British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Pirates Song
Listen to a song about pirates and read along. Do the puzzle and print out an activity sheet that not only uses pirate vocabulary, but is also an anagram activity.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Cold Planet
Listening to a cute story about an imaginary planet helps with English comprehension and the additional activities encourage reading and writing skills.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1: Reading Literature
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.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Meal Time
This printable phonics worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will complete a fill-in-the-blank paragraph with long /o/ words and then find each word in a seek-and-find. An...
FableVision
Fable Vision: Peter Reynolds: Playing From the Heart
Read a click-through story about rediscovering the joy of making music.
Other
Children's Poetry Archive
A collection of hundreds of poems chosen for their appeal to children. Most have both text and audio versions. Selections can be filtered by poet or by theme, or simply browsed through.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: I Wonder: Writing Scientific Explanations With Students
Students choose a question to explore, research it using a variety of resources, organize their information on a TCF chart, and then collaboratively write a class scientific explanation.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Recognizing Readers? Needs and Expectations for E Mail Replies
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about using e-mail as well as literary concepts like audience awareness. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Guess What's in the Bag a Language Based Activity
Contains plans for a language activity called "Guess What's in the Bag." Students try to guess the object in a bag in order to develop descriptive language, listening, and problem solving skills. In addition to objectives and standards,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Sorting: Using Observation and Comprehension
Critical thinking, comprehension and analysis skills are the focus of this physical activity. Good beginning to teaching different ways of looking at things.
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Poetry4 Kids
Author Kenn Nesbitt's poems are entertaining. Funny tongue twisters and popular poems such as "I'm Practically Perfect" are read by the author. There are also links to books and games.
Read Works
Read Works: About Your Bones
[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....
Read Works
Read Works: How Plants Work
[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.
Read Works
Read Works: Spiders
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text spiders and how they can be helpful. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: How Plants Get Water and Food
[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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Read Works: Don't Waste Water
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about not wasting water. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Will You Push or Pull?
[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.
Read Works
Read Works: The Helping List
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage shares a list of ways to be helpful. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
Read Works
Read Works: Helping a Friend
[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.
Read Works
Read Works: A Trip to the Store
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fictional narrative shares the story of a shopping trip and the theme "wants versus needs" in life. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
Read Works
Read Works: "As I Was Going to St. Ives"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A riddle poem by an anonymous poet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "Singing Time" by Rose Fyleman
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the poem "Singing Time" by Rose Fyleman followed by a set of reading comprehension questions using picture cues.
Read Works
Read Works: Be Careful With Medicines
[Free Registration/Login Required] This reading comprehension passage focuses on children learning to be safe with medicine and vocabulary words. It is followed by questions about the passage that include picture cues.
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Read Works: Wow, Water!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of water. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.