Auburn University
Auburn University: How Children Learn to Read Words
How do children really learn to read words? This resource offers insight into this complicated but exciting journey of putting sounds and words together to learn the joy of reading. Come and discover more.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Letter Sound Accuracy Game
An exciting activity for the whole class to practice listening for a specific letter sound. When they hear a word with the sound they are listening for they give it a thumbs up; if it doesn't have the sound, they give it a thumbs down....
Free Reading
Free Reading
This free reading intervention site is geared toward students grade K-3, with literacy activities and lessons/ideas links. The site includes teaching tools and activities. See the link at the bottom to "About FreeReading" for a list of...
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Second Grade Activities (Spanish)
Links to one hundred second grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set,...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Reading Connected Text Activities
Great lesson plans and stories to build reading fluency and accuracy. Choose from beginner readers to 80 word passages.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
Starfall
Starfall: Pete's Sheep (Long E Listening Practice)
Learn the long E sound in English while enjoying an animated story about sheep. You can listen to the story over and over again and watch the story come alive with animation.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Test Tutor: Sequence
Students will increase their reading comprehension skills and understanding of story sequence by reading a passage of text and then answering questions about the order of events.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Text Explorer
Use this Text Explorer reading comprehension activity to improve your literacy skills.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Blast Off!
Use this Blast Off! reading comprehension activity to improve your literacy skills.
Other
Wisconsin Educational Communication Board: Into the Book
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...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Simple Things Principals Can Do to Help All Children Read Well
Explore a list of simple things that principals can do to help all children learn to read. Come and learn more about the collaboration process with school administrators, teachers and staff.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Text to Self and Text to World Connections
Students will further their reading comprehension by associating real-life events with the events of a story.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: No Dogs!
After you listen to and read the story, print out the activities to practice reading comprehension skills. Work on character identification, details, and sequence of events.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Asking and Answering Questions About Our Story
Today's lesson is all about asking and answering questions so we can strengthen comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Marvin K. Mooney Lesson Plan
In this lesson students get to combine the world of literacy and physical movement! As the teacher reads the book "Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now" by Dr. Seuss, students listen carefully and safely jump up out of their chairs...
Other
Bab Books: On Line Stories and Resources for Kids
Collection of children's books online. Some of the books are "Talking books," and children can create their own story by using Adlib and even have the story read back to them.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Junie B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes
Contains plans for seven lessons that use the book "Junie B., First Grader (at last!)" by Barbara Park to develop reading comprehension, summary and writing skills. Students create literacy mystery boxes based off the text. In addition...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Guess What's in the Bag a Language Based Activity
Contains plans for a language activity called "Guess What's in the Bag." Students try to guess the object in a bag in order to develop descriptive language, listening, and problem solving skills. In addition to objectives and standards,...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: R Controlled Words
Practice reading and pronouncing words that have a vowel followed by the letter R.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Building Background Knowledge
The importance of background knowledge is especially salient in the age of Common Core. This article offers practical classroom strategies to build background knowledge such as using contrasts and comparisons and encouraging...
Other
Lesson Plan: Decoding: Context Activity
What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.
Other
Lesson Plan: Decoding: Context Activity
What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.