Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding, chunking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...

Students identify words containing the sh digraph in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which contains words emphasizing the sh digraph. They then read with a partner "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" and identify words in...

Young scholars pick out the sounds and -ck written in words. They are taught how to correctly say the sound with their mouth and read Hickory Dickory Dock. Words with the ck sound are underlined for the student's to notice. As an...

Students use phonograms to create pairs of rhyming words. After a discussion of nursery rhymes, students listen to an oral reading of "The Cat In The Hat." Through matching activities, they identify rhyming pairs and create their own...

Students investigate the virtue of kindness and giving by conducting a children's literature study of "The Giving Tree". They make a list of words to describe emotions in the story and write a journal daily while looking at the virtues...

Students investigate the reading of a rhyme and then practice learning it through drilling and repetition. They are introduced to the vocabulary with the help of a poster. Students draw from prior knowledge to set the context for further...

In this letter k homework worksheet, students choose from 5 activities to do for homework, pertaining to the letter k. The teacher's name, Mrs. Barr, is mentioned, and this could be confusing.

In this cloud instructional activity, students write a short story, essay, report, etc. The stationary includes a border of blue clouds and five lines for writing.

Young scholars listen to Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon in order to determine the main idea and essential message of bullying from the text. In this anti-bullying lesson, students first listen to the story, then each student re-reads the...

In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 12 sentences by selecting the appropriate words to complete the sentences.

Students read the book The Clever Stick and answer discussion questions about it. In this reading activity, students read the given book, and participate in answering questions based on the book. There are also writing, drawing, and...

Students read the book Fin-tastic Friendship Book and do activities related to friendship. In this friendship instructional activity, students read the book given, and do activities like character building, fortune telling, and making...

Students learn, memorize, and replay a rhyme. In this Halloween-themed lesson plan, students discover Halloween rhymes and songs while they pretend to be the characters that chase ghosts away.

In this sight word activity, students practice tracing words 11-20 of Fry's second hundred sight words; words are traced 3-4 times.

Students use a Flip camera to complete various projects about Christmas. In this Christmas and technology instructional activity, students write and record letters to Santa. Students write letters to Christmas characters and record them....

In these language arts worksheets, students will analyze the poem "Trees" by Sara Coleridge. Students will then read about and color nine different types of trees.

Young scholars create poetry and post them in a Podcast. For this poetry lesson, students create poetry based on different subject ares and post them as a Podcast.

In this letter B instructional activity, students read a poem about bears on bicycles. Students count the number of words that begin with letter B.

In this Dr. Seuss instructional activity, students complete an acrostic poem, using Dr. Seuss's name, to describe what they think of Dr. Seuss.

Students identify the heroes in their everyday lives. They compose a class poem about heroes, which they illustrate and bind into a book. A Reading Rainbow episode is used in this instructional activity.

Students discuss their dream worlds with their classmates. They write their ideas of a dream world in a paragraph or poem. They can also show their dream world by drawing a picture.

In this shaped book activity, students color and cut out the shape of a cookie for the cover of a book. They trace their cut out and make pages for their book. Pages are stapled together. Students write stories, poems, riddles, or...

In this "Down by the Bay" worksheet, students read the poem, respond to 8 short answer question, review 16 sight words, and color and arrange the 14 pictures in chronological order.

In this ecology awareness instructional activity, students read a poem written on a polar bear's tummy that tells how changing light bulbs and saving energy will help save the polar bear and then color the bear. Students color 1 picture.