For classes tackling To Kill a Mockingbird, this lesson plan sets readers up for discussions or essay writing with questions and prompts. The prompts encourage individuals to explore beyond the novel itself, looking at...

In this classroom activity, the instructor creates a list of simple sentences that include a three or four letter word that the students are asked to blend. The instructor says the sentence and asks the student to help blend the letters...

Students are divided into two teams. The teacher calls one person from each team up at a time to look at a picture. The first player to yell out how many sounds are in the picture gets a point for the team. This site includes a link to a...

In this activity, the teacher says three words and has the students identify the common sound. This site includes a link to a Word List Generator.

An exciting activity that helps pre-readers identify sounds and break down words into segments. The students pretend to be "Aliens of Paz" who pronouce words very slowly. This activity also incorporates movement as the student touches...

A classroom activity that introduces and builds the accuracy of students' abilities of identifying syllables in a word. The instructor says a word, the student stomps once for each syllable in the word and then stomps one more time to...