University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode and...
All About Reading
Pirate Dictionary
Shiver me timbers, this here resource is a great way to teach young landlubbers to speak the language of the briny deep. Including over 30 different words and phrases, complete with definitions and guide words, this dictionary will have...
Scholastic
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream - Mini Book
Celebrate the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. by sharing his dream of equality for all with young readers. This printable book includes simple sentences and one- and two-syllable words that make it a perfect...
Scholastic
Alpha Tales: The Pig's Picnic (Letter P)
Penny, Polly, and Peter are planning a picnic but end up pigging out instead in this fun printable book. Including dozens of p-words and amusing illustrations, this is a great resource for teaching emergent readers about the sound...
PBS
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat: Flash Card Games
Expand the vocabulary of young readers with this series of five activities based the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback. From playing bingo to group storytelling, a variety of different approaches are presented...
Curated OER
Irregular Word Fluency, Draw Two
Explore vocabulary by participating in a word fluency game! Utilize a deck of flash cards with irregular words printed on them to play a game. As they show each other the cards, they collect points for each word they sound out correctly.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Words, Word Speed Practice
Taking turns, learners time each other as they read a list of high-frequency words and track progress.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Words, Pass the Word
Learners time each other as they read as many high-frequency words as possible in one minute. Peers record progress.
Curated OER
Irregular Words Fluency, Speed Battle
Let's play a game! Explore language arts by participating in a flash card reading game. Kids utilize flash cards that have a number of irregular words written on them. They collaborate in pairs and compete as they attempt to pronounce...
Curated OER
Irregular Word Accuracy, Class Challenge
Irregular words are so...irregular! Participate in an activity to reinforce the reading of these tricky words. They take turns reading an irregular word card and then attempt to read the word in their head and say it out loud. They may...
Curated OER
Irregular Word Accuracy, Word Relay Race!
Ready, set, go! Practice irregular words by playing a relay race game. Start by dividing your class into two teams of four or five kids. They line up in front of their team's bucket of words and pick out a word from the bucket and read ...
Curated OER
Reintroduce /au/
Practice decoding au words with your first and second graders. They state the sound of au when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination, and remain silent when any other letter combination is displayed. Complete this...
Curated OER
Past Tense Irregular Verbs
With this worksheet, youngsters review past tense irregular words and predict the spelling of these words. They complete a worksheet where they fill in the missing letters of irregular verbs. The sheet provides the exact number of spaces...
Curated OER
"There Is No K In Christmas"
Do you hear a k in the word Christmas? It sounds like it, but it's really a ch that creates the same sound! Teach young learners this fun song, "There is No K in Christmas," and show them words that use ch to make the same /k/ sound.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Grade 2: Treasures: Practice Book O [Pdf]
Help second graders reinforce their understanding of the reading skills, vocabulary acquisition, phonemic awareness, and sight words with the pages in this 260-page workbook. This workbook is designed to supplement the stories from Grade...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Grade 2: Treasures: Spelling Practice Book [Pdf]
Help second graders reinforce their understanding of spelling skills with the exercises in this 128-page workbook. This workbook is designed to supplement the stories from Grade 2 Treasures.
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: First Grade Activities (Spanish)
Links to 100 first grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Third Grade Activities (Spanish)
Links to 100 third grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Lessons 13 24 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews words that incorporate "x", "2 syllables", digraphs, and more. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ar Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "ar" words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: "ar" lesson.
Free Reading
Free Reading
This free reading intervention site is geared toward students grade K-3, with literacy activities and lessons/ideas links. The site includes teaching tools and activities. See the link at the bottom to "About FreeReading" for a list of...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Make a Big Book of Rhymes: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words
In this teacher-led activity on this site, students work together in the classroom creating a book full of rhymes.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Memory Game: Identifying and Generating Rhming Words
A game of "Memory" where the students flip over two cards at a time to try and match rhyming words. This site includes links to Rhyming Pictures to use to make the Memory cards.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Hidden Words
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will find hidden words that contain "ie" to form long /e/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.