Curated OER
Discovering Rhythm and Rhyme
Students explore ways to provide enjoyable phonemic awareness and conversation experiences for their children while reading and discussing children's book, A Tree For Me. Students extend their expertise in reading by fluently reading...
Curated OER
Literature Response for Home-School Connections: Fables
First graders participate in home and school based literacy activities in this unit. They examine fables in school and practice the literacy activities at home.
Curated OER
The Interactive Read-Aloud
Young scholars discover the joy of reading a book through the teaching method of a read-aloud while interacting with the teacher by answering different questions. The lesson includes a sample of a read-aloud and the dialogue used with...
Read Works
Readworks: Read Aloud Lesson: Stellaluna
Compare Stellaluna's experience of living like a bird with her experience of living like a bat. Included in this instructional activity are a detailed lesson plan, a graphic organizer, and a student worksheet.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction
Students explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Catching the Bug for Reading
This lesson plan for reading utilizes techniques associated with interactive read-alouds. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Trelease on Reading: "The Read Aloud Handbook," Ch.6
Author Jim Trelease presents ideas about how to make books and reading more appealing to children, which helps to raise reading rates and levels. Read these excerpts from his book on this topic.