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Oral Reading Fluency: Reading Text with Proper Expression
Kids practice reading fluently with expression. They listen closely as their teacher reads a short paragraph, take note as she points out how she read each sentence, and then read along with her. They read to passage several times until...
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Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Blending
This resource is more of a suggestion than a full lesson plan. It explains how young pre-readers can work with their teacher to practice blending phonemes to make words. The class watches the teacher as she says and orally segments a...
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Fraction Spelling
An interesting take on spelling practice is included here! Emerging spellers take their weekly spelling list and create a three-column chart. In the first column, they write the word itself. In the second column, they write how many...
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Word Review Card Activity
Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
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Spell, Shoot, Score!
Games are great ways to motivate. The class is split into two teams; each team earns points by correctly spelling given words. To score bonus points, teams get to shoot baskets with a small ball. Tip: This game could be used to reinforce...
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Lesson One: Decoding Strategies
Review decoding strategies to read a chosen text. Readers tape themselves reading out loud, listen to the recording, and mark where they have misread words or phrases. They then discuss which words were misread and review how to correct...
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Vowel Sounds
This plan aims to increase the reading proficiency of your fourth grade class. While no materials are provided, a list of activities to practice are included. Various activities include creating songs for short vowel sounds, using cue...
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SCR
Blend consonants scr together to make a great sound used to begin words like, scream, screw, and scrap. Learners view a series of six images and related /scr/ words to practice spelling patterns, chunking, consonant blends, or...
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Stressed Syllables Worksheet
This worksheet is designed for use with a rule sheet (not included here). Consider making your own rule sheet to find the stressed syllables in each of the 10 words, or remove that column of the page altogether.
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Phase 3: Sight Words
Use this list of 25 high frequency words to boost sight word recognition, as a spelling list, or as a quiz. These are very simple words that are 2-4 letters in length.
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Sound Practice 1
Practice reading and identifying various vowel blends and spelling patterns. Each slide contains a vowel combo sound, and a word containing that sound. Learners will practice vowel blank e, /oi/, /oa/, and /oi/ sounds.
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Farm Animals
Why are farm animals important to the community? Expand young farmers' knowledge of furry and feathered friends through stories and a video. There are several books recommended; however, you could use any book about farm animals. A video...
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Tracing the Letter n
Young writers get plenty of practice with lowercase letter n as they watch the magic pencil. Consider creating a "magic pencil" for your class, and inviting willing participants up to demonstrate proper handwriting skills. They...
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Sight Words
Are you working on sight words in your kindergarten class? Send a sight word template home with your kindergarteners. After cutting apart the flash cards, class members practice reading twelve common sight words.
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Hard C and Soft C
Learners categorize different words that contain a hard c and a soft c. In this hard and soft c lesson plan, students also pick words from each of the categories and write a story with those words.
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Phonics: Kite
In this handwriting worksheet, students utilize phonics skills to pronounce and write the word kiss four times and then color a picture of two fish kissing in a fish bowl.
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Five Quick Games Build Reading Skills
Build reading skills with these five quick games! Whether you're hoping to build grammar, syllabication, or word recognition skills, this resource has options for you. Kids will love taking a break from the mundane to play these...
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Little Rabbit's Tale: 19
This set of daily spelling activities is intended for use with the story, Little Rabbit's Tale. Learners use the high frequency and spelling words found in the story to complete 4 different activities. They write the long e...
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 14
For this high frequency and spelling words worksheet, Learners choose the correct word that represents the pictures, fill in the blanks to sentences read stories, and circle ar words. There are a total of 4 activities to be completed on...
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 6
Your can use this spelling and high frequency word daily activity worksheet as part of your regular morning schedule. Learners ay the name of the pictures, write sentences, fill in the blanks, and read a story. There are 4 activities to...
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 3
Print this set of daily work activities to help learners boost spelling skills. They write words, write sentences, fill in the blanks, and read a story. Note: The mentioned story is not included.
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High Frequency and Spelling Words
Four high frequency word activities are to be found on this set of simple worksheets. Each activity is to be completed on a different day and each focuses on the /qu/ and /wh/ spelling pattern. Learners will write sentences, circle words...
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The Letterbox Lesson
Students analyze phoneme sequence in a word. They spell words using phoneme analysis and read new words using phoneme analysis.