Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...

In this Dr. Seuss comprehension of text worksheet, students complete a vocabulary word search, answer ten comprehension questions and match various pictures that rhyme.

Students explore toxic hazards. In this personal health lesson, students discover appropriate uses for household chemicals as they identify potentially harmful products in their homes.

Students listen to story Panther: Shadow of the Swamp, and examine how loss of habitat impacts panthers in the Everglades; students alphabetize names of plants and animals found in the Everglades by initial and second letter.

  Young learners gain phonemic awareness with this quick activity. First, point out what sound you’re focusing on today: /a/. Then spell basic words that use this sound, like fat, bat, cat, etc. As a culminating activity, the whole...

Students explore phonemes. They identify that a=/a/. Students recognize /a/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students practice finding /a/ in a variety of words. Students read a book that...

Students recognize the short /a/ sound in written and spoken words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /a/ sound. They then listen to the story "A Cat Nap" and identify the words in the story...

Pupils practice reading and rereading the same text in order to gain the characteristics of a successful reader. They read and reread the book, "Cat's Trip," by Sharon Fear and time each of their readings and then record their times on a...

In this Dr. Seuss word search instructional activity, learners find the titles of 11 Dr. Seuss books hidden in the puzzle. They find the titles that are listed in a word bank at the bottom of the page.

The unicorn uses Uncle's underwear! Practice saying this tongue twister with your young learners to illustrated the /u/ sound. After comparing pairs of similar words (like cut and cat) and their sounds, learners will read Fuzz and...

Travis the Train has made his way to a spring time farm and your special ed class gets to meet all his new friends! Each colorful page features an image of a baby animal and the sound they most commonly make. Print out this book or show...

This is the cutest reference materials activity ever! Researchers complete six sentences on baby animal names, continuing the pattern by writing five more sentences about other animals from their research. They use a thesaurus to look up...

This resource is made up of a series of reading passages with accompanying questions. On the first page, learners read the definitions of both fiction and non-fiction. They examine four short selections before writing either fiction or...

Why are farm animals important to the community? Expand young farmers' knowledge of furry and feathered friends through stories and a video. There are several books recommended; however, you could use any book about farm animals. A video...

Review the phonemic sounds of the alphabet letters before examining how to blend letter sounds to make a word. During this teacher-modeled lesson plan, learners make word bugs out of three phonemes that blend together. As an assessment,...

In this quoll worksheet, 3rd graders will add pages to their "animal books." Students will read 10 facts to gain an understanding of a quoll and its particular attributes.

For this early childhood reading text worksheet, students read a brief selection with a caregiver, on their own, and to their teacher in order to practice reading smoothly, without stopping.

Third graders listen to the non-fiction book: COMING HOME: FROM THE LIFE OF LANGSTON HUGHES. They identify examples of metaphors and similies within the book and understand how this figure of speech is used in writing. They then create...

Observations are a key step in the scientific method. In a fun activity, kids learn more about a mammal that they know, such as their own cat, a class hamster, or a friend's dog, through making detailed observations. In addition, they...

Teach the skill of reading silently through modeling. The teacher demonstrate how to read silently and also gives instructions on decoding skills. Individuals then read silently using  the book Polly's Shop . The teacher...

Kindergarteners recognize words that begin with the same sound. In this word study lesson, they identify initial consonant sounds in words written on the board and write another word with the same beginning sound. Also, there is a...

Four high frequency word activities are to be found on this set of simple worksheets. Each activity is to be completed on a different day and each focuses on the /qu/ and /wh/ spelling pattern. Learners will write sentences, circle words...

This resource appears to be interactive, but I could not get it to work online. However, it provides practice using modal verbs correctly, and could be printed and copied for use at a desk, or your could project it and discuss with the...