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Karaoke in the Classroom
In this word recognition lesson, students use a karaoke program to read and sing songs, enhancing their sight word recognition. Students preform these songs to each other. This could also be a fun way to introduce new vocabulary or...
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Thanksgiving Secret Message Puzzle
In this Thanksgiving secret message instructional activity, students use a picture/symbol key given at the bottom of the page to decode a Thanksgiving message. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Word Recognition
Students recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Alphabet Books
Students work with a partner from a different grade level to brainstorm, draft, edit, illustrate and publish alphabet-themed books. They take turns reading the books to each other and conference with a teacher to review their work.
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Play Ball Ya'll!
Students explore the /awl/ phoneme. They examine the /awl/ sound and how to make the sound themselves. They say /awl/ tongue twisters and use letterboxes to write several 'all' words. They read stories with the /awl/ sound.
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Casper the Cat
Students examine the letter 'a'. Through instruction and modeling and a variety of practice activities, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters, read stories and use letterboxes...
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Beginning Reading Lesson: Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!
Young scholars study the letter sound recognition for the /a/ by recognizing the sound one makes when they sneeze. They use a chart with a tongue twister on it and work with letterboxes and manipulative letters that focus on words with...
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Color Recognition Game
Students study color words. In this math lesson, students complete a variety of activities on the computer in which they identify colors and color words.
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Web-Based Practice
Students 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. Students...
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Word Wizards: Students Making Words
Students explore patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters
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Mirror, Mirror
First graders explore how their bodies are similar and different from others after reading the book, In the Mirror.
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Letter War
First graders listen to the story, "The War Between the Vowels and the Consonents" by Prescilla Turner and create words using letter tiles.
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Going Batty
First graders begin with the word "at" then explore bats and other things ending with "at." After a lecture/demo, 1st graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through compiling a "batty book."
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Label Tables
Students match objects to cards with the names of the objects spelled on them. Students play bingo with the new vocabulary words.
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Allie The Alligator
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
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Baby Brown Bears
Students identify the letter and phoneme /b/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /b/ sound through riddles and tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...
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The Whining Child
Pupils recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Race To Finish
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing cross checking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment...
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Open Wide at the Dentist, "Aaaahh"
Study the /o/ in both written and spoken words by reciting a tongue twister and making words using Elkonin letterboxes. Next, write a message about frogs using /o/ words. Finally, listen to a short book talk on "Doc in the Fog" before...
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Wade Made Lemonade in the Shade
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify words that contain the long /a/ sound. Students spell words containing the long /a/ sound using letter...
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Shhh
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through storiesand tongue twisters. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a...
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The Pink Pig
Students identify the short /i/ sound in spoken words and the letter symbol in this lesson. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the short /i/ sound. They then read the story "Liz is Six" and identify the words with the...
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Exciting E's "/e/...what did you say?" Exicing E's!
Students recognize the short /e/ sound in spoken and written words. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /e/ sound. They then listen to the story "Red Gets Fed" and identify the words in the story with the...
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Lights-Camera-Action
First graders increase their reading fluency through rereading selected text. After reading a grade level appropriate text multiple times, they complete a fluency and reading expression drill with the instructor. Students complete a...
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