Curated OER
Picture Match
Pupils match pictures with words that have specific phonics connotations. In this picture matching lesson plan, students have groups of words with the same phonics sayings.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Writing With Environmental Print
Students develop literacy skills by exploring street signs, cereal boxes, and billboards. In this writing with environmental print lesson, students build word recognition in every day print. Students decode words and discover new words.
Curated OER
Color Recognition Game
Young scholars study color words. In this math lesson, students complete a variety of activities on the computer in which they identify colors and color words.
Curated OER
Web-Based Practice
Young scholars explore technology by participating in a word structure activity. In this grammar lesson, students utilize the Writing Center computer software to practice keyboarding while identifying word formations in class. Young...
Curated OER
Speedy Readers
Young scholars read orally to increase their reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher model expressive and fluent reading. They then practice reading orally with a partner. The partner times their reading...
Curated OER
Read like the Wind!
Young scholars practice the strategy of rereading books to become fluent readers. They utilize pseudo words to recognize words effortlessly as well. Each student is given a copy of "Kite Day at Pine Lake," from Phonics Readers to read...
Curated OER
Classic Storytelling with a Technology Twist
Students use technology to improve their knowledge of literary terms, math, and technology skills. In this technology storytelling lesson, students learn about character, plot, and setting in various stories by using technology like...
Curated OER
I'm Bananas for Faster, Fluent Reading!
Young scholars review the way to use cover-ups to focus on vowels and decoding. They listen as the teacher demonstrates reading a sentence slowly like a robot, and then a little faster each time, adding feeling and expression. They then...
Curated OER
Phonics lesson for "sh"
First graders identify words with the "sh" pattern. They participate in phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation exercises. As the assessment portion of the instructional activity, they may write a story...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Looks Like Snow
Students listen to the teacher read the book, The Jacket I Wear in the Snow, and create vocabulary and graphic cards from the story.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Word a Day
Students create a word bank of sight words. Each student creates his/her own personal word bank, and creates pictures to illustrate the word.
Curated OER
Spill the Beans
Young scholars play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.
Curated OER
How The Weather Effects Us
Students discover how weather affects their lives. They review the climates of Florida, Alaska and New York. They need choose the place they would most like to live in based on the climate of that state.
Curated OER
Great River Bend Adventure
Young scholars use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Teaching Letter Recognition
How can you teach your students letter recognition? This site offers insight into this necessary pre-reading skill set. Come and explore this informative resource.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: C and K Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "c" or "k" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Beginning Consonant Sound Concentration Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a concentration game that focuses on hard and soft g/c consonant sounds. It can be used a class activity or a center.