Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Please Read Quietly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners become fluent readers by readling silently. They gain a better comprehension and discover that silent reading is a tool for understanding books. As an assessment, the class reads a decodable book. Each student then writes a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language Arts: Understanding Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover the relationship between letters and phonemes. The teacher leads an oral demonstration of pronunciation and focus on the /a/ sound. Next, students examine a series of pictures, circling the ones where they hear the...
Interactive
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Music to Our Ears

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site on the armonica, an instrument created by Ben Franklin. Introduce yourself to the human ear. This section looks at how sound is collected and transmitted and provides diagrams of the parts of the auditory pathway...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Greek and Latin Affixes (English Iii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson. You will be introduced to a number of common affixes and roots; play games to practice matching affixes to their meanings; read a passage and use your...