Young learners participate in a guided reading instructional activity. They will read the book Cat on the Mat by Brian Wildsmith. The teacher helps provide the group with reading strategies, and provides more one-on-one support during...

Save the yodeler from falling off the top of the mountain using basic math skills. Have endless fun while developing fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Explore words by building and decoding three-letter words. Real or nonsense words can be formed with the alphabet tiles. Practice fluency and blending sounds with CVC patterns.

The story of King Arthur is a fascinating one, and this retold excerpt offers an excellent example of narrative word choice in a dialogue. Learners read the text and examine the way the author uses synonyms for said. They write down...

Use a puppet (in this case named Mico) to make onset and rime more fun. Mico presents 12 picture cards to kindergartners, all depicting single-syllable words. He pronounces them with segmenting onset and rime, encouraging kids to say the...

Looking for a straightforward app for practicing high-frequency words? You've found one here! This app includes all 1000 Fry words and several ways for kids to practice with each and every one.

In this early childhood reading text worksheet, students read a brief selection with a caregiver, on their own, and to their teacher in order to practice reading smoothly, without stopping.

Fourth graders, after reading and discussing the book, "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," by Judy Bloom, complete a vocabulary worksheet and read sections from the book fluently and accurately. They utilize dictionaries and thesauruses...

Students work with a partner to become fluent readers. Each person gets the chance to be each role. One of them gets to be the listener while the other person gets to be the reader. The reader reads the book while the listener times...

Students participate in pre-reading activities for the book "Lon Po Po" and discuss the names of the children in the book. They agree on how to pronounce the names in the book. They choose a character from the book and read that part...

Third graders listen as their teacher reads them a book. In groups, they are given a story and time to practice a skit. After taking suggestions from their teacher, they perform their skit and receive feedback from the class. They can...

Sixth graders read a given passage silently. The student then reads the same passage orally to a partner. The partner records the number of words pronounced incorrectly. The student then sets goals to increase oral reading speed and...

Scholars work in pairs to drill and practice alphabet sounds, keeping track of their progress on a chart. Working one at a time, each partner flips letter cards, saying the sound and letter. If they get it correct, it goes in the YES...

Students observe and demonstrate a variety of reading expression strategies. They listen to the teacher read different sentences with and without expression and discuss the difference, then in pairs read an "I Can Read" book using their...

Practice reading strategies using Elizabeti's Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen. Readers utilize decoding and comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading the story. A detailed list of text features, high frequency words,...

The language of the Constitution can feel quite ominous to young learners, but there are a variety of strategies you can utilize to help your class grasp the important concepts and ideals in our nation's founding document. This lesson...

Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing crosschecking and cover-up, young scholars complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...

Students practice reading fluency and reading with expression. They develop reading fluency using timed reading. Students read "Arthur's Reading Race" and record how far they read in one minute. They repeat the reading in order to see...

Learners demonstrate their fluency through repeated readings. They review what a fluent reader is and practice decoding through cross-checking and covering unknown words. They work in pairs to read a passage several times and record...

Students listen to sentences read with fluency and without to determine which sounds better. Next, with a partner or in a small group they practice reading a book three times. Finally, as an assessment, they read the book while being...

Students review basic reading decoding. Given books at their independent reading level, they read independently and with several different partners to increase reading fluency. They see how many more words per minute they can read after...

Students observe and demonstrate various strategies for improving their reading fluency. They observe the teacher demonstrating how to read words they are having trouble with, then in pairs take turns timing each other reading the book...

Students investigate the benefits of rereading books to increase reading fluency and comprehension in this lesson. They practice saying site words orally as quickly as they can. They then work with a partner reading a story multiple...