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Math Facts Practice

For Students K - 4th Standards
They say practice makes perfect, and learning basic math skills is no exception. Support your mathematicians with developing their fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using this set of practice problem...
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Build Fluency /m/

For Teachers K - 1st
Once kindergartners have learned the letter m they are ready for this sound correspondence activity. Start with a stack of letter cards including mostly m and a few other letters they haven't learned yet. Find these letter cards here for...
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Introduce /k/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Explore the ins and outs of the letter k using these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /k/ sound. Use these tips to...
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Reintroduce /c/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Do you c what I c? Use these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples to examine the letter c with kindergartners. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the soft /c/...
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Let's Bowl!!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars demonstrate word fluency from the Dolch word list. For this word fluency lesson, students play a word identification game that involves a simulated bowling game. Young scholars identify several words from the Dolch word...
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Child Literacy

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read information on the importance of literacy and complete a worksheet. In this community service lesson, students evaluate children's literature and practice reading fluency. Students spend two hours per week reading to...
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Activities to Build Phonological Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Begin your reading program each day with a mini lesson on phonological awareness using these engaging activities listed in the resource. Young ones will enjoy word families, clapping and counting syllables, identifying single sounds and...
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Developing Fluency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students get in the habit of writing. They gain confidence in their ability to write and their development as a writer (padding a portfolio). They demystify the MN Basic Standards Writing Test.
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Express Yourself!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students practice the strategy of reading fluently with expression with the story "Who took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" They read and reread the story utilizing different strategies when stuck on a word. Students practice whole...
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Ready to Race

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice techniques to help them be able to read faster, smoother and with expression. They read and reread a text in order to become more familiar with the words in the passage. Each student is given a copy of "Caps for Sale,"...
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Extra, Extra Read All About It

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Looking for an interactive roll playing instructional activity? Young actors practice reading and rereading decodable texts with expression. They interact with the play, "The Boy Who Wanted the Willies," by Aaron Shepherd within this...
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Self-Assessment: Habits of Effective Readers, Writers, Speakers, Listeners, and Viewers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study how to read fluently. In this reading lesson, 5th graders practice reading and recording any miscues. Students time each other and graph their progress each day.
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We Like to Read with Enthusiasm

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students develop skills to become independent readers by telling a story with expression and enthusiasm. They read with expression and enthusiasm with a partner the books, "Duck on a Bike," and "David Goes to School," both by David Shannon.
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"Fast As Fast Can Be..."

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice strategies on becoming better fluent readers by repeated readings and by becoming phonemically aware of reading whole sentences with expression and emotion. They read the books, "The Skeleton on the Bus," "Don't Worry,"...
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A Fine, Fine Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice reading more fluently by giving them experience reading various character parts in a story and expressing the attitude of their character. They interact with the book, "A Fine, Fine School," by Sharon Creech as well as...
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"Faster, Faster, Red Riding Hood!"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice becoming fluent readers by recognizing words accurately, rapidly and automatically. They read and reread the book, "Red Riding Hood," by James Marshall and "Frog and Toad Together," from Scholastic, in pairs and with a...
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Expression!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students organize ways of reading expressively as well as fluently. They encounter books by Dr. Seuss within this lesson plan. Practice, practice and more practice makes perfect. Punctuation marks are reviewed for accuracy.
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Phrase Card Reading

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after reading and discussing the book, "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," by Judy Bloom, complete a vocabulary worksheet and read sections from the book fluently and accurately. They utilize dictionaries and thesauruses...
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As Fast As a Mouse!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Teach young learners the benefits of repeated readings. Practice the strategies of repeated readings, timed readings, and one-minute reads to become fluent readers that retain what they've read. They receive a copy of If You Give a Mouse...
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Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Race To Finish

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing cross checking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment...
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Speedy Reader

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils practice the fluency of their reading by incorporating a variety of techniques and strategies. They read with stop watches and analyze "In the Big Top" and "Charlie," by Richard Vaughan. Students race and record their personal...
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Reading Like Rabbits

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars work on their fluency skills by listening to specific directions. They read a book using a clock timer to set the beginning and ending times before counting the number of pages they read. Next, they repeat the steps three...
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Oh Look, You're Fluent!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice decoding unknown words and improving their fluency. They review using cover-up sticks to decode unknown words while reading. They practice sentences and a short story to increase their fluency. They work in pairs...

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