CPALMS
Cpalms: Buzzing Tails
This video tutorial features the character named Bobby who will assist students as they search for key details in a nonfiction text.
Education.com
Education.com: sl.k.5 Lesson Plans
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from four quality lesson plans to help students practice the Common Core Standard of adding drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Character Expression Using the Three Little Pigs
Students will use the character lineup strategy in collaborative groups to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. Each group will be assigned a different character or emotion and then compare the differences between each group....
Scholastic
Scholastic: Fairytale Homes
Students will have a chance to show their understanding of their favorite fairy tales by building homes for the characters.
Starfall
Starfall: Let's Play
This interactive focuses on short sentences that include picture words.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 10: Toddling Toward Reading
Hosted by Reba McEntire, "Toddling Toward Reading" examines what it takes to give preschoolers the early literacy skills they need to become successful readers. Features children's book author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, whose...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 8: Reading and the Brain
Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 7: Becoming Bilingual
Acclaimed actress Rita Moreno hosts Becoming Bilingual, a 30-minute PBS program that examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language. The show visits six cities across the country to learn about the different ways...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 6: Empowering Parents
Empowering Parents, a PBS special hosted by Al Roker, visits schools in Huntingtown, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon, to see how families learn to identify early signs of reading problems and find ideas for getting their kids the help and...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 5: Reading for Meaning
Hosted by Frank McCourt, Reading for Meaning highlights effective strategies to help kids understand - and care about - what they read, the ultimate goal of learning how to read. Features host Frank McCourt and children's book author...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Collection
This collection foster students' interest in reading and writing, and encourage positive social skills with this collection of classroom resources from ARTHUR. Aimed at children between the ages of four and eight, these resources feature...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Teaching Tools: 6 Steps to Helping Students Set Strong Reading Goals
This site offers six steps to helping students set strong reading goals. It all starts with inspiring your students to think about who they are as readers.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Keyboarding Zoo 2
The keyboarding zoo is back! This fun and educational activity will focus on uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as typing words and making short sentences using the period key and spacebar.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Guide for Determining Text Complexity
An educator's guide to help determine the level of text complexity.
Starfall
Starfall: Folk Tales
This is an interactive collection of six folk tales. Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Starfall
Starfall: The Little Red Hen
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Little Red Hen". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Starfall
Starfall: The Turnip
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Turnip". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Starfall
Starfall: Let's Be Pals
This interactive focuses on short sentences that include picture words.
Starfall
Starfall: Giving
This interactive focuses on giving to others. Children can read independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
abcteach
Abcteach: Picture Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] Reproducible worksheets with colorful pictures that help early readers to practice their comprehension by choosing the correct sentence.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Retelling the Story
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps to teach students how to retell main events from a story and sequence events.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Special Names
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through these activities, students begin to demonstrate control in the writing process.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Three Little Pigs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using copying and pasting, a flipchart retelling the traditional tale. Use the reveal blind and spotlight to highlight text, and pictures to stimulate discussion.