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Beginning Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This sound fluency PowerPoint enables students to read the beginning sounds of "CVC" words. In this PowerPoint, students say the beginning sound of the word. There are illustrations on each slide to match the word that is given.
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Introduce an Irregular Word

For Teachers K
Students study language. In this fluency lesson plan, students discover how to say a variety of irregular words (e.g. was). They work as a class or in a small group with the teacher as he or she introduces the words on the board or an...
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Introduce /T/

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students identify the sound of the letter "t". In this sound fluency lesson, students view the letter "t" on the board and practice repeating the letter sound following the teachers cue. Students practice identifying the sounds of 12...
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Introduce /B/

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate how to pronounce the letter "b" sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students practice saying the "b" sound orally and repeat words that contain the letter "b." Additionally, students demonstrate the differences...
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Sounding Out Accuracy: Word Swatter Game

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore word fluency by participating in a language arts game. In this vocabulary identification instructional activity, students collaborate in two small teams, each armed with a fly swatter, in order to swat vocabulary words...
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Introduce -er

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice the letter sound -er. In this sound fluency lesson, students identify the two letters that make the sound and write them on the board. Students practice making the sound -er and begin to identify 12 other letter sound...
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Reintroduce /ou/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate how to pronounce the "ou" sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students review the letters that make the sound in the word "cloud" and then practice making the sound. Students identify the words on the board that...
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Pick a Number, Counting On

For Teachers K Standards
This is a quick learning game that can be played on a daily basis during transitions or as a part of the morning meeting. Using number cards or numbers placed on sticks, pick a number at random. Read the number to the class and then ask...
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Vocal Awareness

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the human voice through teacher-directed exercises and experiments in the Kindergarten or 1st grade general music classroom. Textbook references are mentioned and an assessment pattern is given.
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Reader's Theater Exercise

For Teachers K - 6th
Here's a great idea for your Parent/Family Night—host a Reader's Theater! Everything you need to organize the night, as well as a K-3 and a 4-7 script, is provided in the packet. 
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Go, Speed Reader! Go!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the strategy of decoding words to advance from beginning readers to independent readers. They read and reread the book, "Sam the Garbage Hound," by Charnan Simon. Fluency checklists are kept for each child and are...
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I Feel the Need....The Need for Speed!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students first learn to decode when learning to read. Decoding each letter and phoneme in a sentence or even a short text takes a considerable amount of time. Students must drill to progress in the pace and level of their reading. In...
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Sight Words on a Snowy Evening

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils read various poems by Robert Frost. In groups, they use the text of one poem to identify sight words that are new to them. As a class, they listen to a recording of the poem and then repeating it outloud practicing their fluency...
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Chrysanthemum

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the main story elements in the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. In this literacy lesson, students listen to the book and use a guided reading ball check for comprehension. Students answer questions such as "Who are...
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Plant Parts We Eat

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
I bet the kids in your class will love to eat their vegetables after an engaging lesson about edible plants. They read information about vegetables and edible plants, sort vocabulary words, identify plant parts, measure and graph the...
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On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students in order to become a fluent reader need to read often and repeat what they read over and over. Repeated reading helps students gain better knowledge of text. Fluent readers recognize words automatically and with this automatic...
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Wild Things Are Here

For Teachers K
Students engage in a literature study for the book Where The Wild Things Are. The skill of prediction is practiced as they preview the story as a whole class. The teacher models reading fluency, pronunciation, and phonetic skills while...
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Sound Boxes

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language fluency by identifying word segments. In this word structure lesson, students utilize words from their vocabulary lesson, dissect them into syllables and sound out their individual parts. Students participate in...
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Introduce /O/

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate the letter sound, "o." For this sound fluency lesson, students view a letter card of the letter "o" and practice the letter sound by repeating it several times. Students identify the sounds of the letters written on...
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A Creative Spin on Frog and Toad All Year

For Teachers K
Students create drawings from their favorite book with sidewalk chalk.  For this reading comprehension lesson, students read Frog and Toad All Year and investigate the character known as the Ice Cream Monster.  Students...
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Elmer the Elephant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read "Elmer" by David McKee. They answer comprehension questions and discuss how Elmer looks and how he is different from the elephants they see in the zoo. They complete a project in which they celebrate their individual...
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Language and Literacy Support through Photography

For Teachers K - 8th
Students experience creating realia with digital photos to increase their vocabularies. They practice creating meaningful digital photo books that the students can take home and read with their families. Each student interacts with a...
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"Go, Go Speed Reader!"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students encounter how to read quickly, effortlessly, and using expression they must become fluent readers. They work on word recognition in order for students to comprehend text and become fluent readers. In order for students to...
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Open Wide at the Dentist, "Aaaahh"

For Teachers K - 1st
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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