Brigham Young University
Byu: Skimming and Scanning Lesson Plan
This site contains a lesson plan for teaching skimming and scanning to young adults and adults.
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University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]
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...
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Kindergarten Activities (Spanish)
Links to 100 kindergarten activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: First Grade Activities (Spanish)
Links to 100 first grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Third Grade Activities (Spanish)
Links to 100 third grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
US Department of Education
National Institute for Literacy: A Child Becomes a Reader [Pdf]
An excellent 48-page booklet, entirely available online, that lists activities that parents and children can do at home to assure successful reading skills. Parents can also check their child's development by looking at "What children...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Guess What I'm Thinking?: Initial Sound Accuracy
A version of the "20 Questions" game. The instructor tells the class he is thinking of something that starts with, for example, /b/. The students have to come up with what the teacher is thinking of.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Syllable Walk; A Syllable Identification Game
A fun, active game to learn all about syllables! Students line up on one side of the room and take one step for each syllable in the word that the instructor says.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Wacky Wipe Offs a Phenome Segmentation Activity
An activity incorporating Dr. Seuss's "Fox in Socks" book, and dry erase boards and markers. Reading the book, students identify CVC-pattern words. Writing a selected one down on their boards, they are able to substitute letters to make...
Free Reading
Free Reading: What's the Sound? Identifying Phenomes Activity
An activity to build students' abilities to identify sounds, even in nonsense words. The teacher says a word and states that it is not a real word, but asks the students to just listen for the sounds.
Other
Into the Book: Inferring: Using the Clues
Watch an introductory tutorial about inferring during reading, and then choose from several different types of texts to practice using the skill.
Northwestern University
Northwestern Univ.: Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse
Nice collection of several hundred Russian poems, reaching back into the eighteenth century and moving forward from there. Read or listen to selections in Russian or English by searching by poem or poet. You'll also find biographical...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding
Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Thieves to Preview Nonfiction Texts
Contains plans for three lessons that introduce a nonfiction prereading strategy with the acronym THIEVES, which stands for Title, Headings, Introduction, Every first sentence, Visuals and vocabulary, End Questions, and Summary. In...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Fairy Tales From Life
A guideline for helping students to write their own fairy tales. This is a fun activity that will help students to analyze a literary style and follow a pattern.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
This lesson is a great way to teach students about rhymes and word recognition. This plan includes suggest nursery rhymes for you to use, and several supplementary sites to help you out.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Visualizing Using the Sketch to Stretch Strategy
Contains plans for three lessons to improve reading comprehension using a visualizing strategy called sketch-to-stretch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Fcat Practice Reading Tests
Provides nine interactive, online practice tests for the fourth grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Each test uses a number of reading skills and uses both multiple choice questions and short written responses. It...
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Grade 3 Reading Test: (2008 Vode Released Items)
In this 35-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virginia State reading test.
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Grade 3 Reading Test: (2007 Vode Released Items)
In this 35-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Grade 3 Reading Test: (2003 Vode Released Items)
In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Grade 3 Reading Test: (2005 Vode Released Items)
In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Grade 3 Reading Test: (2001 Vode Released Items)
In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.
IQ Site
Iq Study Activities: Grade 3 Reading Test: (2004 Vode Released Items)
In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.