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Riddle Cards

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
What better way to introduce making inferences than with riddle cards? Young readers practice making inferences through riddle cards and other types of reading, while filling out graphic organizers. The resource even comes with blank...
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Free Reading Chart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read library books daily for ten to fifteen minutes, log information on Free Reading Chart, giving a brief summary of what they just read, and write brief reactionary response to the reading.
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Word-O for Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the game of Word-O to increase their fluency while reading. Individually, they look, say and write at their high frequency words and practice spelling them. To end the lesson plan, they are introduced to...
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Shh! It's Reading Time!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe and demonstrate how to read silently. They discuss the "Cross-Checking" strategy, select a book for independent reading, and demonstrate silent reading. Students write a summary of what they have read in their reading...
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Math and Architectural Design in Relation to Rebuilding The World Trade Center

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover building plans and practice reading measurements.  In this architectural design lesson, students investigate the areas of the specific World Trade Center locations that need to be rebuilt and determine the cost....
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Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test- 4th Grade Reading

For Students 4th - 5th
For this reading worksheet, students prepare for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment test in 4th grade reading by completing this 15 page sample test.
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Shared And Guided Reading with On Our Farm

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in pre-reading activities before reading the book, On Our Farm. They read the book independently, but are guided by directive questions from their teacher. A discussion follows, as well as repeated readings for mastery.
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What? You want me to read AND enjoy it?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners appreciate independent reading through learning about authors and genre.
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You Are What You Read

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders select a prose, poetry, or nonfiction excerpt from a book of their choice and share it by reading aloud to their classmates, who identify the genre and respond to related questions in their journals.
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Independent Reading Responses

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners participate in independent reading activities by reading a book at their independent reading level and selecting activities to complete after reading. Activities are broken up into C Level, B Level, and A Level activities.
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Reading Like an Expert!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners identify and interpret that they should read as if someone is explaining it to them like a conversation. Then they reread the text given until they are no longer decoding and it sounds like they are just talking. Students also...
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Beginning Critical Reading - The Sun

For Students 5th - 6th
In these critical reading worksheets, students read the short story about the sun. Students then answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.
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Advanced Critical Reading: The Great Debates

For Students 6th - 11th
In this critical reading instructional activity, students read a passage about The Great Debates between Kennedy and Nixon and answer questions based on the reading.
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Phonics: Decoding Words in Connected Text

For Teachers K
Introduce your little ones to the wonders of phonemic decoding. They practice along as you sound out simple cvc words in the context of a sentence. 
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Alternative Ideas for Book Reporting in Primary Grades

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Looking for a new way to have your students complete book reports? Then, this lesson is for you! Young learners read literature of their choice and complete diorama, filmstrip maker, costume and letter, or puppet making activities...
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Shadows

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter s, and eat raisins all to learn about shadows. In this shadows lesson plan, students also go outside and look at shadows and sing songs about shadows.
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Asian America: Heritage Experience

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners of all ages read and discuss books about Asian America. In this Asian-America lesson plan, different books for every age group are listed and various teaching strategies are suggested. Great tips cover virtually every grade level!
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Map Me a Paragraph

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
There are so many great reading strategies. In this instructional activity, learners practice decoding. They break down two paragraphs to analyze and determine main ideas and details. They each observes ways to model as they map their...
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ELA High-Frequency Sight Words

For Teachers K
Read high frequency words and rearrange scrambled sentences in order to make proper sentences with pupils. They will also practice oral fluency by reading a word assigned to them. These activities reinforce reading fluency and vocabulary...
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders interact with the story of Alexander's horrible day by connecting it to their lives. They practice predicting, writing paragraphs, reading aloud, discussing his problems, making a card to cheer him up, and designing a pair...
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Breaking the Food Chain

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Throughout history, the growth of big cities has resulted in the destruction of ecosystems. In the case of Chicago, IL, a grassland that was once home to bison, deer, wolves, and foxes quickly became a booming city of over three million...
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Working at the Hospital

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Having this reading passage handy to assess your learners' ability to process written text, practice summary with your class, and improve reading comprehension. This passage is about the people who work at the hospital. Learners read...
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Rapunzel

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Youngsters read the story of Rapunzel and go over vocabulary and answer discussion questions. They also list qualities of characters, discuss settings, make a diorama, and more.
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Fun in the Sun

For Students 1st Standards
Don't shun this instructional activity based around -un words! Class members read a quick poem full of -un words and then respond to three comprehension questions about the text.

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