, letter-sound correspondence, handwriting, and critical thinking for the alphabet letter Y. more...

Kindergarten Activities on the Letter X

By: Feature Writer Jenny Evans

Alphabet learning for kids means getting creative with letter X lesson plans. Try these activity ideas and suggestions for teaching letter X to children 2 to 6 years old. more...

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