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Fiction
Activities
FreeReading is
a free reading
intervention program for
K–3. The program was originally developed by Wireless
Generation and an
advisory board of leading reading researchers. Now the program is an
open-source, peer-authored text. Educators can find research-based
literacy activities, share lessons and ideas, and use the complete set
of activities in hundreds of lessons mapped to a 40-week scope and
sequence based on recommendations of the National Reading Panel. Users
can even download free
resources, including letter cards, picture cards, music and videos.
Web: http://www.FreeReading.net/
Reading Is
Fundamental, UK
is an initiative of the National Literacy Trust that helps children
and young people (aged 0 to 19) to realise their potential by
motivating them to read. We promote the fun of reading, the
importance of book choice and the benefits to families of having
books at home. Our projects provide motivational activities,
opportunities for family and community involvement, and free books
for children to choose and keep.
Fabulous
Fiction
http://www.fabfiction.moonfruit.com/
Guardian Unlimited says, "Teachers and parents who are struggling to
persuade teenage boys to pick up books could do worse than look to
the example of two 13-year-old
boys who have created an award-winning website
aimed at inspiring young people to read."
Tips for Teaching Autistic Children
Reading Skills
Learning to read should be fun
for any child, but when it comes to
autistic children, you have to reach
them on their level, so make sure
you chose a method that meets their
needs.
Australian Children's Books
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/childrensbooks/
This portal
holds a wealth of background material about Australian children's
literature, from the earliest published books to contemporary works. The
array of resource links to authors, awards, genres and publishing is
impressive.
I Love to Read Activities
Bookmark contest
Using a reading week theme, print blank bookmarks on cards. Using these
templates, children can design their own bookmark. Winners will be
chosen from each grade level. Winning bookmarks are copied and printed
and laminated, to hand out. Collect all seven!
READ posters
Teachers get their own READ posters. Classes can
choose to create their own posters with their students.
Guess who
Another teacher poster project. Take pictures of
teachers holding their favorite books as if they were reading them, only
their eyes showing. Children have to identify each teacher. We provide a
sheet with all the teachers names and students have to match them to the
picture numbers. At the end of the week post new pictures with the books
pulled down and showing the teachers' faces.
Read One Hundred Stories
This is a fun theme. Classes can see if they can read
one hundred stories in a week. You can make a bulletin board or display
with paper as blocks to make a hundred story building.
Snippets
Have fifth graders each read a snippet over the
intercom each morning. One snippet is for PreK-2 and the other is 3-5.
It is a few sentences from a popular book, must include the main
character's name. Children can guess the title of the book. One winner
is chosen for each group per day. Rewards are either left over bookfair
books or a coupon to check out additional books.
Guest readers in classes - principal, director, HS teachers, older
students.
Favorite book awards
Create the Golden Gecko Award from every class for their favorite book
Read to parents
a form sent home saying if student reads aloud to
parents (or parents read aloud to student) 15 minutes every night prize
at the end. Promote read aloud at all levels and strengthen home/school
connection.
Read to the principal
Culminating event: Favorite character parade & dress up
as favorite character
Door Design--each class designs /decorates their classroom door for
favorite book or character
Charity Book Sale or book exchange
Collect used books for elementary students and adults and then have a
big book sale. Proceeds go to charity.
Poem-in-the-Pocket Day
All the classes read and write poetry in the weeks
ahead of the event. This allows the librarian to work collaboratively
with classroom teachers on lessons and units related to poetry,
figurative language, using sensory images to comprehend texts, and
more...
Then, each student transcribes a poem of his/her own making or a
favorite published poem onto a large index card.
On the day of the event, every adult in the building and parent
volunteers are given a 100 or so teeny, tiny
stickers. Throughout the day, students, carrying their poems in their
pockets, would ask an adult? "Would you like to hear the poem in my
pocket?" After reading/reciting the poem, the adult places a sticker on
the back of the student's index card.
Write a love note to their favorite library, librarian, author, or book
character.
Involve parents as well. They could come and be guest readers for
example.
A whole school Drop everything and read time.
Have a READ-IN.
Students bring a pillow, stuffed animal, blanket, etc. and their
favorite
books on a set day and the students and teacher spend the entire
literacy block reading in a comfy, cozy atmosphere. Invite parents, etc.
to come in and read their favorite stories as well.
Celebrate the whole month with I love to read Month.
Have a reading contest (race), for example around the
world. As each class comes closer to their goal (may be pages, books,
minutes of reading) move a marker on a huge bulletin board of the world.
Each class that meets their goal will get to take part in a Party in the
library. Have food from around the world and watch an educational video.
In addition, teachers are focusing on world studies, languages, etc.
Each teacher has decorated their door with a different concept around
the world wide theme.
You can also use the Iditarod and have a Sled dog and racer in for an
assembly.
Cherububble site for young readers
aged 4-8.
The site advocates literacy for young readers and has terrific teacher
resources, parent packs, audio books and activity sheets. Excellent for
home schoolers and distance ed. students.
carlscorner.us.com.au
Read "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr Seuss Online at
http://www.kidthing.com/neasreadacrossamerica/
RealeBooks
(“Really Books”) are picture books created with
RealeWriter (“Really Writer”) software (which is free). You can read
RealeBooks in your web browser or download them with RealeWriter to
print or modify. RealeLibraries (“Really Libraries”) are websites where
schools, organizations, and businesses share their
RealeBooks.
The Reading
matrix
Database
of interactive online reading activities from around the Web.
John Butler - Fun page
http://www.johnbutlerart.com/pages/fun.asp
Children's illustrator and writer John Butler provides two interactive
stories for very young children: Whose nose and toes? and Whose baby am
I? Children move the mouse to find the matching animal. The simple easy
to read text is displayed alongside.
Here's a great reading website for JP students. The
Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service.
It is US based and 4 sections from ABC to learn to read
and I'm reading.
www.starfall.com
It has some thematic sections as well. A good addition to a book-based
reading program! Could be used at home.
Comprehension activities and references on
www.resourceroom.net
(taken from www.rlac.com or
www.epsbooks.com)
Booklets and books by Joanne Carlisle
ELC StudyZone
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
and Free English Lessons
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM
ELC has 5 different levels with multiple choice questions, a cloze
activity, a writing exercise and sentence ordering exercises. The
Free English Lessons includes cloze exercises, speed reading
exercises, extensive reading including newspapers and fiction, and
science reading.
Reading is fun
(LP)
This resource was developed for Year 2 students having difficulty learning to
read. A series of activities, recorded with the digital camera, was used to
create texts for students to be discuss and manipulate.
Web Sites for Teaching Phonics
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/97-98/phonics_web_sites.htm
List of sites that could be useful when teaching phonics in the early primary
grades.
How to Teach Phonics To Your Child
http://idid.essortment.com/teachphonics_rjra.htm
Tips and Ideas on how to teach your child to recognize letter sounds, recognize
letters, and pronunciations.
A Model Lesson Plan for Teaching Phonics
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/phonics/
The following lesson designs demonstrate what the thinking process might entail
as a teacher instructs a pupil in the area of phonics.
Teach with Phonics Skills Chart
http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/phonics/teach.htm
Key phonics skills, the approximate age most kids master them, and illustrations
of mastery.
Four Ways To Teach Reading
http://teachingtreasures.com.au/homeschool/reading-methods/reading-methods.htm
The four main methods used to teach children how to read are explained.
Kinder
Sites
Adrian Bruce Reading Games (Adrian teaches at Byron Bay Community School
and has a big IT rep)
http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm
Download these free reading games for teaching sounds and blends.
Little Animal Activity Centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml
Play games and learn first and end sounds as well as reading online
stories.
The Highway Game
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur/truckgame/
Find all the letters of the alphabet with this online game.
Magic Key
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/
Unlock the secrets of sentence writing and work out new words with
characters.
Starship English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/index.shtml
Unscramble the words and create stories of your own.
Seasame Street Games
http://aol.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/?scrollerId=games
Learn the alphabet with Super Grover
Picture Match
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/
Learn beginning, short and long vowel sounds by matching the sounds with
the pictures.
Write the Alphabet
http://www.bornthinker.com/ctemplate.php?body=writing_the_alphabet&t=e#
Use the virtual pencil to write the letters of the alphabet.
Lessons
Whole-to-Parts Phonics Instruction
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=157
Letter-sound correspondences are taught within a meaningful context, and
in an explicit, systematic, and extensive manner.
Gingerbread Phonics
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=114
In this lesson, early readers in grades K-2 use familiar words from a
traditional story to learn letter-sound correspondence.
Using a Predictable Text
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=131
This lesson uses a predictable text to help students learn high-frequency
words.
Kinder Reading and Literacy Skill Worksheets
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html
100 worksheets in PDF format to support the teaching of reading to Kinder
students.
Phonics In Context
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=304
In this lesson decoding skills are introduced, taught, practiced, and
reinforced within contexts meaningful to students.
Letter Recognition and Sound Identification
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=132
This lesson covers the basics of letter recognition. Your students will
apply their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they identify
pictures in an attractively illustrated alphabet book.
Mother Goose Activities
http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/mother_goose.htm
Matrix of activities related to nursery rhymes.
Generating Rhymes
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=121
This lesson supports the goal of helping young students develop phonemic
awareness and recognize and generate rhymes through songs, poems, and
games.
Nursery Rhyme Activities
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/nurseryrhymes.html
Collection of nursery rhymes and associated activities.
Book Sorting
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=145
This sorting activity addresses critical-thinking skills, observation and
categorization processes, and reading comprehension and provides an
opportunity for observation of student interaction and conversation.
Year 1-2
Sites
Between the Lions Reading Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/
Learn sounds and blends as well as unscramble words with these online
games.
Fox in Sox Game
http://www.seussville.com/games/lb_fox_in_socks_matching.html
Rearrange the words in the correct order to describe the picture shown.
Gawain\'s Word
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/gawain2_op.html
Joust with a medieval knight to blend words in this interactive game.
Words and Pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
Online games for learning sounds, blends and high frequency words.
PBS Games
http://pbskids.org/games.html
Large collection of online games to support learning to read.
Dynamo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/home.shtml
Come and play in my Dynatastic Den, jam packed with games and quizzes.
Arthur and Friends
http://pbskids.org/arthur/index.html
Read along and play reading games with your favourite characters.
What When Where Why
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/5_9/index.shtml?wwww
Hang out with the gang and improve your reading skills with these online
games.
Fun to Read
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/index/play.htm?f
Interactive reading games.
Digger and the Gang
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/
Nash, Flick and Sprat\'s antics will help you get your English skills
ontrack.
Animal Study
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/animal-inquiry/
Create your own animal study using this online activity.
Comic Creator
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
Create your own comic online using this interactive site.
Alphabet Kids
http://www.mrsalphabet.com/
Learn the Alphabet using this cartoon character flash cards.
Rattic in the Attic
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/rattic/rattic1.html
Animated read along story.
Three Little Kittens
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/goose/kittens/>
Read along Story.
Robert Munsch Virtual Story Room
http://www.robertmunsch.com/storytime.cfm
Robert Munsch\'s books are available for listening to here online.
Grimm\'s Fairy Tales
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html
Read and listen to some of these famous fairy tales.
Lessons
Between the Lions: Exploring Short-Vowel Sounds
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=173
In this lesson, early readers in first grade review short-vowel sounds,
and practice their skills using a variety of games from the Between the
Lions website.
Year 1 Reading and Literacy Skill Worksheets.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/table1.html
100 worksheets in PDF format to support the teaching of reading to Year 1
students.
A-Hunting We Will Go
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=264
Students brainstorm pairs of rhyming words and create their own verses for
the song.
Year 2 Reading and Literacy Skill Worksheets.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/table2.html
100 worksheets in PDF format to support the teaching of reading to Year 2
students.
Family FUNdamentals Home Learning Activities
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--69358--,00.html
Literacy activities for preschool and early elementary students to
practice at home.
Active Reading
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=35
Students read a story and play a matching game to integrate new words into
their sight vocabulary.
Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=286
This lesson describes how to use selected fiction and nonfiction
literature and careful questioning techniques to help students identify
factual information about animals.
Teacher Reference
Reading Recovery
http://www.readingrecovery.org/index.asp
Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of
one-on-one tutoring for low-achieving first graders.
Center for Early Literacy Information
http://www.earlyliteracyinfo.org/
An online resource for literacy teachers and researchers.
The Reading Tree
http://www.aability.com/rindex.html
Information about learning to read and common reading problems.
Literacy Leadership Tools
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/professional/leader/lead_tools_e.php
This site is designed to help school leaders to raise achievement and
close any identified gaps in literacy throughout their school.
Rhyme Zone
http://www.rhymezone.com/
Enter a word and this site produces a list of rhyming words.
Alphabet Avenue
http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/alphabet_avenue.htm
Links to resources supporting the teaching of reading.
Webbing Into Literacy
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html
Downloadable reading program which emphasises the use of nursery rhymes in
the teaching of reading.
Literature Cyberguides K-3
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyk3.html
List of book guides and activities for over 40 children\'s books.
Early Childhood Literature Cyberguides
http://www.cbel.com/early_childhood_education/
Listings of hundreds of children\'s books with associated activities.
Between the Lions: Things to Print
http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/
Print these sound, matching and sentence activities.
Arkansas Comprehensive Early Literacy Model
http://www.arliteracymodel.com/teacherresource/index.html
Literacy teaching ideas and curriculum for infant grades.
It's
time for rhyme: Using ICTs to enhance early literacy skills
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/02272.html
Contributed by Fleur Provost.
Using Expression
http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/illum/popegf.html
The goal of this lesson is to help students read with expression.
Deeper Reading Response: A Template for Teachers
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=156
This lesson details the five expressive and performative engagements for
responding to text, as identified by Lawrence R. Sipe http://www.starfall.com
Lots of stories to
read!
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
Make Your Own Stone Soup
http://www.du.edu/~dhilker/titlefour.html
Ideas for Stone Soup
Stone Soup: A Puppet Show
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/playhouse/stonesoupapuppetshow.html
Simple props and script for Stone Soup.
Stone Soup Activities
http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/teaching_resources/_books1/00000056.htm
Ideas for teaching Stone Soup.
Making Stone Soup
http://www.learnnc.org/LearnNC/lessonp.nsf/all/7E57C73B024B847C852568EA00490
505?openDocument
A lesson plan for grade 2 mathematics, English language arts, and
computer technology skills.
Stone Soup
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/s/Stone_Soup_Marcia_Brown.html
Ideas for teaching Stone Soup.
Stone Soup
http://www.nteq.com/LessonPlanner/view_lesson.asp?lesnumber=1532
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