Night Sounds

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...

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...

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.

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...

Reinforce concepts such as long vowels, spelling patterns, sound clusters, double-final consonants, and syllables with a nature-themed unit. Through a series of extra support lessons, learners compare and contrast using a Venn diagram,...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a variety of short activities directly related to the reading of the poem, "Tom's Night Out."

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 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.

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...

Students write a list of words that are associated with scary creatures that they imagine now or in their younger days. They read books that share ideas for dealing with scary experiences. Finally, they use a variety of art materials to...