Night Sounds

Discuss nonfiction books, and the benefits of reading nonfiction literature, with your student. They read the book, Creatures of the Night over a two day span and answer questions from their reading. Students also write in their journal...

Review the strategies of good reading and make connections with writing! In this reading strategies lesson, young readers listen to the book Why Coyote Howls at Night. Before, during, and after the reading the teacher asks questions to...

The book Good Night, Good Knight is the inspiration for this plan. Learners get into small groups to search for words in books that begin with their names and fill out and illustrate their own personal letter and name pages.

In this r sound worksheet, students practice different ways to make the r sound by saying 5 different words. Students say these 5 words 4 different ways.

In this paired stimulation for R sound worksheet, students practice combinations of sounds using -ear and -eer words to stimulate the correct pronunciation of R.

Young literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Readers look for slant rhyme, observe the beat and rhythm of each, and search for repeated vowel sounds. After re-reading, they observe the lack of punctuation and the stanza...

In this speech therapy learning exercise, students focus on the letter "r" sound.  Working with a therapist, students respond to the five questions saying each word or phoneme in which to produce and/or improve the letter sound.

In this r sound worksheet, students say the r sound words 4 different ways. Students say 5 words that start with the letter r 4 different ways.

In this phonics and vocabulary activity, students complete multiple choice questions about ending sounds and what words mean. Students complete 6 questions.

Do any of your budding readers have parents who work the night shift? Eileen Spinelli's book Night Shift Daddy, which can be found on YouTube if you don't have it, examines this family dynamic in a positive light and is an excellent...