Readers listen and critically read fictional prose to answer prediction questions at designated stopping points, and then they give a summary of the short story. This lesson is ideal for English language learners developing English...

Practice the strategy of letter-sound correspondence when identifying the short vowel /i/ sound in written and spoken words. The teacher recites the tongue twister "Icky insect is in icky sticky ink," while listeners repeat. Letter boxes...

Review the concept of expressive reading. Through modeling, the teacher shows them that more expression makes reading more interesting and enjoyable to listen to. They review ending punctuation marks and the types of expression and...

There are so many great reading strategies. In this lesson, learners practice decoding. They break down two paragraphs to analyze and determine main ideas and details. They each observes ways to model as they map their paragraphs.

Second graders interact with the story of Alexander's horrible day by connecting it to their lives. They practice predicting, writing paragraphs, reading aloud, discussing his problems, making a card to cheer him up, and designing a pair...

Young readers consider text-to-self connections. Learners discover the text-to-self connection as they read Flora's Box by Tina Althaide. They practice high frequency words, prepositions, and 1:1 correspondence.

Why waste time teaching multiplication and division facts separately, when this resource allows you to cover both concepts at once. Displaying the fact families for all single-digit factors, these triangle shaped flash cards are a great...

Students practice reading different materials to increase their fluency. Individually, they are given a race car and they move their car forward depending how well they have read different excerpts. To end the lesson, they take time...

Third graders practice identifying words with the short o vowel sound. They use the strategy will reading a page from The Hare and the Tortoise. They read the passage while focusing on increasing their reading fluency and practice...

Students, through teacher modeling and guided activities, practice their word decoding and blending skills in order to become more fluent readers. Reading aloud to a partner, they practice reading smoothly and with expression.

Second graders improve their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good decoding strategies, 2nd graders complete an initial read of a story. Working with a partner, they complete a timed assessment of...

Second graders practice reading with expression. After discussing how reading with feeling and excitement can enhance the text, 2nd graders listen as the teacher reads a story with and without emotion. Individual students practice...

Students practice reading orally to increase speed and fluency in this lesson. The teacher models fluent reading by reading orally the book "Arthur's Reading Race." The students then work with a partner taking turns reading and...

First graders develop their reading fluency during the school year. In this language arts lesson, 1st graders discover what skilled readers do when they are reading, such as chunking text or thinking about the meaning of the...

Students read orally in groups of two to increase reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They read provided books which emphasize the short vowel sounds. The pairs time each others reading and offer encouragement and support as they...

Students explore language arts by participating in a word fluency activity. In this irregular word lesson, students discuss the sounds that are made from different words as they read them from flash cards. Students shuffle the flash...

Investigate the concept of phrases and how they are a crucial element for successful reading comprehension. High schoolers identify key phrases in reading selections. Afterward, they engage in writing exercises regarding what they have...

Practice working with different phonemes in consonants and vowels. Sounds are written on squares that get put on a rocket to "blast off" and meet other sounds. The teacher first models blending, then reads the new words. Young readers...

Give your young grammarians practice with nouns. With this five-question worksheet, they read the sentence, select the noun to the right that completes the sentence the best, and write the word in the blank. 

Students read information on the importance of literacy and complete a worksheet. In this community service instructional activity, students evaluate children's literature and practice reading fluency. Students spend two hours per week...

Jacque's soliloquy from Act II, scene ii of As You Like It sets the stage for a close reading exercise that models how to approach difficult, dense text and enables readers to practice reading comprehension and analysis...

In this early childhood reading text worksheet, students read a brief selection with a caregiver, on their own, and to their teacher in order to practice reading smoothly, without stopping.

The language of the Constitution can feel quite ominous to young learners, but there are a variety of strategies you can utilize to help your class grasp the important concepts and ideals in our nation's founding document. This lesson...

In this reading practice worksheet, students read poems and biographies and answer twenty six multiple choice questions related to the different passages.