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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Category Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Category Cube

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Word Wake Up

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Inside Information

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Semantic Map

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students complete a graphic organizer to learn a new word. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Action

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which learners play a game by moving around the board by identifying suffixes. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Match

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Homograph Hitch

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students match two definitions to each homograph. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Synonym Antonym Connections

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Opposites Attract

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Synonym Dominoes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Contraction Bingo

For Teachers K - 1st
A lesson plan in which students play a game of Bingo by matching words and their contractions. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Affix Hunt

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students identify prefixes and suffixes on word cards. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Vowel Stars

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students fill in the missing letter with vowels to determine which ones form real words. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Jar Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students sort words according to their vowel-r combination. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

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

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students look for new vocabulary words and context clues to define them while reading an independent reading book. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Looking for Meaning [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students look for the meanings of unknown words in a text. 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 students 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: Monitor for Understanding: Question Creation [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and create questions using the words provided on word cards. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Stop and Ask [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text stopping to answer questions as they read. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Question Cards [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and answer questions on comprehension cards. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Answer Know How [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students sort questions into one of four types: On My Own, Author and Me, Right There, and Think and Search. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Plenty of Predictions [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
A lesson plan in which students read a text stopping to make predictions and then determine if those predictions were correct. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Agree to Disagree [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read statements and then use prior knowledge to agree or disagree with each statement. Materials are included.