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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Reading Connected Text Activities

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Great lesson plans and stories to build reading fluency and accuracy. Choose from beginner readers to 80 word passages.
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Website
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 1: Reading Literature

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learn how asking and answering questions can help readers understand literature better. Site includes a model and an example of how to use this system.
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Article
Family Education

Family Education: Fifteen Minute Reading Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
What can you do with your child in fifteen minutes to improve their reading skills? This site has a list of reading activities.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Fact Strip [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and identify the topic and four facts presented within the text. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A great resource for teachers introducing the concepts of "letters" and "words" to early elementary students. Uses the names of the students themselves as a starting place in learning these concepts. Great site.
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Professional Doc
International Reading Association

Reading Online Articles: Comprehension Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
An article on improving reading comprehension through time-tested strategies as well as a summary of new hypotheses about effective comprehension instruction.
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Professional Doc
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Depend on the Text! How to Create Text Dependent Questions

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This strategy guide focuses on writing text-dependent questions which require the student to reread the text to support their answers. It offers a list of what to do to create these questions that progress from establishing general...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Vocabulary Instruction Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan uses a virtual trip to the moon to teach vocabulary practice. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Frayer Model [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Classroom teachers will learn about the Frayer Model, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement the Frayer Model, understand how to measure progress with the Frayer Model, find research that supports...
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Unit Plan
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Fun With Word Walls [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st Standards
A series of nine activities to use while introducing and practicing with words on word walls. Activities include Funky Cheers, Words Undercover, Magic Words, Finish My Word, Create Complete Sentences, Word Categories, Rhyme Roundup,...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Comprehension Units

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Reading comprehension units for grades kindergarten through fifth grade are available on this site. Units consist of read aloud questions and paired passages. Multiple Lexiles are shown, along with...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Sight Word Bingo

For Students K - 1st Standards
This resource provides an interactive game using sight words to help students with prereading skills.
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Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Your School Age Child

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
What can you do to help your school-age child develop their reading skills?
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Family Reading Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features family reading activities that will guide parents with their children's reading development.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: About Your Bones

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the skeletonThis passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning....
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: How Plants Work

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different parts of a plant: the leaves, stem, roots, and flowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: How Plants Get Water and Food

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about a plant's roots and why they are important. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Stop the Rock!

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about animals that work together to help each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Will You Push or Pull?

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A text about a red wagon that can be pushed or pulled. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: How to Draw a Map Passage & Question Set

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains how to draw a map. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Helping a Friend

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Zoe who knows that helping a friend is more important than winning. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Finding the Office

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This realistic fiction dialogue shares what happens when a note is given to a student. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: I Need Quiet!

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kahlil who figured out a way to eliminate noisy distractions so he could read. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: In the Night

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a cat who likes to go hunting at night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.