St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ie, Ui, U Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ie", "ui", and "u" to form words. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Descriptive Writing
This is a comprehensive article about what descriptive writing including what it is, why to teach it and strategies to teach it. It also features two videos Five Senses Graphic Organizer and Writing Poems as well as an annotated list of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Vocabulary Words: Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can help students as they explore new vocabulary words. It offers a place for a dictionary definition, as well as a place to practice using the word in a sentence.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read
Choose to read and/or listen to 15 different books on members of the community, animals, and the President. Review vocabulary at the end of each book.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Oh, Messy Cheetos!
In this instructional activity, sentence fluency is the focus. The mentor text entitled Mrs. Wishy Washy is used to help students explore how using repetition techniques can enhance the meaning of a story. After reading the text,...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: What's the Word? Fruits
Given pictures of various fruits, children select the words that fit the pictures. Links to other games are available.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: What's the Word? Tools
In this game, students identify tools by selecting the words that fit the pictures. A link to other games is available.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky "I Will Not" Chalkboard
Students can use this writing idea from the book Wacky We-Search Reports by Barry Lane to demonstrate understanding in any content area. Students use the idea of writing "I will not " sentences to show their knowledge of various...
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Words That Describe the Senses
Learn about words in a story that describe feelings or the different senses.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Games: Amazing Spelling Fleas
Practice and play five games that build language skills like recognizing parts of speech, connecting images and words, spelling and completing words, and understanding simple sentences.
Other
Tutorial World: Basic Reading Worksheets for Grade 2
This site is a listing of a variety of worksheets for second-grade English students. Includes vocabulary, grammar, sentence construction, comprehension, and revision.
Other
Laus Dnet: Grade 1 Word Lesson Plan (Stone Soup) Pdf
In this lesson plan, students use Stone Soup by Ann McGovern to generate word lists and use patterned text to assist with descriptive writing. Gives links to step sheets and samples for creating a table , a template for shared writing, a...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Nonfiction Pyramid
A printable pyramid for use with nonfiction texts while students identify the main ideas and supporting details within a text. Students also determine author's purpose and key vocabulary words. Directions on how to use this type of...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Developing Phonemic Awareness
This online lesson stresses the importance of emergent readers' understanding of rhyming patterns in language. Through this, students will learn and apply the concepts of rhyme through exercises and interactive activities. A great...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: The New Stew
This printable phonics worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at a series of pictures labeled with words. Students will color words that have the long /u/ and include...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences
In this lesson, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Generating Rhymes for Analogy Based Phonics
This online lesson introduces students to many different approaches toward learning about rhyme and other similarities in words, such as shared/guided reading and small group instruction. A good tool for increasing students' phonological...
McREL International
Mc Rel: 100 Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers [Pdf]
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!
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Vocabulary Instruction Lesson Plan
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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Adjective Game for Kids
Students use this writing prompt generator to choose a writing topic and three adjectives to use in an original piece.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Grammar Blast: Adjectives and Adverbs
A quiz to assess student understanding of adjectives and adverbs is included on this site.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Alphabetize
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. The word list is presented and you must put the words in alphabetical order. Includes 'Spelling Test' and 'Teach Me' features.
Read Works
Read Works: Learning New Things
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little boy named Billy who learned that spending time at the Senior Center could be more fun than he thought. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
Read Works
Read Works: Flip It
[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.