Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Affix Match

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Play a quick game of memory, but with a grammatical twist! Learners match the affixes to their meanings.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Sentence Match

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Ask your class to puzzle out the meaning of various affixes. Learners read sentences and develop a new word with an affix to replace the underlined words. They write down the words and help to categorize them by affix.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Meaningful Affixes

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Invite learners to determine which affix and base word combinations create new words. This activity allows pupils to play around and create words that match specific meanings.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, Persuade, Inform, and Entertain Sort

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Why do authors write? Practice determining the author's purpose with a categorizing activity. Learners sort twelve short passages into three categories: persuade, inform, and entertain.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Analysis, Analogy Basketball

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Give grammar instruction a boost with a basketball-themed game all about analogies! Working in pairs, learners quiz each other's analogy knowledge testing how many they can complete and earn the most points.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Oh My Word!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Ever come across an unfamiliar word while reading and can't decipher its meaning? Use a worksheet and graphic organizer that tracks and helps bring meaning to unknown words as learners read a text. A worksheet and graphic organizer come...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness - Phoneme Segmenting and Blending, Treasure Chest

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Working in pairs, scholars use picture cards to practice segmenting words into phonemes and blending phonemes into words. When a peer answers correctly they place a penny in a treasure chest. Incorrect responses make the card go back in...
Lesson Plan
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Water is one of the most precious resources on the earth. Explore water conservation, the importance of natural resources, and how water is used throughout the globe. Two complete activities along with discussion questions are used to...
Activity
Miama-Dade County Public Schools

Middle School Mock Trial Competition

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Objection! Scholars participate in a mock trial to gain an understanding the ins and outs of court procedures. Using the Jessie Jones v. Palm City court case, they role play each specific part of the trial, learning how courts operate...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics, Letter-Sound Correspondence: Letter Bag

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An activity focuses on final sounds sorting. Scholars pull objects out of a bag, identify what letter sound the object ends with, then draw the picture under the appropriate column.
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Rhyme or No Rhyme

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Rhyming is fun, builds phonemic awareness, and is a tried and true pre-reading skill. This activity helps learners identify words that rhyme. Young scholars listen to a song, locate a rhyming word they hear by clapping then draw a...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

It's Warmer in Miami

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Brrrr it's cold in Alaska! When given the temperatures of Anchorage and Miami in the winter, your mathematicians will calculate how much warmer it is in Miami. Answer key provides two different solution choices. Great as a warm-up for...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency, Letter-Sound Correspondence, Make a Match

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An activity tests the fluency skills of young readers. Scholars match initial sound cards to letter cards. Pairs take turns and work to locate the most matches before the timer goes off. The activity ends with a peer evaluation.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Narrative Text Structure, Story Pieces

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
An activity boosts reading comprehension by challenging scholars to answer questions about a narrative tale detailing elements—plot, characters, setting, theme, problem, and solution.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Words, Quick Sort

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Peers work together to boost fluency by timing each other as they read and sort multisyllabic words. Record sheets keep track of participants' progress.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Teachers K - 2nd
Primary learners will embrace diversity and celebrate multiculturalism through these engaging activities. Which include reading the story Martin Luther King and singing the song "A Man Named King." They will also explore the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Current Connections

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Many of us read our history books and take each word as truth. Show learners that history can easily be altered depending on who writes it. Your class will watch a series of videos, read a first person testimony, and discuss the...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Sentence Segmentation, Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
What makes a complete sentence? Words, of course! As your budding readers understand this relationship, guide them through this nursery rhyme activity. Scholars examine pictures of 10 familiar rhymes, mentally counting the words in the...
Lesson Plan
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Build Your Own Aquifer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Ever wondered how an aquifer works? Introduce your class to the amazing way many people get water by exploring how underground aquifers work. Two fun hands-on activities are used to help kids understand what an aquifer is, how it works,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Carta de Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Spanish learners peek back into history by reading a copy of an original letter written in the sixteenth century by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. To show their comprehension, they respond to a series of provided questions. For writing...
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University of Florida

Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Make an impact on young physicists with this fun collection of resources. After first watching a video and taking notes on the physics of car crashes, students go on to complete a series of activities that explore the...
Handout
Novelinks

The View From Saturday: Concept/Vocabulary Analysis

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Design your unit on The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg with a concept and vocabulary analysis resource. It outlines the plot, literary elements, vocabulary issues, and any possible considerations for planning a differentiated...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Kindergarteners and first graders alike are engaged as they learn the initial sounds of objects by taking turns flipping cards to form a long train. This complete and ready-to-print activity helps young ones build the basic foundations...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Combining Sentences Using Appositives II

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Provide young grammarians' additional practice using appositives to combine short sentences with this short learning exercise that includes a definition and models.

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