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Read Works: Cause and Effect 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on cause and effect intended to improve reading comprehension. Students learn to identify causes based on effects and effects based on causes. Students also use explicit...
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Read Works: The Declaration of Independence
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Declaration of Independence and why it was written. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: From Morning to Night
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how the day moves from morning to night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Reading Rockets: Teaching Reading: Expert Interviews
Learn from nationally known researchers and experts in literacy and early education. Topics include phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, writing, summer learning, early childhood education, dyslexia, and more.
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Reading and Writing Project: Oral Reading Benchmark [Pdf]
Reading and Writing Project provides a benchmark document for oral reading to help assess students word recognition and comprehension abilities.
PBS
Colorin Colorado: Reading Rockets Resources for Ell
Information that will help your child become a good reader and successful student. There are ideas on what to do at home, reading tips, activities, books, stories, resources and more. This bilingual site is designed for Spanish-speaking...
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Reading Rockets: Reading Topics a to Z
A large collection of articles and resources on reading instruction, including for English language learners. The Teacher Education section includes a complete self-study course on teaching reading and writing.
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Reading Rockets: Activities for Struggling Readers
How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.
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Read Write Think: Junie B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes
Contains plans for seven lessons that use the book "Junie B., First Grader (at last!)" by Barbara Park to develop reading comprehension, summary and writing skills. Students create literacy mystery boxes based off the text. In addition...
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Pbs Learning Media: Summer of Reading Collection
Get summer started on the right page with PBS LearningMedia's Summer of Reading collection! These videos, activities, and interactive games help to build vocabulary and reading comprehension while bringing storybook characters to life.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: No Dogs!
After you listen to and read the story, print out the activities to practice reading comprehension skills. Work on character identification, details, and sequence of events.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Test Tutor: Sequence
Students will increase their reading comprehension skills and understanding of story sequence by reading a passage of text and then answering questions about the order of events.
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Read Works: In the Night
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage offers students the opportunity to conclude what type of animal is prowling in the night. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce...
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Reading Rockets: Speaking and Listening in Content Area Learning
Oral language development facilitates print literacy. In this article, we focus on the ways in which teachers can ensure students' speaking and listening skills are developed. We provide a review of effective classroom routines,...
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Reading Rockets: Decoding and the Jabberwocky's Song
What is reading? Explore this article from to find the answer to this question.
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Reading Rockets: Simple Things Principals Can Do to Help All Children Read Well
Explore a list of simple things that principals can do to help all children learn to read. Come and learn more about the collaboration process with school administrators, teachers and staff.
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Reading Rockets: Building World Knowledge: Informational Text
Before, during, and after-reading ideas for introducing students to informational texts in the early-elementary grades in order to boost reading achievement through the upper-elementary grades.
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Reading Rockets: The Foundations for Reading
What are the foundations for reading? Come and explore this informative article to discover the answer to this question.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Resources
A complete list of online resources for interventions to reading instruction.
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Reading Rockets: Phonics and Decoding
This resource provides information and techniques for teaching phonics and decoding, which assist with early literacy.
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Read Works: Making Butter, Long Ago and Today
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, this passage compares how butter was made in the past with how it is made in the present. A questions sheet is available to help...
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Read Works: Callie Learns to Listen
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Callie who learned how important it is to listen. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Auburn University
Auburn University: How Children Learn to Read Words
How do children really learn to read words? This resource offers insight into this complicated but exciting journey of putting sounds and words together to learn the joy of reading. Come and discover more.
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Read Works: This Is North America
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, geographical information about North American is provided in this informational text. Questions that assess multiple reading skills...