Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Say and Write Letters

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars sound out and write twelve different words. Using Elkonin boxes, pupils say the name of each picture, then write the letters that make each sound.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: High Frequency Words, Word Bowling

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Go bowling for high-frequency words! Partners take turns drawing bowling ball cards and read the word printed on them. If the learner is successful, they record their score on a scorecard.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Words, Word Relay

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Peers take turns timing each other for one minute and reading as many high-frequency cards as possible.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphic Elements, Compound Word Trivia

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Engage young learners in expanding their vocabulary with a fun game. Scholars learn how compound words provide clues about the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. Pairs take turns reading a definition, locating its corresponding compound...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Dictionary Digs

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young scholars dig through dictionaries to uncover the wealth of information they provide. Using the included graphic organizer, children learn about target words by finding their parts of speech, pronunciation, definition, synonyms, and...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Undercover Meanings

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Support young scholars with studying new vocabulary using this foldable resource. By cutting and folding the included template, learners can record definitions, examples, and a sentence for four different words.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Monitoring for Understanding, Simple Summary

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Can your class sum up a text in a few sentences? Help them build this skill by starting nice and slow. For this summarizing activity, the teacher marks the main ideas with sticky notes. Learners read and reread the text, pausing at the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Fact Versus Opinion

For Teachers K - 1st
Is that a fact or an opinion? Learners explore the difference using this pocket chart activity during which partners read statement cards and determine whether they are facts or opinions.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, More Incredible Inferences

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Reinforce inference skills with a learning game! Scholars read scenarios on cards and match them to a written inference on the triangle. The first pupil to match all their inferences wins!
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Advanced Phonics: Syllable Patterns, Syllable Game

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
A game designed to support advanced phonics instruction challenges scholars to read and break a word into syllables. If the player is correct, they move their game piece forward on the board. Whoever gets to the end first wins!
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, Fiction and Nonfiction Find

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Scholars analyze fiction and nonfiction text and fill in a worksheet detailing the text's title, genre, and reason for its classification.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Dictionary Cube

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Scholars work together to define words and answer questions using a dictionary cube.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Syllables, Syllable Graph

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars make a pictograph based on the number of syllables in each picture card. They choose a card, say the name of the object on the card, break the word into syllables, count the syllables, then glue the picture onto the number chart...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Phoneme Go Fish

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Go fishing for initial sounds with this engaging phoneme game! Similar to the card game Go Fish, pairs use picture cards and try to match initial sounds. They set aside any pictures that are a match and ask their partner for specific...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements: Affix Action

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Make a game out of word parts. Pupils work in pairs to advance along the board. One partner reads a sentence from a card, and the other identifies the correct affix that fits with a word in that sentence.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Advanced Phonics: Morpheme Structures, Compound Construction

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
A phonics lesson focuses on morpheme structures—compound words. Pairs choose letter cards, identify a compound word that starts with that letter and write it on a whiteboard. Extension opportunities include additional practice pages.
Unit Plan
Honors College at Scholar Commons

From Start to Strike: A Lesson Plan for the Whole Theatre Experience

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduce young thespians to all aspects of the theater. A syllabus for a one-semester drama course provides lessons that take learners from the history of drama to the many facets of play production.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Three-In-One

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars use the provided pack of alphabet cards to construct basic CVC words, then write down each word they make in one of two columns. Column one is for real words and column two is for nonsense words.
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Alphabet Borders

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Help young scholars name the letters of the alphabet. They use the provided alphabet border and letter cards to take turns saying and finding various alphabet letters. This simple game can be extended by having learners focus on the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Recognizing Letters

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Boost letter recognition with an activity that challenges young scholars to match a plastic letter to one printed on a card. 
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter Recognition, Alphabet Tiles Name Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Beginning readers practice identifying alphabet letters using upper and lower case letter tiles. Each class member is given a T-chart, letter tiles, and a name card. They then separate the letter tiles in their name from those not in...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Words Around Us Memory Game

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars employ memory and letter-sound skills like the classic game Concentration to succeed at this literacy game. Partners choose from rows of upside-down cards, trying to match letters to images with the corresponding initial sound.
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Letter Recognition, Speedy Alphabet Arc

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
On your mark, get set, match! Learners use a complete set of letters, matching each to its outlined letter on an arc. As they choose letters, they name them aloud. For added difficulty, another arc is missing most of its letters to...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter Recognition, Hungry Letter Mouse

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars take turns writing and identifying letters on a whiteboard. Learner one writes a letter; learner two finds it on the alphabet strip. If they are correct, Mr. Mouse gets to eat that letter, and if they are incorrect, Mr. Mouse...

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