Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Emergency Men" by George H. Jessop
The full text of the short "The Emergency Men" by George H. Jessop. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Guide, Slides, and Text Reader
A teaching guide to review over the Big History unit covering stars and elements.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Fao & Emergencies: Pakistan Floods 2010 [Pdf]
This site analyzes the implications of the floods in Pakistan in 2010 on the agrarian lifestyle of the country's inhabitants. Links are provided to Pakistan's Emergency Response Plan and to reports on the aid given to the country by...
Library of Congress
Loc: Religion and the New Republic: Emergence of the African American Church
This government site from the Library of Congress summarizes the founding of the African Methodist church in the early U.S. Topic is included in larger section, so readers must scroll down part way to the heading "The Emergence of the...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Does It Make Sense?
Two reading games where students are given two sentences, and will choose the sentence that makes sense. For each correct answer, students will be given puzzle pieces to put in place.
DLTK
Kid Zone Language Arts: Dolch Word Lists and Flashcards
This site offers Dolch words lists and flashcards from pre-K to third grade.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "How to Delay Your Bedtime" Poetry Theater
In "How to Delay Your Bedtime," students will participate in a poem in four voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who tries to delay his bedtime.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Add or Substitute Individual Sounds (Phonemes)
This site contains 13 lesson plans that are designed to address that standards of emergent readers. Each lesson plan engages students in adding or substituting individual sounds (phonemes).
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Lessons 31 43 Review: "Oy, Oi" to "Ay, Air"
In this review unit module for emergent readers, the instructor reviews how to pronounce words that incorporate "oy", "oi", "ay", and "air" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Kindergarten: Activity Book [Pdf]
Help kindergarteners reinforce their knowledge of the alphabet and learn sight words with the activities in this 325-page book. This workbook is designed to supplement the following Big Books: Animals in the Park: An ABC Book by Bob...
Other
Wisconsin Educational Communication Board: Into the Book
This series of videos and interactive activities provide an excellent set of resources for teaching or learning the 8 research based reading strategies provided here. After receiving your "key" you can investigate the features inside and...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Mission Possible: Spy a Book! (Bilingual Resources)
Explore history, culture, adventures, spies, secret codes, and mysteries through this collection literary activities and resources. Includes poems, clip art, and ideas for crafts.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Storyplace: Children's Digital Learning Library
This site is a real find for teachers working with ELL students and all students who want to read great books! The Bookhive presents 100's of reviews of books recommended by librarians associated with the public libraries in Charlotte,...
Other
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
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Veggiezilla! Game
This digital game extends students' use of informational text and their knowledge of Alaska. In this game, Molly and Trini have planted various vegetables to eat and enter to win prizes at the Alaska State Fair. Through a variety of...
Quia
Quia: Online Stories
This site focuses on beginning, medial, and ending sounds. It offers a collection of games, exercises, and activities to teach letter sounds including beginning letters, phonemes, and ending sounds to emergent readers. These sites...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Developing Phonemic Awareness
This online lesson plan stresses the importance of emergent readers' understanding of rhyming patterns in language. Through this, students will learn and apply the concepts of rhyme through exercises and interactive activities. A great...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Word Race
In this activity for grades 1 and 2, students practice examining, copying out, and reading words that are written in the classroom.
USA Today
Usa Today: Your Guide to Tornado Safety
This resource provides information about tornado safety to its readers.
Other
National Fire Protection Agency: Sparky the Fire Dog: Sparky: Activities
Students will be engaged as they work with their families, at home, to complete a home safety check list and prepare an escape plan in case of a fire emergency. For added fun the children may make an origami dog. This is an excellent...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Launching Family Message Journals
This lesson introduces Family Message Journals-a teacher-tested tool for encouraging family involvement and supporting writing to reflect and to learn.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Star and a Wish
In this lesson students will use the game "A Star and a Wish" to help develop better fluency in reading. After practicing the game as a whole group, students will be divided into pairs to continue playing the game and have the...