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Writing - MINTS – A Capitalization Trick
A quick lesson to reinforce the five times that students need to use capitalization in their writing. The acronym “MINTS” stands for months, I, names, titles, and start of sentences. Using the peppermint candies makes … View Full Lesson →
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Reading - Happy Rocks
Students are given small, smooth stones with a happy face sticker stuck on one side. It sits atop a poem, on their desk, on the first day of school. Who doesn’t like to get a … View Full Lesson →
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Writing - Homework Books
This is an activity I do with my grade 1’s and 2’s at the end of each day. It’s a way to communicate with parents, letting them know what’s been done during the day. (It’s … View Full Lesson →
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Health and Nutrition - Making Germ Monsters
I do this lesson at the beginning of the year. It’s a really fun art activity and reminds students to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze and to use their inner elbows, not … View Full Lesson →
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Spelling - Shaving Cream Printing
Practise spelling words in a whole new way…have students write them in shaving cream!!! Students will love this fun game. Use this method to practise spelling words, Dolch words, word wall words, and even the … View Full Lesson →
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Reading - High Five Blend and Word Family Game
This game will take time to build. As you learn blends and word families, the letter groupings will be added to the shower curtain, one on each hand print. Game can be played after Blends have … View Full Lesson →
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Art - Name Art
Practise using rulers to make straight lines…horizontal, vertical and diagonal in this pretty art activity. Students use rulers and pastels to make their NAME a thing of linear beauty…literally! Pastel coloring reinforces their knowledge of … View Full Lesson →
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Reading - Finding Synonyms
This lesson can be done with Antonyms (Greek ANT means opposite, NYM means name), and Homonyms (sound the same but have different meanings, eg. pray/prey, pain/pane), and Homographs (sound the same and spelled the same, eg. mail the … View Full Lesson →
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Reading - Rhyming Word Poems
Use poetry to find and identify rhyming words. Students highlight rhyming words on their own copy of the poem glued in their Poem Book, with each rhyming word pair highlighted in a different colour. View Full Lesson →
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Math - Finger Counting
Hands are used to get students to identify 5 fingers quickly, or 3 fingers, or 7 fingers. Once students can recognize the number of fingers you are holding up, change it to “what’s missing?”. If … View Full Lesson →
Lesson Plans for Elementary School Students
Full Length Lesson Plans from an Elementary School Teacher