Learners focus on improving their reading fluency. They discuss what it means to be a fluent reader and practice repeated readings with a short story. They work in partners and take turns timing one another for one minute reads.

Students explore the differences between the letters b and d. They practice seeing the letters and hearing the sounds with words and tongue twisters. They practice letter formation for both letters and listen to the book, The...

Students use their bodies to form the letters to spell each of the five words that they were given. They must spell the word correctly and the teacher must be able to read the word from left and right on their "baseline." The teacher...

Students work with a partner to become fluent readers. Each person gets the chance to be each role. One of them gets to be the listener while the other person gets to be the reader. The reader reads the book while the listener times...

First graders identify and demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the environment. They use a map and a globe to label where the students in the book came from, point out the continent, and show which ocean...

Students discuss the painting The Radcliffe Family and discuss what it was like for them to hold poses for portraits. In this portrait lesson plan, students then pose stuffed animals and make their own portraits.

In this uppercase and lowercase letter matching learning exercise, students cut out the umbrella cards and match the uppercase letters to the correct lowercase letters. This learning exercise covers all of the letters in the alphabet and...

In these reading clues worksheets, students find an object from their home to put in the box and then write three clues about the object. Students read the clues aloud to their classmates and they try to determine the object, draw the...

In Valentine's Day activity worksheet, students cut out the 10 pairs of word and picture cards. Students use the cards to play Valentine's Day memory by matching word and picture cards together.

In this phonics word decoder worksheet, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 15 sets of numbers in order to form 15 long u words.

In this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with the long i sound. Students then read the list of words they have created.

In this phonics word decoder worksheet, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 14 sets of numbers in order to form 14 -igh words.

In this phonics word decoder learning exercise, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 16 sets of numbers in order to form 16 long i words.

In this phonics word decoder instructional activity, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 20 sets of numbers in order to form 20 "oa" words.

In this phonics word decoder worksheet, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 20 sets of letters in order to form 20 long o words.

In this phonics word decoder worksheet, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 20 sets of letters in order to form 20 long o words.

In this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with "ee". Students then read the list of words they have created.

In this phonics missing vowel activity activity, students fill in the missing vowels in 16 words in order to form 16 words with the long e sound. Students then read the list of words they have created.

For this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with the "ea". Students then read the list of words they have created.

In this spelling puzzle for Christmas activity, learners read the clue, then color the letters to spell the answer, and write the answer word on the line.

Students explore English by completing a word definitions worksheet. In this dictionary lesson, students practice locating a list of vocabulary terms in a "Dictionary Race." Students complete a worksheet based upon word cards and...

Students play various games to help create a classroom community. In this name recognition lesson, students combine their name recognition skills with newly learned art and geometric vocabulary. First students discover vocabulary that...

Research animals and develop a non-fiction presentation. Students will complete research on a particular animal and determine the animal's characteristics as well as habitat before choosing a differentiated project to present using the...

Students explore tableaux.  In this social studies and fine arts cross curriculum lesson, students work in groups of four to create "frozen" stage pictures (tableaux) representing vocabulary and concepts from a "From Farm to You"...