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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
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Article
Read Works

Read Works: Poems & Questions for National Poetry Month

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains a collection of sets of poems with comprehension questions. The poems were joined as a resource for teachers who are recognizing National Poetry Month during April of each year.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Community: I Am a Scientist

For Students K - 1st Standards
This book shows some of the many different types of scientists. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: Everyone Reads

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Shows children reading with others at school. Includes audio narration in 22 additional languages with text in English.
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Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Reading Resources [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site provides a collection of reading strategy teaching resources. Strategies are arranged according to the ELA Common Core Curriculum Standards and grade level bands.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Topics a to Z

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A large collection of articles and resources on reading instruction, including for English language learners. The Teacher Education section includes a complete self-study course on teaching reading and writing.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reading Instruction: Content Area Reading Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This website offers a free download of the Research-Based Content Area Reading Instruction booklet. The purpose of this booklet is to provide teachers with research-based and classroom-tested information about each of these aspects of...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reading Instruction: Comprehension Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A major goal of reading comprehension is to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to become competent and enthusiastic readers. Download the Comprehension Instruction booklet, which details important ideas...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reading Instruction: Beginning Reading Instruction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Research-based programs for beginning reading instruction provide comprehensive, well-organized instructional plans and practice opportunities that allow all students to make sense of reading. It offers two free downloads: Beginning...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Emergent Readers With and Emergent Reader

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will sequence story events with the teacher and read an emergent reader in a guided setting. The chosen book, "Pilgrims and Wampanoag: Together They Were Better", has high use of sight words and high levels of picture support...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Comprehension

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Provides articles, parent tips, research briefs, and a video on how to teach reading comprehension.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Provides a wealth of basic information on how to teach kids to read. Covers print awareness, sounds of speech, phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and lots more.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Provides articles, parent tips, research briefs, and a video on how to teach children to write.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literacy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Multiple resources such as videos and interactive games from Sesame Street that can be used to build literacy skills.
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Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Cold Planet

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listening to a cute story about an imaginary planet helps with English comprehension and the additional activities encourage reading and writing skills.
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Professional Doc
Auburn University

Auburn University: How Children Learn to Read Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How do children really learn to read words? This resource offers insight into this complicated but exciting journey of putting sounds and words together to learn the joy of reading. Come and discover more.
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Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Interventions for Reading: Reconciled Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, engages young scholars in enrichment activities prior to reading the passage. In this way, students have the opportunity to activate and enhance existing knowledge before reading....
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Reading Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore an interactive article to experience reading development firsthand. Listen in as a typical child from each grade reads aloud, and compare reading strategies and skills as children progress from kindergarten through third grade.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Getting Started With Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
How do you get started with guided reading? At this site one can find the answer to this question. The online lesson plans will help get students started with guided reading.
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Article
PBS

Pbs: Multiple Methods of Reading Instruction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.
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eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Pediatrician

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listen and read along as a pediatrician describes how she takes care of children in this interactive book for early learners.
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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: 1st Grade Retell Stories

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learn how to use retelling a story to increase student's comprehension of a story.
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eBook
FableVision

Fable Vision: Peter Reynolds: Playing From the Heart

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Read a click-through story about rediscovering the joy of making music.