In this section, you can find lesson plans that extend the curriculum from specific episodes of SUPER WHY. Each lesson plan below outlines activities and projects to help your students practice reading fundamentals using materials you already have in your classroom! These lesson plans are designed to help your students practice letter identification and the alphabet, rhyming with common word families, letter sounds and spelling, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Lessons 201 - 210
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Help students to identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "n," "i", "c," "e." They can spell and identify the sounds in "prairie." They can also demonstrate an understanding of the words "menacing," "prairie," and "trespassing." They can also try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes, specifically opposites.
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Help students identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "w," "a," "t," "e," "r." They can also practice breaking a word into sounds and recognize "all" word family words. They can spell "s-o-a-p." They can define "lather." They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students recognize the correct order of the alphabet and identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "j," "r," "s." They can also practice breaking a word into sounds and recognize "ar" word family words. They can spell "s-t-a-r-s" and make the singular noun "star" plural by adding "s." They can define firefly. They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students sing the entire alphabet and identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "s," "l," "i," "p," "e," "r." They can spell the word "m-e-n-d" and define it. They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students sing the entire alphabet and identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "s," "l," "i," "p," "e," "r." They can spell the word "m-e-n-d" and define it. They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "c," "b," "s." They can spell the word "m-e-a-t-b-a-l-l." They can demonstrate an understanding of the word "ripe." They can gain knowledge about healthy eating habits including eating a variety of foods. They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students recognize the correct order of the alphabet and identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "d," "f," "g." They can see a word and try to break it into sounds, specifically "ish" family words and define sphinx. They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students recognize the correct order of the alphabet and identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "s," "a," "d," "l," "e." They can spell "s-p-i-n" and define "saddle." They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help studentd recognize the correct order of the alphabet and identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "a," "h," "p." They can also see a word and try breaking it into sounds, specifically "ant" family words. They can define "herbivore" and "carnivore." They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "h," "a," "r," "p." They can sell and identify letter sounds in the word "h-o-r-s-e." They can also define "harp." They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
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Help students identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: "f," "i," "n," "s." They can see a word and try to break it into sounds, specifically "ing" family words and define "spring." They can try different words in a sentence and understand that the meaning changes.
Lessons 101 - 105
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Help students learn to identify the letters "W-O-L-F" by playing "Letter Find" and "Letter Memory." They can also practice building words with the "ALL" word family by creating an "ALL" word family Art Gallery and writing a story by filling in the "ALL" words. Students can also practice opposites by playing "Opposite Fish" and "Super Why Says - Opposites"!
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Teach students to identify the letters "F," "R" and "T" as they follow an Alphabet Maze through the classroom and create their own crumb letters. Discuss different modes of water transportation and build the letters "R-A-F-T" with your students. Also, play "SUPER WHY Charades" with your class to teach the power that one word has on meaning as they fill in the sentence, "The witch ______ the door."
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Have a letter picnic and create a "Very Yummy" Letter Board with your class to practice identifying the letters "A," "L" and "R." Practice writing "LADDER" as your students can make their own "Letter Ladders." In "Choose Your Own Super Why Sentence," your students will learn how words affect meaning by filling in the blank in the sentence, "Humpty Dumpty had a great ______."
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Practice the alphabet sequence by playing the "Duck, Duck Letters" game in your classroom. Then, take your students on an "OPEN Sign Hunt" around the neighborhood and have them create their own "OPEN/CLOSED" signs for their rooms at home. Let your students create their own bedtime song as they fill in their own words to, "Twinkle Twinkle Little _______."
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Teach your students the letters in "GO" and "STOP" by having them create their own "Stop Light." They can practice identifying the letters in their own names as they play "Red Light, Green Light, ABC." Have your students practice writing and spelling the word "BELL" as they make their own "Letter Bells" and play "Letter Scramble." Also, have your students create their own version of Super Why's sentence, "The hare ____ by the tortoise."
