Reading/Books |
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| Site | Description |
| Every picture tells a story | Students will learn to "read" illustrations, identify informative symbols, and create their own illustrations to text. In the second lesson plan, "Creating a Wall Story", students will be creating their own illustrations to better understand character, setting, plot, and theme, and portray them in a unique quilt story board on a class wall. |
| Online Stories and Resources for Kids | Dedicated to children and children's stories |
| Children's Story Books Online | Illustrated stories for kids of all ages |
| Game Goo | Online interactive. Learning that sticks. Spelling, synonyms, etc. |
| Sequencing a Story | How to sequence a story |
| Learn how to do a running record with this online tutorial | This is great. It will take you away from this site though. |
| During Guided Reading | What are other kids doing during a guided reading lesson? |
| Guided Reading Mini Lessons-still working on this | Mini lesson should be a reading skill you want students to apply |
| What Students Can Do With Books | Ideas of what students can do when they complete a book |
| Literature Log | Online log for students |
| Partner Reading |
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| Reading Comprehension | |
| Reading Response Journal | Ideas for students on what to put into a response journal. |
| Procedures for Literature Groups | List of rules |
| Literature Circles | What is a Literature Circle? |
| Jobs of the Literature Circle | A list of jobs and what they mean |
| Worksheet for Jobs | Literature Circle practice worksheets |
| Dolch Sight Word Lists | From Pre-primer to third grade |
| 300 Most Common Words | Words needed for reading and writing in Grades 1-3. |
| Reading | Dolch Words, reading letter |
| Reading Tips | Prompts, parent tips, Frequently asked questions, getting a child interested |
| Reading Letter to Parents | |
| Reading Activities | After reading activities |
| Reading Strategies | |
| How to Choose a Good Book | Modeling, baskets, 5 finger method |
| How to Choose a Good Book for Students | Is the book your students are choosing too easy, too hard, or just right? |
| Why read for 20 minutes every night? | |
| Getting Students to Think | Twenty questions to get students to think |
| Questions To Ask Your Child About A Story | Only ask one or two questions while reading the story and again ask only one or two questions after reading. |
| Book Talk Pointers | A list of pointers for book talks |
| Making a Story Map | How to make a story map. |
| Story Map | Worksheet for a story map |
| What To Do When You Finish a Book | A poster to go over with the kids |
| Book Club | Telling parents about ordering books for the classroom |
| Biography Day Book Report Form | After reading biographies, how to write a book report from a different aspect. |
| Biography Day | Parent letter explaining biography report. |
| Free Worksheets | Tons of free worksheets and awards for the classroom. |
| Reading Poems | Poems from poetry themes |
For further resources go to the Teacher's Page or Enjoying Literacy
