Read Works
Read Works: Colorful Crayons
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text giving facts about crayons and how they are made. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in sequencing.
Read Works
Read Works: Classify and Categorize 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to sort items into two and three categories and explain how each group is classified. Finally, students...
Read Works
Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Compare/contrast Genres
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use fiction and nonfiction books from a classroom library to identify the similarities and differences between fiction and nonfiction and to create a Venn diagram...
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Speedy Speller
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. Listen as words are read to you and try to type them as fast as you can. Includes 'Spelling Test' and 'Teach Me' features.
LD Online
Ld Online: Learning Disabilities Online: Phoneme Awareness Activity
What do you know about phoneme activities for collaborative classrooms? This site will show how to develop your own activities to sharpen your students phonemic awareness skills. This informative resource will support any teacher's work...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Reading With Our Eyes, Fingers, Toes, Ears and Nose
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students are learning to identify sensory words in their reading, specifically in poetry. Students will gain a perspective on how authors use sensory words to portray their ideas. They...
Other
Ms. Jordan Reads: Teaching Sensory Language With Mentor Texts
This instructional activity on sensory language revolves around the descriptive book "Where Butterflies Grow". Students will learn how sensory language connects to the five senses, learn a sensory language chant, understand the purpose...
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Audio Word Match Fry Words 251 260
This matching game will test how well you read irregularly spelled, high-frequency grade 2 words.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Read a Word Fry Words 271 280
Read irregularly spelled, high-frequency grade 2 words by playing this online game.
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Scholastic
Scholastic Teaching Resources: Nonfiction Notepads [Pdf]
From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following on each notepad response:...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: What's the Word? Shapes
In this game, students identify shapes by choosing the words that fit the pictures. Links to other games are provided.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Grammar Gorillas
An interactive game that tests players' ability to identify parts of speech. Beginners can test their understanding of nouns and verbs only; advanced players must identify all parts of speech.
Success Link
Success Link: Descriptive Writing Mittens
Use this lesson plan to teach descriptive writing. A checklist is provided so students can self-monitor their writing.
SEDL
Cognitive Framework: Instructional Resources Database: Instructional Activities
This professional resource includes a database to find the answer relative to the best instructional practices related to alphabetic literacy. This site offers activities in English and Spanish to help teach literacy topics.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Story Elements (1St Grade): Flashcards
These interactive flashcards provide definitions for different story elements. Engaging picture cues are provided for each flashcard, and students can play the audio to hear the words and definitions read aloud.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kids in Motion: Sight Word Spelling
In this instructional activity students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words. This instructional activity primarily focuses...
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 4 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of words associated with meals and vocabulary words that describe.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 19 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and places.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 18 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and hours.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 17 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and time.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 16 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs and places.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 11 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the words associated with family relationships, jobs, places, and the human body.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 10 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the words associated with family relationships, jobs, and human body.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 9 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the words associated with family relationships, jobs, places, and actions.