Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Interventions for Struggling Readers
This site offers links to an action plan a for school-wide intervention program. It includes a PDF of the principal's action plan outline, links to web casts of the intervention plan, and a video about the sounds of the English language...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Response to Intervention (Rt1)
This site offers links to Florida's State-wide Implementation Plan, The Use of Ongoing Progress Monitoring to Improve Reading Instruction (PDF), Rt1 Action Network, and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Just the Facts
A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the topic and supporting details or facts. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Story [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners read two narrative texts and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast the texts. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Nar Text Structure: Story Sequence Organizer [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to sequence the story and finally create an illustrated storyboard. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell a Story [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to map the story. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Character Compare [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a narrative text and complete a graphic organizer to compare two characters. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Characteristics
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Fiction and Nonfiction Sort [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Compare and Contrast [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students use graphic organizers to compare and contrast topics within a text. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Essentials for Reading Success
This site offers three cyclical flow charts of the essentials for reading success: components of reading, types of assessment, and layers of instruction.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Homograph Hitch
A lesson plan in which students match two definitions to each homograph. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Sentence Meaning: Silly Sentence Mix Up
A lesson plan in which students use sentence strips with various phrases to create sentences. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Category Sort
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to sort words according to category and then label each category. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Category Cube
A lesson plan in which students sort word cards according to categories including: food, clothing, sports, animals, classroom things, and things with wheels. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Word Wake Up
A lesson plan in which learners match a strong word choice with its overused counterpart. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Inside Information
A lesson plan in which students create flip books by defining a word, writing a sentence, and giving examples. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Semantic Map
A lesson plan in which learners complete a graphic organizer to learn a new word. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Action
A lesson plan in which students play a game by moving around the board by identifying suffixes. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Match
A lesson plan in which students play a memory match game by matching affixes and their meanings. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Synonym Antonym Connections
A lesson plan in which students sort word cards by synonyms and antonyms. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Opposites Attract
A lesson plan in which students play a card game by matching synonym and antonym cards. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Synonym Dominoes
A lesson plan in which students play a game of dominoes by matching synonyms. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Contraction Bingo
A lesson plan in which students play a game of Bingo by matching words and their contractions. Materials are included.