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Introduce Vocabulary: One Tiny Turle
Learners use context clues to figure out the meaning of new vocabulary words in the story, One Tiny Turtle. In this language arts lesson, students listen to the story and raise their hands when they hear the new term used in the...
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Chrysanthemum - Read Aloud
First graders participate in active read aloud of Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. In this read aloud lesson set, 1st graders practice the "turn and talk" technique as they listen to Chrysanthemum. They listen to the story chapter by...
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Jubal's Wish
Students discuss the story "Jubal's Wish." In this literature lesson, students take turns making predictions about what will happen next in the story and state their own wish by taking turns as well.
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What is your role?
Students read a read aloud about someone being victimized and discuss what a victim is, a bystander, and an ally. In this role lesson plan, students compare the roles of what each character in the story did and what role they would like...
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Big Block of Chocolate
Pupils read the book Big Block of Chocolate and complete language arts activities associated with it. In this language arts lesson plan, learners read the book as a read aloud or shared reading, and can compete writing, reading,...
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English - "Once Upon a Time" - Storytelling
In this storytelling worksheet, 4th graders fill in 17 missing words without looking at the story. After the students read the story again aloud in pairs, the students complete a matrix on how well each student reads the story aloud.
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Frederick
First graders listen to a read aloud of Leo Lionni's, Frederick, and illustrate a scene from the story.
Curated OER
Merging Traffic
Learners practice reading instructional texts. In this public speaking lesson, students complete a worksheet the help them prepare to read an instructional text aloud.
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Bus Stop: Read Aloud
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about a woman who will figure out the bus schedule to get to work on time. There are no questions to answer here.
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Checking Account- Read Aloud Activity
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about a man and his daily routine and the ways he pays for different goods and services. There are no questions to answer here.
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Chanting
Students use pictures and text to gain meaning from written materials by connecting text. message heard, and/or material viewed to prior knowledge and experiences. Finally, students recognize and name upper and lower case letters and...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental: Tips and Resources
Here are some ideas to encourage reading for children of all ages as well as the whole family to try. It provides reading tools including a new literary assessment tool "Literacy Tracker."
Utah Education Network
Uen: Share "The Fight" Oral Fluency Practice
This module provides a reading fluency lesson plan. To help second grade students improve their reading fluency, teachers will use Helen Moore's poem "The Fight" during the lesson plan.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Reading Fluency
This lesson engages students in reading fluency practice. Teachers will modeling auditorily, use timed self-assessments, and ensure partners give feedback to motivate the students.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Teaching Fluency Using Reader's Theater
This lesson engages students in fluency stories related to Dr. Seuss' stories. Students will engage in reading these texts with meaningful phrases, intonation, and expression. The Sneetches, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, What Was I...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Little Big Mouse
This video segment from Between the Lions features "The Lion and the Mouse" for young students, an introduction to one of many Aesop's fables. illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud. [4:19]
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Reading Development
Explore an interactive article to experience reading development firsthand. Listen in as a typical child from each grade reads aloud, and compare reading strategies and skills as children progress from kindergarten through third grade.
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Choral Reading [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about choral reading, an engaging instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement choral reading, understand how to measure progress with choral reading, find research that supports choral...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Guest Readers
Mix up reading time by having your own young scholars transform into guest readers. Have students act out the book, read, or show illustrations.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Sentence Scramblers
A great exercise to help young scholars practice reading fluency by using sentence strips and games.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Big Brother Daniel
This early reading module is an extension of PBS Kids' series, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Four e-books share read-aloud stories that feature Daniel Tiger: Big Brother Daniel, Neighborhood Clean Up, Daniel's Babysitter, and Something...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Catching the Bug for Reading
This lesson plan for reading utilizes techniques associated with interactive read-alouds. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.