Curated OER
Dragon Math
Students engage in a lesson plan which provides a fun way to increase a student's ability to combine and separate numbers to form landmarks. They access a game online and play in pairs.
Curated OER
Writing with Writers
Pupils participate in Writing with Writer's, a step-by-step set of directions aimed at improving different genres of student writing. They identify the characteristics of different genres and follow a specified writing process to produce...
Curated OER
Dinosaurs
Students research and identify the characteristics of a variety of dinosaurs. They participate in a class discussion about dinosaurs, analyze and examine fossils, and conduct research using a variety of sources to write and present a...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Family Reading Activities
This site features family reading activities that will guide parents with their children's reading development.
Information Fluency
Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
Information Fluency
Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Guided Reading Lesson
The benefits of guided reading are plentiful! Students will have increased fluency, an expanded vocabulary, stronger phonemic awareness, and a greater motivation to read. Use the following PDF as a template for your guided reading lesson.
Auburn University
Auburn University: Developing Reading Fluency
How can you develop reading fluency in your students? This site offers insight into the direct and indirect approaches to teaching reading fluency. Come and check it out.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing
Reading 101 is a self-paced professional development course for K-3 teachers. It presents some of the core information that teachers need to help young children learn to read and write well and to support the children who struggle. The...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Read Well Letter Chant Podcast
This activity guides students through creating a Podcast that provides video and audio of the Read Well Letter Chant. Students take pictures of the cards and record the chant to go along with the cards.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Emergent Readers With and Emergent Reader
Students will sequence story events with the teacher and read an emergent reader in a guided setting. The chosen book, "Pilgrims and Wampanoag: Together They Were Better", has high use of sight words and high levels of picture support...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities: Grades 2 3
In 2005-2006, a team of teachers at FCRR reviewed current research, collected ideas, and created materials for use in second and third grade classrooms. These included two books for students and a teachers guide with a DVD for...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Khan Academy for Lesson Aligned Practice
How you can use Khan Academy's content for in-class guided and independent practice.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 6: Frank
This Roy the Zebra e-book shares the story of Roy the Zebra's bus trip and visit to a safari park. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 9: The Big Twitch
This e-book shares the story of Roy the Zebra as he uses his nose to try and find his herd. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 3: The Zebra Warp Drive
This Roy the Zebra e-book shares the story of Roy the Zebra who finds the 'zebra warp drive' and learns how to drive a tractor. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 4: The Big City
This Roy the Zebra e-book shares the story of Roy of Zebra as he goes to a carnival. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 7: The Safari Park
This e-book shares the story of Roy the Zebra and his trip to a safari park. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Tale of a Singing Zebra: Chapter 8: How to Find the Herd
This e-book shares a story of Roy the Zebra and his method for finding this herd. Students will develop their fluency and reading comprehension through this guided reading book.
Harvard University
Scratch Ed: Computational Thinking With Scratch: What Is Computational Thinking?
A Computational Thinking curriculum guide which develops fluency with computational concepts, practices and perspectives.