Curated OER
Double-Letter Word Fluency
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to use letter cards to form double letter words.
Curated OER
At the Crayon Factory: high frequency and spelling words
After reading the story At The Crayon Factory learners complete 4 different language arts activities. They write spelling and high frequency words, fill in the blanks to sentences, answer short answer questions, and write sentences.
Curated OER
Sand Castle: Lesson 29
The story Sand Castle is the basis for each of the four learning activities found on this worksheet. Learners will write spelling words, fill in the blanks, compose sentences, and answer comprehension questions relating to the story....
Curated OER
High Frequency Words--Lesson 26
In this high frequency words worksheet, learners read and write the thirteen spelling and high frequency words onto the provided lines. Students fill in the correct words to complete each of the five given sentences.
Curated OER
Spelling - Compacting (Grades 3-5)
Students use compacting when learning spelling words. In this spelling instructional activity, students take a pre-test on their weekly spelling words. Students who score 100% are exempt from spelling and those who miss 0-2 words compact...
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Second and Third Grade Explicit Phonics Intervention
Support all young learners on their journey to literacy with this five-lesson reading intervention unit. Following a clearly outlined format, each lesson first engages children in practicing their phonemic awareness and phonics skills...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Surprise!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)
Surprise! is the theme of a unit covering such topics as consonants, blending, short vowels sounds, high frequency words, and number words. The unit's lessons also include teachable moments covering story structure, illustrations,...
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
A Mini lesson on Semicolons
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" serves as an exemplar for a mini-activity on semicolons. Working alone or in small groups, class members first circle all the semicolons in the letter, and then consider how...
Curated OER
Hanukkah - ESL
Reinforce vocabulary and reading comprehension with a Hanukkah-themed collection of worksheets. Scholars first read a two-paragraph informational text, then apply their new-found-knowledge to match phrases, fill in blanks with...
Curated OER
Icky Insect Is In Icky Sticky Ink
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...
Curated OER
Whirl Your Word Wheelie Lesson Plan
Have your class create a word recognition wheelie. They choose a letter, and brainstorm several words that begin with that letter. They make a wheelie by writing the words and drawing pictures on a circular piece of cardboard which is...
Curated OER
Instant Spelling Activity: 1st Grade
First graders practice their spelling skills. In this spelling lesson plan, 1st graders explore onsets and rimes as they complete an activity regarding double letters.
Literacy Connects
Activities to Build Phonological Awareness
Begin your reading program each day with a mini lesson on phonological awareness using these engaging activities listed in the resource. Young ones will enjoy word families, clapping and counting syllables, identifying single sounds and...
Curated OER
Irregular Word Fluency, Smack the Wall
Students practice decoding irregular words. In this irregular word fluency lesson, students read the irregular words from the word wall. Students listen to the teacher read an irregular word and smack the word on the word wall with a fly...
Curated OER
Irregular Word Fluency, around the World
Students participate in a fluency game. In this irregular word instructional activity, students read words the fastest to become champion of a game. Students read the word in pairs, the winner of each round moves on.
Curated OER
English Lesson Plan on World Freedom Day
In this ESL grammar and comprehension worksheet set, learners read a selection about World Freedom Day. They complete matching, fill in the blank, short answer, and word choice activities based on the reading.
Curated OER
Irregular Word Fluency, Surprise
Students practice reading. In this irregular words lesson, students build their reading fluency playing a game in which they identify word cards. They play in a small group led by a teacher. This lesson includes a link to the irregular...
Curated OER
Spelling Success: correct spelling
Fourth graders circle the word in each row that is spelled correctly. In this spelling lesson plan, 4th graders read four words in each row and circle the correct one.
Curated OER
Silent-letter Word Fluency
First graders practice reading. In this fluency building activity, 1st graders practice quickly saying words that have a silent letter in them. They work in small groups to read a group of word cards as quickly as they can. This activity...
Curated OER
Lesson 2: Feelings
After reading the story, David, No! and creating a chart of David's feelings, youngsters discuss how they knew how he felt throughout the story. They discuss using prior knowledge and picture clues to determine how the main character...
Curated OER
Vowel Lessons: To Help Improve Spelling
There are a few things every good speller knows: spelling rules, vowel sounds, and word endings. Help your learner with dyslexia become a more efficient speller with a few tips from a dyslexia expert. Included in the instructional...
Curated OER
Scary Short Story Writing Lesson
There's nothing like the prospect of writing a scary story to get your middle schoolers' writing juices flowing! In the lesson plan presented here, pupils listen to scary short stories read to them by the teacher. Then, a discussion...
Kaylee's Education Studio
Contractions
Keep your class on track with contractions! This reference page includes six lists of contractions, which are organized by the word that is being contracted. For example, the word not is the title of the list that includes words such...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Journeys: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)
Kids who need extra support mastering the concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on journeys, will benefit from the exercises and activities contained in this 40-page resource packet.