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The Tell-Tale Heart

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Readers listen and critically read fictional prose to answer prediction questions at designated stopping points, and then they give a summary of the short story. This lesson is ideal for English language learners developing English...
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Descriptive Prompt: Precise Language

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Incorporate sensory details into a piece of descriptive writing. First, elementary and middle schoolers improve a piece of writing by using precise, vivid language, as well as appropriate word choice. They then listen to a variety of...
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Blast-Off to Blending

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Practice working with different phonemes in consonants and vowels. Sounds are written on squares that get put on a rocket to "blast off" and meet other sounds. The teacher first models blending, then reads the new words. Young readers...
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Sentence Completion: "Ima's Story"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Second graders read a paragraph containing one missing word per sentence. Using the provided word box, they choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
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Sentence Completion: "Anna's Story"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners read a paragraph containing one missing word per sentence. Using the provided word box, they choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
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Sentence Completion: "A Lovely Day"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars read two a two paragraph story that has one missing word in each sentence. They choose words from a word bank to complete each sentence. There are ten sentences to complete.
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Sentence Completion

For Students 2nd - 4th
Young learners select a word from a word bank to correctly complete a sentence. There are five sentences to be completed.
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Introduce /k/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Explore the ins and outs of the letter k using these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /k/ sound. Use these tips to...
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Reintroduce /c/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Do you c what I c? Use these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples to examine the letter c with kindergartners. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the soft...
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Guided Reading: Flora's Box

For Teachers K - 1st
Young readers consider text-to-self connections. Learners discover the text-to-self connection as they read Flora's Box by Tina Althaide. They practice high frequency words, prepositions, and 1:1 correspondence.
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Vocabualry words: Spelling pattern

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Chunking words can help students with rhyming, fluency, and spelling. Here are six vocabulary words with definitions that are color chunked by syllables. There are two additional slides that have sentences. However, the purpose of these...
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Plural Words Activity

For Students K - 2nd
In this reading and writing worksheet, students learn the plural forms of basic 3 letter words. They match the 6 plural words from the word bank with the corresponding images from the 6 options on the page.
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Second-Grade Comprehension-Based Intervention

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Help your youngsters find meaning in the text they read with this series of five intervention lessons. Offering explicit, step-by-step instructions for walking children through shared readings of leveled books, these...
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Valentine's Math and Literacy Centers

For Students K - 1st Standards
Look no further for a Valentine's Day-themed packet intended for math and literacy centers. Learners practice writing, reading, and representing numbers in a variety of ways, including skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s to 100. The pink...
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Vowels, Reading Fluency

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice identifying words with the short o vowel sound. They use the strategy will reading a page from The Hare and the Tortoise. They read the passage while focusing on increasing their reading fluency and practice...
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Flying Away with Fluency

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders improve their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good decoding strategies, 2nd graders complete an initial read of a story. Working with a partner, they complete a timed assessment of...
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High in the Sky with Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading orally to increase speed and fluency in this lesson. The teacher models fluent reading by reading orally the book "Arthur's Reading Race." The students then work with a partner taking turns reading and...
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Speeding into Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice reading different materials to increase their fluency. Individually, they are given a race car and they move their car forward depending how well they have read different excerpts. To end the instructional activity,...
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First Graders, Fluency and FUN!

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop their reading fluency during the school year. In this language arts activity, 1st graders discover what skilled readers do when they are reading, such as chunking text or thinking about the meaning of the...
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Language Arts: Leaping with Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students improve fluency skills by reading word cards presented to them by the teacher. Through a demonstration by the teacher, they note the difference between fluency and non-fluency. Both as a group and then individually, students...
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Fluency is Freedom!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read orally in groups of two to increase reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They read provided books which emphasize the short vowel sounds. The pairs time each others reading and offer encouragement and support as they...
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Learning About Phrases To Improve Fluency And Comprehension

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Investigate the concept of phrases and how they are a crucial element for successful reading comprehension. High schoolers identify key phrases in reading selections. Afterward, they engage in writing exercises regarding what they have...
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Irregular Words Fluency, Speed Battle

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Let's play a game! Explore language arts by participating in a flash card reading game. Kids utilize flash cards that have a number of irregular words written on them. They collaborate in pairs and compete as they attempt to pronounce...
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Nouns-Sentence Completion

For Students 2nd - 4th
What is a noun? There are five fill in the blank questions here that require the learner to read the sentence, read the word choices to the right, and select the one that fits best. 

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