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ReQuest Strategy: Reciprocal Questioning
Explore reciprocal questioning with this ReQuest comprehension strategy. After reading a passage, learners first question the teacher, trying to "stump" her. Then it is the teacher's turn to ask the pupils questions. All correct answers...
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Two Hens in a Pen
Make a study of -en words with this exercise. Class members first read a short poem that incorporates many -en words. They then respond to three included reading comprehension questions about the passage.
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Phonics Teachers Resource Book
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the different...
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Reading Comprehension Booklets
Students demonstrate understanding of a reading selection by identifying major characters, the setting of the passage, the problem of the selection and how the problem was solved.
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Bee Pollen Popular
The world would be a much different place without the help of pollinators. Read about the important role bats, hummingbirds, and various insects play in plant reproduction, exploring the interdependence of living things in an ecosystem....
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The Better to Hear You With
First graders use portable media players to improve their reading fluency. In this reading fluency lesson, 1st graders use a media player to read and record passages throughout the year to improve their reading fluency.
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Audio Aesop: Listen to the Lesson!
Aesop's Fables are the focus of this language arts instructional activity. Young philosophers study and discuss the morals found in the most famous of Aesop's Fables. They write an original fable that teaches a common moral. A "Fable...
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Families Eat Rice - Lesson Plan
Students participate in a shared writing experience about rice. For this writing lesson, students listen to Norah Dooley's, Everybody Cooks Rice. They write about, and discuss different ways their families and those in the book use...
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Intermediate Dialogues--
This short reading activity is a quick way to have younger students practice comprehension skills. Learners read a conversation between two friends and then answer 4 comprehension and vocabulary questions.
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Express Yourself!
First graders work as a group to generate and play a game that displays an understanding of developmental level reading vocabulary based on a grade level checklist. This activity really engages the creative side of your students!