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Curated OER

Stackers Game for word fluency

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create three letter words and decode for fluency and accuracy.  In this fluency lesson, students use alphabet tiles to build words with the CVC pattern and read the word aloud.  Students alternate turns by stacking one new tile...
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Curated OER

The Glorious Whitewasher

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young readers can be exposed to the literary works of Mark Twain as they interact with challenging text and gain experience by reading the complex passages of chapter two "The Glorious Whitewasher" from his famous book, The Adventures of...
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Curated OER

Teach Text Features & Read Nonfiction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Elementary schoolers examine the components of reading nonfiction. They use think-alouds to help them complete reading the selected sections. They also identify text features as they read.
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Scholastic

Teaching with Aesop's Fables

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Bring the applicable morals of Aesop's Fables to your classroom with a series of reading comprehension activities. With 12 different fables with activities and exercises, the packet focuses on the ways learners can apply the fables and...
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Curated OER

Reading Aloud

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice their reading aloud skills. They examine different careers that focus on public speaking. They also gather new tips to practice when speaking aloud.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

ALLITERATIONS (TONGUE TWISTERS) TO READ ALOUD

For Students 4th - 7th
In this alliterations activity sheet, students are given 11 tongue twisters (alliterations) to read aloud. These are divided into "easy to reads" and "more advanced". This is a good phonemic awareness activity for native English...
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Curated OER

Out Loud: Preparing for a Poetry Read-Aloud

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research poetry on the Internet in preparation for a read-aloud performance. By consulting online experts and searching databases, they hone performance skills while also locating material. The lesson can be used to support...
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Curated OER

Ready and Action! Reading Time!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work to improve their reading fluency and oral expression while reading aloud. With a partner, they read sentence strips and reread them to make the sentence more fluent and meaningful. They 'perform' their sentences for the...
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Curated OER

During Reading Strategies (Visualization)

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students develop and apply strategies using visualization. In this reading lesson, students listen to sounds and draw images that depict the audio recordings. Students then apply this visualization strategy to nonfiction material read...
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Handout
Curated OER

New York City: ESL Read Aloud

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about the city of New York City. There are no questions to answer on this page.
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Curated OER

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Do your young readers know that poems can be performed as a team? They listen to a few examples from Paul Fleischman's book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, paying attention to how the how readers work together. They examine the...
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Pearson Longman

Leap Year

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Have you ever been asked to explain a leap year/leap day? Use this response to reading worksheet to support your scholars in finding out what it is, and its importance to our calendar. This resource is made up of eight questions...
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Curated OER

Tomas and the Library Lady

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice read aloud comprehension strategies. In this literacy comprehension lesson plan, students listen to Tomas and the Library Lady, stopping to discuss with a partner aspects of the story suggested by the teacher. Students...
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Curated OER

Poems: Identifying Patterns

For Students 3rd Standards
Here is a great learning exercise that contains two short poems to compare and contrast. Children will read each poem out loud and then complete three comparative analysis questions which focus on rhyme, structure, and language. Note:...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

"The Wind" by James Reeves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Inntroduce primary learners to essential critical reading strategies with an activity based on James Reeves' poem, "The Wind."  Learners listen as the poem is read, first as a riddle, and then re-read with the title visible. The class...
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Curated OER

A Hurricane Blowing In

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars write a scene.  In this creative writing lesson, students read The Lightning Thief and discuss the sentence fluency and word choice in the writing.  Young scholars complete a writing assignment where they create an...
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August House

The Magic Pot

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The Magic Pot by Patricia Coombs is the theme of this multidisciplinary lesson plan. Early readers first take part in a read aloud and grand conversation about the story's details. Then, they get to work practicing their skills in...
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Museum of Disability

Zoom!

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Turn your class' focus on how wheelchairs assist individuals with disabilities to become more independent with this disabilities lesson plan. Scholars listen to a read aloud of the book, Zoom! by Robert Munsch, answer questions about key...
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Scholastic

What Happened Next? (Grades K-4)

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Explore the structure of narrative writing with this fun, collaborative lesson. Start by reading aloud a short story, asking small groups of learners to fill in key events on a large story board prepared on the class whiteboard....
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Curated OER

Exciting Expressions

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Elementary schoolers observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read A Fine, Fine School with and without expression and discuss the differences. Then in pairs, read the same...
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California Education Partners

My Five Senses by Aliki

For Students 1st Standards
An assessment designed to examine scholars' reading comprehension skills takes place over three days. Starting with a read-aloud of My Five Senses by Aliki, learners then take notes and discuss their most memorable moments with a peer....
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Curated OER

The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read several fairy tales of Russian origin. They brainstorm common elements of a fairy tale and identify those elements in several examples. They retell a favorite fairy tale through a skit, oral storytelling, a sketch, or a...
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Georgia Department of Education

Exploring Poetry and Poets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Combine the study of poetry and non-fiction texts with this complete and ready-to-use six-week unit. After reading numerous poems from local writers and compiling a personal anthology, high schoolers find and read a memoir or biography...
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August House

The Ogre Bully

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this lesson plan has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and have a grand...

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