This site features a few short essays about how to sight read more effectively.

Although designed for the pianist, perhaps anyone could benefit from these practical self-reading tips.

The survival of our ancient ancestors depended on their ability to use peripheral vision to find prey and to avoid predators. Almost everything we do-from riding a bike, to dribbling a basketball, to reading a book-depends on peripheral...

For this lesson students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words.

This site is an overview of how to read music. The basics of notation such as note and rest values, the names of lines and spaces of both treble and bass clefs, etc. are covered. Includes downloadable audio files.

This extensive site has links to games and activities that teach students to read 30 high-frequency irregular words. There are over 20 activities and games at the bottom of the site in additional to sequenced irregular word activities....

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains the five senses: taste, smell, sight, touch, and hearing. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet are available.

After reading this section of a chapter on "The New Republic," students will be able to describe the competing visions of the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, identify the protections granted to citizens under the Bill of...

Read inspiring quotes from famous people about how they opened up their imaginations to a larger vision in order to surpass the limits that society or others may have imposed on them.

This is a lesson for peer tutoring of sight words including training, materials needed, procedures, and evaluation. The goal is to increase young scholars' sight word vocabulary and, therefore, their reading comprehension.

This resource provides an interactive game using sight words to help students with prereading skills.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how 3-D televisions work. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

What is reading? Explore this article from to find the answer to this question.

Actually this clever site drills pianists on note names and note placement on the keyboard. Kids can access this site at home for practice. Both treble and bass clef are used.

This site is provided for by Tomas Howie and Drumming Web. Although originally written for the drummer, any aspiring musician could benefit from the explanation of how to read music and the examples it contains. Drummers will want to...

Contains plans for six lessons that teach students Dolch high-frequency sight words using songs and activities. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

Out of Sight Words is a beautiful, quirky game that allows children to practice their knowledge of sight words! Kids have to read the sight word, and then find its corresponding image in the fun illustrations. Simply click on the word at...

In this lesson students improve their ability to spell sight words and decodable text. Students use a slideshow presentation to practice spelling frequently-used words. This lesson will improve students' writing skills.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore the concept of the eye by navigating through the interactive learning module and then answering questions that go along with the module. Students can also learn more about the concept...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a new device that can give sight to people blinded because of retinal damage. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Read irregularly spelled, high-frequency grade 2 words by playing this online game.

Read irregularly spelled grade 3 words by playing this online game.

A big green monster helps learners build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.

Read a click-through story about rediscovering the joy of making music.