First graders preview "The Great Kapok Tree" by discussing the cover and the tree. They read the book and acknowledge the animals. They play a sequencing game in groups to identify the order the animals appeared in the book.

Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...

Students read the book Clifford's Sports Day. In this kinesthetic instructional activity, students mimic movements from the text and participate in a game of "Simon Says."

First graders read new words that share the same rime as a word they already know.  In this word families lesson, 1st graders read words on index cards with the teacher, play a matching game with different rimes, and eventually read...

Students play a game called Trade a Word in order to read Dolch words. In this Dolch words lesson plan, students trade one word for another on index cards.

First graders work to build word family accuracy. In this word family lesson, 1st graders practice matching words with the same rime to words that they know. They play a matching game using words with the same rimes.

First graders use teacher created irregular word cards to build fluency through a game.  In this irregular word cards instructional activity, 1st graders reply to the teacher when their assigned word card is called. Students mastery...

Students explore word structures by participating in a group activity. In this word segment lesson, students collaborate in small groups and pass out cards with certain letters that can form words when put together. Students win the game...

Students discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Students answer study questions about...

Students explore indexing by participating in a library book search. In this sorting lesson, students complete a "flood game" on the Internet and discuss the techniques of locating books in a library. Students locate specific titles in...

Young scholars practice using a new language by reading letters.  In this foreign language lesson plan, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country.  Young scholars read the letters...

Young scholars practice discussing timely manners in a target language.  In this foreign language lesson, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often.  Young scholars create a timeline...

Students practice using a new language to plan a community event.  In this civics lesson, students practice writing a proposal for a community project using their target language.  Students brainstorm in small groups what their...

Learners move within the gymnasium area while working on color/shape recognition, change of speed and directional movements, and cooperation/teamwork. In this FUN-damental movement lesson, students work in partners on a treasure chest...

Young scholars study the short "a" sound. In this word study lesson plan, students brainstorm words that begin with a short "a" sound and are given a picture of the word. Young scholars play an online game to reinforce the concepts taught.

In this spelling review worksheet, 1st graders read the four lists of short a and short e words and play a Clues game. Students complete 2 activities.

First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to use letter cards to form double letter words.

Students use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. In this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.

Students investigate the format of a typical newspaper.  In this journalism lesson, students read a newspaper from a target language and discover the vocabulary associated with the news.  Students work together as a newspaper...

Students play a tic-tac-toe game to practice reading irregular words.  In this tic-tac-toe lesson, students read words to a partner.  If they are correctly read, students mark the tic-tac-toe board.

Students study words. In this fluency building instructional activity, students play a one on one game in which they read irregular words presented to them. They work with their teacher to keep as many irregular word cards as he or she...

Young scholars practice word patterns while playing the game of tic tac toe. In this sounding out accuracy lesson, students work with a partner to pick a word from a pile of words. Young scholars then sound out the word from...

In this punctuation worksheet, students match sentences and ending marks together to make complete sentences. There is a worksheet provided in order to play this game.

Students participate in a spelling game to help them with their spelling words. They role a die and write the given word as many times as the die says too. They write the words in different colors to review them as well.