Reading Activities Resources
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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry Lessons & Activities: Gallery of Worksheets (Grades 6-8)
Poetry lesson plans for Grades 6-8. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and reading…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
CHOICE BOARDS
Sight Words Choice Board and Activities Packet (Grades K-3)
This choice board packet includes 16 different activities you can use with early readers to help them build fluency with…Subjects:ReadingEarly Reading -
ACTIVITIES
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Enrichment Activities
Review the enrichment activities and web resources created for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a bibliography of Eric…Subjects:LiteratureTeaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry CaterpillarLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Directed Reading-Thinking Activity
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) is a teaching strategy that guides students in making predictions about a…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingReading and Literature -
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 3-5)
Poetry is an ideal way to help students with fluency and to appreciate the beauty of words. Use these activities to help…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
ACTIVITIES
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the story of an American Indian girl stranded on an island, alone, for 18 years. This…Subjects:LiteratureNative-American History (American Indians)Animals (Zoology) -
ACTIVITIES
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingLanguage Arts and Writing -
ACTIVITIES
Repeated Reading
Use a variety of repeated reading activities to improve reading skills.Subjects:ReadingReading InstructionReading and Literature -
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 9-12)
Poetry lesson planning for grades 9-12. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
ACTIVITIES
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills.Subjects:ReadingFamiliesReading and Literature -
WORKSHEETS
Travel Brochure
Create a travel brochure to illustrate the setting of a story.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingBook Art -
ACTIVITIES
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Enrichment Activities
In Chris Van Allsburg's The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, the dog who protagonist Alan is supposed to be watching runs off and…Subjects:Caldecott Medal Books & IllustratorsChris Van Allsburg, Author & Illustrator: Guides to His BooksAward and Prize Winners -
WORKSHEETS
Following Directions: Spatial Relationships
Distribute this printable activity to your K-1 students to test their understanding of spatial relationships. In this…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingMathematics -
ACTIVITIES
Vocabulary Choice Board
This choice board is a great way for your students to practice the week's vocabulary words. Give your students a new…Subjects:VocabularyReading -
ACTIVITIES
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a demanding mouse and the child who…Subjects:LiteratureFantasy FictionSocial Studies and History -
ACTIVITIES
Make Way for Ducklings Literature Guide
Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan includes activities and resources…Subjects:LiteratureCaldecott Medal Books & IllustratorsReading and Literature -
ACTIVITIES
Elementary Reading Pre-Assessment
This is the perfect tool for the beginning of the year scramble trying to get baseline reading/phonics data on all of…Subjects:Reading -
LESSON PLANS
Pre-Reading Activities
Use this resource containing a list of suggestions and activities to help prepare your students for reading a new book.…Subjects:ReadingReading and Literature -
ACTIVITIES
Adelita: A Cinderella Story
Use a teaching guide that includes discussion ideas and activities for use with Adelita.Subjects:Mexican History and Hispanic HeritageWorld HistorySocial Studies and History -
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Historical Fiction Printables Slideshow
There are literature guides, discussion questions, reading graphic organizers, and more, in this slideshow. All of these…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingHistorical Fiction -
ACTIVITIES
Teammates
A wealth of resources, lesson plans, and activities that can be used with the story Teammates by Peter Golenbock.Subjects:ReadingLiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
ACTIVITIES
Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets
Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills.Subjects:ReadingFamiliesReading and Literature -
LESSON PLANS
Gatsby Art
A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great Gatsby.Subjects:Teaching The Great GatsbyMain Idea and Supporting DetailsVisual Arts -
ACTIVITIES
The Great Gatsby Journal
Use the journal to help students focus on literary elements as they read, or in lieu of daily reading quizzes for The…Subjects:Teaching The Great GatsbyBooksLiterature
