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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Irregular Word Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This extensive site has links to games and activities that teach students to read 30 high-frequency irregular words. There are over 20 activities and games at the bottom of the site in additional to sequenced irregular word activities....
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using a Predictable Text to Teach High Frequency Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Using "Have You Seen My Cat?" young scholars will learn to recognize high-frequency words. There are supplementary materials provided, as well as several links to useful websites.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: May Is "Get Caught Reading" Month!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site offers two ideas for lessons/activities for students during "Get Caught Reading" month. It was taken from ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 1, 2007, and includes activities, web links, and a bibliography.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Growing Readers and Writers With Help From Mother Goose

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for short, daily minilessons that use nursery rhymes to teach basic reading skills. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...
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Activity
McGraw Hill

Read: Does Technology Make Us Lazy?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare these two passages for some interesting ideas about how technology affects our lives. The questions that follow ask you to identify the main idea from either direct statement or inference.