Learners practice reading with expression. After discussing how reading with feeling and expression can enhance the text, students listen as their partner reads a story with expression. Individual learners read selected passages with...

Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...

Students review the cover-up and crosscheck method of reading words before practicing rereading to become more fluent readers. They listen as the teacher reads both with and without fluency to determine which is easier to understand....

First graders read fluently. For this phonics lesson students practice reading strategies for fluency. They write a response in their journal about the book read in class.

Students increase their reading fluency and reading expression through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text without expression. Working with a partner,...

Students, who are fluent readers, practice reading with expression after listening while the teachers models good reading. They respond to teacher directions to show a specified expression. Reading with a partner, they practice adding...

Students practice reading fluently and expressively through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. They create a deck of expression cards to...

Elementary schoolers observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read A Fine, Fine School with and without expression and discuss the differences. Then in pairs, read the...

Readers analyze an excerpt from Kate DiCamillo's novel Because of Winn-Dixie. They read silently, and then hear it read aloud. Definitions for underlined vocabulary words are in the margin, and other potentially difficult words...

In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read and answer questions. Students read a short passage and answer six questions about what they just read.

Students explore reading with expression. They practice reading fluency and changing speed, pitch and volume while reading. Students read Di and Mice, Bo and Rose, Stu's Tune. They practice reading using expression and fill out the...

Learners choose the correct article to fill in the blank before a countable or uncountable noun in a cloze-reading passage. They then determine the rule for the first mention of plural and singular non-count and countable nouns, as well...

Run for the quotient. Classmates practice division facts to 12 by racing against each other in an interactive online game. Horses run around a track and receive extra boosts of energy for each correct response.

Monitor the growth of young mathematicians with a comprehensive addition and subtraction assessment. Using the context of a class field trip to an apple orchard, this series of four story problems allows children to demonstrate their...

Students form the ability to be able to read text smoothly, expressively, and faster. By being able to do this, students are able to concentrate more on the comprehension of the text instead of on the decoding of each individual word....

In this read and match worksheet, students 6 phrases and match each of them to the appropriate 6 pictures. Students also find 9 words in the word search and fill in the blanks in 3 sentences. Students unscramble 2 sets of words to...

Third graders practice word recognition and vocabulary building. They find word cards in the classroom. Then they practice reading the words and using them in sentences. Additional practice is gained by writing the words and using them...

Here's a resource that deserves a place in your curriculum library, whether or not your school has adopted the Common Core. Designed for middle and high school language arts classes, the packet is packed with teaching tips, materials,...

Trick young mathematicians into practicing their basic arithmetic with this extensive collection of fun math games. Whether you're teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place value, or even fractions, there is a...

Take an in-depth look at a passage from Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie. Included here is the reading passage as well as a step-by-step procedure for reading the text, a set of text-dependent questions, and a final writing...

Fling your class into spring with a set of math and literacy center worksheets. Learners will enjoy the variety with sheets that practice multiplication, missing addends, before/after and more/less than number comparisons, as well...

Help remove some of the confusion surrounding the addition and subtraction of radical numbers with this set skills practice problems. Taken straight from the pages of a math text book, this resource provides learners with...

After completing a fluency practice set on subtracting, multiplying, and comparing decimals, pupils begin learning about dividing decimals by whole numbers. They see how to use place value reasoning to find compatible numbers for...

Second graders practice reading a selection a number of times in order to increase their reading fluency and comprehension. They listen to a teacher demonstration of both non-fluent and fluent reading to determine the difference. Working...