Curated OER
Observations and Inferences
Students observe how to distinguish observations form inferences. In this examining inferences lesson students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them.
Curated OER
Ducks
Students explore and learn about the habitats, diets, and specific attributes of various species of ducks. Students know the names of at least seven species of ducks and at least five criteria for identifying species of ducks.
Curated OER
Minerals and Rocks
Young scholars identify and interpret various minerals and discover how to identify and classify them. They identify and discuss how people describe objects and how scientists describe objects. From there, students look at a set of...
Curated OER
Sensory Elements in the Environment
Students verbally and visually identify visual elements found around them everyday.
Curated OER
Speedy Readers
Students read orally to increase their reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher model expressive and fluent reading. They then practice reading orally with a partner. The partner times their reading with...
Curated OER
Collared Peccary (Javelina)
In this animal facts worksheet, students learn about the only wild, native, pig like animal found in the United States. Students learn facts about the Collard Peccary by reading the worksheet.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sight Word Spelling Lesson Plan
In this lesson students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Irregular Word Activities
This extensive site has links to games and activities that teach students to read 30 high-frequency irregular words. There are over 20 activities and games at the bottom of the site in additional to sequenced irregular word activities....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using a Predictable Text to Teach High Frequency Words
Using "Have You Seen My Cat?" students will learn to recognize high-frequency words. There are supplementary materials provided, as well as several links to useful websites.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Kitten Hop Word Recognition
Help your kitten win the race by clicking on the words stated as quickly as possible. You could win a trophy!
DLTK
Kid Zone Language Arts: Dolch Word Lists and Flashcards
This site offers Dolch words lists and flashcards from pre-K to third grade.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Word Bingo
This word game offers seven levels: pre-primer, primer, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, nouns, and all words. Students listen to a word and click on the word on the bingo card; when they have five in a row, BINGO appears on that row....
The Tech Interactive
Make a Splash With Color
The companion website for an exhibit housed at the Tech Museum of Innovation, in San Jose. The exhibit explores and explains how our eyes see color, the words we use to describe colors, and how the eye works.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Alphabet and Word Recognition With Phonics
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are actively engaged with this interactive flipchart that prompts the students to use the eraser, pen, highlighter, and arrow tools along with a link to a website that continues to build on the...
Other
Quiz Tree: Sight Words: Pre Primer Chart
Students' have access to a pre-primer chart that provides an audio of each word when clicked.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sight Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a vocabulary and recognition lesson.
abcteach
Abcteach: Color Flash Cards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help your students learn colors with printable color or blackline flash cards. Bright color pictures go with each color name. Sample sight word nouns with picture flash cards are also printable....
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place Pre School Library: What Color Is It?
Students' are interactively presented with various objects and asked what color the objects are. Students' click on the correct color.
Auburn University
Auburn University: Assessing Phoneme Awareness and Decoding
How can you assess phoneme awareness and decoding skills in your students? Teachers can benefit from this informative resource that takes you through this intricate path of phonemic awareness.
Other
King's Kids: Room 108: Dolch Word Games
The site is made of 11 dolch word list, one list per set of games. Each list has 4 games to play as practice. Games have audio sound for students' to listen to the words.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: High Frequency Words: Tom's Color Game
Help Tom the zebra get ready for bed in this interactive game. Drag each color word next to the box with the matching color and give Tom one item he needs for bedtime. After giving him socks, a blanket, hay, and a glass of water, watch...
Other
Lesson Plan: Decoding: Context Activity
What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.