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EUSD Pacing Guides
Houghton Mifflin Grade Level Materials List PDF
Houghton Mifflin Grade Level Materials List (Spanish) PDF

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Resources

• International Reading Association K-2 Resources
• Children’s Picture Book Database
• Children’s Authors & Illustrators on the Web
• California Kindergarten Association
• Puzzle Maker - create crosswords, word searches and more.
• Bingo Maker - 3x3 and 5x5 bingo boards
• Language Arts Games and Activities for Primary - great resources (check out Game Goo).
• Pasadena (Texas) Kindergarten Language Arts - a sequenced list of short games and other resources - listed by standard
• Pasadena Grade 1 Language Arts - a sequenced list of short Internet games and other resources
• Pasadena Grade 1 Spelling
• Pasadena Grade 2 Language Arts - a sequenced list of short Internet games and other resources
• Pasadena Grade 2 Spelling

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Activities

These are online activities for Language Arts. In general, they are listed from easiest to hardest.

• Starfall - drag letters to create words (organized in families)
• GameQuarium Junior - ABCs
• GameQuarium Junior - Color Word Games
• PBS Between the Lions
• Building Language for Literacy - drag items into the correct category.
• Contractions 1 (matching game)
• Contractions 2 (matching game)
• Spell Check - click on the misspelled word in the list
• Magnet Poetry - move words around to create a poem
• The Plural Girls - click on the right plural
• Spellaroo - click on the correctly spelled word
• Grammar Gorillas - click on nouns and verbs

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Lessons

Below are ETT Lessons that are available on your server at school. They are also on the Internet at the links below. The initial number indicates the grade level it was written for, but often the lessons can be used effectively by higher grades.

• KLetter Word Sort - students identify and sort letters, words, and pictures (HyperStudio)
• KWord Spacing - students add spaces to a sentence squished together to make it readable (Kid Pix)
• KEnding Sounds - drag pictures to the match (HyperStudio)
• KRhyming Sounds - drag pictures to the match (HyperStudio)
• 1Making Words Fun - drag letters to create word families (HyperStudio)
• 1Postcards - student use pull down menus to create a postcard (AppleWorks database)
• 1Sentence Masters - drag words to make sentences (HyperStudio)
• 1Story Elements - choose setting and characters, then write sentences (HyperStudio)
• 2Nonfiction Book Report - write about a story and create a mobile (AppleWorks database)
• 2Monthly Memories - write about an event to create a poster (AppleWorks database)
• 2Venn Diagram - create a diagram and put in your own ideas (Kid Pix)

Below are links to outside resources with lessons.

• Scholastic Lesson Plans Database
• SCORE K-3 CyberGuides - Language Arts-based webquests
• Community Learning Network
• National Council of Teachers of English K-2 Lesson Plans
• Lesson Plans Page
• The Educator's Reference Desk
• Lesson Plans.com
• Lesson Plan Central

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