American Library Association
Great Early Elementary Reads
Here is an excellent reference list of over 60 recommended book titles for early readers, each of which includes the author, title, number of pages, and brief summary.
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Listening Comprehension: Answering High Level Questions
Kndergarteners work to build strong listening and reading comprehension skills by answering higher level questions. After a teacher demonstration of the task, learners listen to the story The Three Little Pigs, the teacher asks them...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Sound Train
Make a phonics train filled with matching initial phonemes. Early readers say the name of the objects on each of their cards, identify the initial letter sounds or phonemes, then paste them on a train. They make three trains, which means...
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Fluency, Connected Text, Partner Reading
This lesson plan pairs high and low leveled readers together to make partner reading beneficial for both. Learners read a selected text as a team, when the lower leveled reader is stuck, his partner is there to help him out. And by...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting, Phoneme Hopscotch
Your class will love playing phoneme hopscotch! Scholars choose a card, say the name of the object on the card, break the word into phonemes, count the phonemes, then hop that many spaces on the hopscotch mat. Super fun!
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Read to Us!
Kids love being read to. Use these children's books and accompanying activities to engage young learners. Fun drawing print-outs and charts are included, and a variety of reading strategies are employed.
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Phonemic Awareness: Syllables
Count the syllables in your name, now count the syllables in your friend's name. Kids count syllables as they clap out and segment words. This activity is done as a whole class and has the potential of being highly engaging. The engaging...
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Look at the...
Use an early reading worksheet to help learners illustrate and author their own books. They will cut out and assemble an eight page mini-book. On each page, they complete the sentence "Look at the " and illustrate it. This is a...
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Phonemic Awareness: Isolation
Teacher and class work together to build strong phonemic awareness. They say a series of words, isolate the initial phoneme, and say its sound. This lesson is super short but does have a decent extension activity suggestion.
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Young Readers
Students experience early readers. In this early childhood introduction to literacy, students are read a story (four book options) then complete associated, simple activities. Activities include ideas such as coloring pages, simple...
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Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Print Awareness
Print awareness is understanding that print is organized in a particular way - for example, knowing that print is read from left to right and top to bottom. It is knowing that words consist of letters and that spaces appear between...
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Reading Rockets: The Alphabetic Principle
What are predictor's for a child's success in reading? Use this site to learn more how the knowledge of the alphabet and shapes is a factor for reading success.
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Starfall: It's Earth Day, Dear Dragon
A read-along story about Earth Day written just for beginning readers. Students can click on each word to hear how it is pronounced.
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Starfall: Rainbow, Rainbow
This interactive nonfiction ebook focuses on the colors in the rainbow. Children can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence read to them.
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Starfall: Penguin, Penguin
This interactive nonfiction ebook focuses on penguins. Students can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence.
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Starfall: Things That Can Go
This interactive nonfiction ebook focuses on things that can go. Children can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence read to them.
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Starfall: Come Play With Me
This interactive nonfiction ebook focuses children playing. Students can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence.
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Starfall: Not Too Little to Help
This is a fictional interactive ebook about a tiny mouse and a big lion. Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Starfall: Wolves
This is a nonfiction interactive ebook about wolves and their family. Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Starfall: The Maze
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "The Maze". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Starfall: Pegasus
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "Pegasus". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Starfall: Wings
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "Wings". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Starfall: The Woman Runner
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "The Woman Runner". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Starfall: The Wooden Horse
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "The Wooden Horse". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.