Phonics Lesson Plans

Practice reading strategies using Elizabeti's Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen. Readers practice decoding and comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading Elizabeti's Doll. A detailed list of text features, high frequency words, possible related phonics skills, and comprehension questions are included. 

Third graders hear the Passion, Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection, through an account of the gospel writer St. Mark. Through scripture and reflection, 3rd graders comprehend the saving story of our Christian faith. They comprehend their language skills by writing and reflecting on the Easter story as authors commissioned by the Catholic Kids Press.

Students explore reading for fluency and speed. They discuss reading faster, smoother, and with more expression. Students practice reading with fluency using one minute timed reads. They read "Tin Man Fix-It." Students record how many words they read during the one minute.

Get your primary students excited to read by exploring animals in literature. As a class, they will read books about animals, sing songs, read chorally, and listen to others read. Activities include writing sentences, poems, songs, story summaries and reports about the stories. In the end, they will create class presentations about specified books. Note: This is a religious lesson and handouts and resources are included in this comprehensive packet.

Learners identify illiteracy in the community and locate places that assist with reading.  In this literacy instructional activity, students examine several centers and libraries in their area that can assist the underprivileged with reading assistance.  Learners complete a reading comprehension activity which assesses their own reading abilities.

Sixth graders use a combination of the following to read and comprehend text: knowledge of phonics, language structure, and semantics. They read texts aloud with rhythm, flow, expression, demonstration knowledge of punctuation and other conventions of print.

Fifth graders read a passage silently and then aloud while the partner times the reading and tallies the number of miscalled words.The partner records the reading time and the numbers pronounced incorrectly on the Repeated Readings Graph. The reader sets a goal for himself for speed and the number of errors the next time they readmaking sure to have some practice time to work on fluency.

Students practice reading with improved fluency. After discussing how reading with fluency can enhance the text, students listen as their partner completes a one-minute drill. Each student's progress is recorded on a chart to be handed in to the instructor.

Fifth graders read and discuss phonics expectancies and participate in a text comprehension activity. They create a poster of visual graphics that represent phonics expectancies, then read the Aesop's Fable "The Father and His Two Daughters" and complete a keyword outline.

Students read Communities by Judy Nayer. In this guided reading lesson, students read about different life styles (urban & rural) and discuss the characteristics of each type of living. There is some practice with short vowels prior to reading the story and after the story there is a comprehension activity. Assessment for this lesson is primarily through observation with the exception of the comprehension activity.