A brief slideshow that identifies and defines the ways that readers can make connections while reading a text (Text to Self, Text to Text and Text to World) and instructions about annotating while reading. Includes a worksheet that...

Great lesson plans and stories to build reading fluency and accuracy. Choose from beginner readers to 80 word passages.

In this comprehensive unit, students launch their learning about birds by using informational texts. As students read these texts, they build background knowledge and develop their skills as readers of informational texts. Included are...

How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.

Students write a narrative of place, a character sketch, an extended metaphor poem and a persuasive essay then link all four texts to quotations they have selected from a novel.

One of the keys to helping struggling readers is to provide them with books that they can and want to read. Fiction for struggling readers must have realistic characters, readable and convincing text, and a sense of the readers'...

The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...

This unit focuses on the students selecting a play to read and study from an extensive list provided. A link to key drama terms is provided. Student read and respond to their selected text, learn the vocabulary, and take a quiz.

An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the learners learn to sound out the words.

During this lesson, students will analyze ways in which the character(s) in stories solve problems encountered. In small groups, students will brainstorm possible solutions to realistic problems in order to enhance connections to...

A research based workshop by Judith Langer on bringing the joy of reading literature to your class. An excellent professional development resource, with eight videos on demand. Topics include Responding as Readers, Objectifying the Text,...

Working on higher-level thinking skills with your readers is made easier with this lesson. You will have your students connect with and analyze a mystery story at their grade-appropriate level. Lesson plan, printable worksheets, and...

This series of videos and interactive activities provide an excellent set of resources for teaching or learning the 8 research based reading strategies provided here. After receiving your "key" you can investigate the features inside and...

This article suggests uses for picture books in 3rd-grade classes including for sequencing, imagery, to determine the main idea, to create their own picture books, to create the missing connection between picture and text, and to aid...

Printable set of directions to use in order to get an overview of Kidspiration for the novice user. Presents concise explanations of most often used components followed by an activity for the reader to complete.

What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.

What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.