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Handout
McREL International

Mc Rel: 100 Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A quick list of the 100 most frequent words in books for beginning readers. An excellent resource to print and give to parents to practice site words with students!
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Wishing Tree

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little boy named Noah who finds a wishing tree. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Flip It

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a boy named Jack who helps his dad make pancakes for breakfast. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Grade 2 Spelling Bee

For Students 2nd Standards
Spelling Bee offers three levels of words for each grade level group (1-12). Click the appropriate grade level tab. In each level a story is both shown on the screen and read to the student. Students will type missing words to complete...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Prefixes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students learn to use the meanings of prefixes to help determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson includes directions for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a lesson plan in which students learn to use a dictionary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson plan utilizes the book The Mitten by Jan Brett and includes...
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Professional Doc
Other

Center for Media Literacy: What Is "Critical" Viewing?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Understand the term "critical viewing" as it relates to visual literacy. Learn how to assess the media around you in order to become more knowledgeable and not easily manipulated by what you see.
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Professional Doc
Other

Center for Media Literacy: What Is "Critical" Viewing?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Understand the term "critical viewing" as it relates to visual literacy. Learn how to assess the media around you in order to become more knowledgeable and not easily manipulated by what you see.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Extraordinary Elephants

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Determine which word is the synonym of the given word then choose it to feed the elephant.
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Interactive
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Audio Word Match Fry Words 251 260

For Students 2nd Standards
This matching game will test how well you read irregularly spelled, high-frequency grade 2 words.
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Interactive
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Audio Word Match Fry Words 261 270

For Students 2nd Standards
Play this matching game to see how well you read irregularly spelled, high-frequency grade 2 words.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: L.3.4d: Use Glossaries or Dictionaries to Determine Meaning

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.4d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Give Thanks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Thanksgiving traditions in a Native American family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Make It Meaningful

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students sort words based on the meanings of their affixes: before, one who, state or qualify of, and wrongly. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Meaningful Affixes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students add affixes to alter the meaning of words. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morphemic Elements: Affix Concentration

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students play a memory game by matching affixes with their meanings. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words: Word Speed Practice [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students check for speed and accuracy while reading word lists. Printable materials are provided.
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Interactive
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards Dictionaries and Glossaries

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
View a lesson on using dictionaries and glossaries to determine the meaning of words. Test your skills using Test Mode or Game Mode.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vocabulary Magic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Using the book Farmer Duck, this lesson will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. This will help open up the world of reading to students.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Laying the Foundation Day 1

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Instead of telling your young scholars new word meanings, let them take ownership for their learning.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Read, Write, and Say

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity students improve their ability to spell sight words and decodable text. Students use a slideshow presentation to practice spelling frequently-used words. This instructional activity will improve students'...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Reference Materials to Correctly Spell Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Some words may sound like other words, but using the wrong word can lead to confusion and madness. A dictionary would be helpful to make sure you know what you're talking about! [0:40]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Reference Materials

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A dictionary is one of the most useful reference books anybody could ever use. Learn how to properly understand a dictionary's formatting and content! [0:46]
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 4: Writing and Spelling

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Vivica A. Fox, Writing and Spelling examines the connection between reading and writing and between spelling and composition. The program features successful methods for encouraging children to write and build their...