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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Game

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a game by determining affixes and their meanings in order to move around the board. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Make It Meaningful

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students sort words based on the meanings of their affixes: before, one who, state or qualify of, and wrongly. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Meaningful Affixes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students add affixes to alter the meaning of words. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Concentration

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a memory game by matching affixes with their meanings. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: If the Word Fits

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to choose the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Pun Fun [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars choose three selections of interesting word play in a text and then work with a partner to discuss their choices. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Matter of Fact or Opinion [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to write facts and opinions on different word cards. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Fact or Opinion Game [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a game where they move around a board by determining if statements are facts or opinions. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Feature Find

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students look through a book to find various text features including: a table of contents, sequence and format, charts/graphs/maps, diagrams/graphics/illustrations, print variations, an index, and a glossary....
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: If the Clue Fits [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars identify a word on a word pyramid based on clues about its syllables and phonemes. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Syllable Map It [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
A lesson plan in which students use phoneme-grapheme mapping with a list of words. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Syllable Swap [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students build words with syllable cards. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Syllable Patterns: Syllable Game [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by counting syllables in words. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Variant Correspondences: The Write Word [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by identifying the spelling pattern of words. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Variant Correspondences: Word O Matic [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students draw phoneme cards and build as many words as possible in one minute. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities: Grades 2 3

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
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...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Super Summary [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and then complete a graphic organizer to help them write a summary. Materials are included.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: My Job [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"My Job" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about the job as department of streets and sanitation worker including the work involved. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Community Meeting [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
"Community Meeting" is a one page, fictional reading passage about the needs of a community and how they need to work together to meet those needs. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Like Plants [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
"I Like Plants" is a one page, realistic fiction, reading passage about a person who loves plants and became a botanist; now she teaches her college students about plants and ecology. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: My New Brother [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"My New Brother" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about child whose mother has just had new baby boy. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes:...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Animal Studies [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about studying the behaviors of animals including the sawfly and the poppy-bee. They learn about animals by observing them. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Prairie Ecology Questions and Activities [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
"Prairie Ecology Questions and Activities" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about prairie ecology the interdependence of its plants and animals. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: A Better Community [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
"A Better Community" is a one page, fictional reading passage that focuses on recycling. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes skills such as sequencing,...