In this word recognition lesson, students use a karaoke program to read and sing songs, enhancing their sight word recognition. Students preform these songs to each other. This could also be a fun way to introduce new...

Students experience the strategies of decoding words and crosschecking to master reading more fluently. They read, crosscheck and decode the books, "Lee and the Team," from Phonics Readers and "Ready to Race," by Shealy Melton.

Students identify what it means to be fluent and that there are five components: reading faster, reading with expression, reading smoothly, reading silently and being able to read voluntarily. Then they focus on being able to read with...

Students practice summarizing text by retelling what they have read. They read selected, leveled passages and use enthusiastic and createive ways to members of their group. Students complete a journal entry documenting their experience...

First graders explore English by participating in a vocabulary activity. In this compound word lesson, 1st graders define what a "compound word" is and read several examples of them. Students utilize a stack of flash cards to practice...

Students review sight recognition and blending by using an index card with one of the words from the word wall on it. They read a story aloud as a class and hold up their card when they hear their word and sing a song that allows them to...

Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies for mastering the skills for reading fluently with expression and emotion utilizing timed readings. They read and reread, "Arthur's Reading Race," by Marc Brown and "James and the...

Students explore silent reading. They discuss how to choose their own reading materials and how to tell if a book is right for them. Students read a book silently to themselves for ten minutes. They write a message about what they...

Students listen to the explanation of the words expressively, smoothly, and quickly as being keys to fluent reading. They review some of the vowel sounds and identify them in different words and listen to some passages from The Rainbow...

Young scholars practice techniques to become more fluent readers by reading more proficiently and with faster speed. They stress mastery of the d=/d/, e=/e/ and de=/de/ sounds in spoken and written words. The book, "John Henry," by...

Students observe a sentence as it is written on the board and listen as it is read to them twice. They choose which reading of the sentence they prefer; the first time it is read slowly with some words sounded out and the second time...

Students practice the strategy of rereading books to become fluent readers. They utilize pseudo words to recognize words effortlessly as well. Each student is given a copy of "Kite Day at Pine Lake," from Phonics Readers to read several...

Students examine what it means to be a fluent reader. They review the cover up method for decoding words and practice sentences as a fluent and disfluent reader. They work in partners and read a book three different times for one minute...

Second graders listen to a sample paragraph read the first time in a steady monotone voice and the second time with expression, varying in loudness and softness. They compare and discuss which version they liked better and their reasons...

Students practice using their language skills in welcoming tourist. In this language and hospitality lesson, students practice using proper phrases to welcome tourists and to ask them questions that show they are able to be hospitable.

Students practice becoming a fluent reader by mastering the art of decoding unfamiliar words and sentences. Working with a partner, they read and reread "Froggy Eats Oats," by Jonathan London with a big palm tree, die-cut monkeys and a...

Students exercise the strategy of reading more fluently with expression through practice and recognizing punctuation marks when reading. They read with expression the book, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and a variety of...

Students practice techniques to read expressively and fluently to be able to read smoothly, silently and avidly. They read and explore the book, "The Morning Queen," by Joy Cowley along with sentence strips. Each student is taught what...

Students work to improve their oral expression while reading aloud. They read and record an entire story with a partner and listen to the playback of the readings. They evaluate their expressive language using a given checklist.

Students practice the representation of i=/i/ in correspondence and spoken words. They study spelling and reading words with i=/i/ in letterboxes, circling words in pictures that show words containing /i/, and view a chart with "The...

Students practice the strategy of phoneme awareness with special vocal gestures or sound with the correspondence /k/. They listen as the book, "ABC," by Dr. Seuss is read to them and then they work on a tongue twister and worksheets.

Learners practice the sound and spelling of the short vowel /i/. They identify the short /i/ sound in spoken and written words. The tongue twister "Isabelle iguana is in her igloo," and "Tin Man Fix It," along with Elkonin letter boxes...

In this school-home links reading practice worksheet, students, under the guidance of their caregivers, follow the 5 steps to getting out a book and reading it.

Do your young readers know that poems can be performed as a team? They listen to a few examples from Paul Fleischman's book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, paying attention to how the how readers work together....