Kindergarten Reading

Questions Before, During, and After Reading

To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Grammar

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Sequencing Lesson Plan for The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Present this Common Core-aligned lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students practice story…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Teaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS

Top 10 Books by Eric Carle

This gallery features information on children's author Eric Carle's 10 best books. Each slide also features a related…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Children's Book

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BOOK GUIDES

The Three Little Pigs retold by James Marshall

Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills.

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Reading Instruction

Literature

Reading

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Vocabulary development is critical to success in reading To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a…

Building Vocabulary

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Language Arts and Writing

Vocabulary

Reading

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Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book Cloudy With a Chance of…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Sequencing: The Hare and the Tortoise

Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the text The Hare and the…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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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…

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Reading

Early Reading

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Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading comprehension with a strategy.…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Enrichment Activities

Review the enrichment activities and web resources created for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a bibliography of Eric…

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Literature

Teaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Language Arts and Writing

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Questioning, Frog and Toad Together

In this lesson, you will teach students how to use Question-Answer Relationships by reading from Frog and Toad Together,…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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Syllable awareness is one component of phonological awareness. Students gain the ability to hear phonemes that comprise…

Syllable Awareness

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Reading

Phonics

Reading and Literature

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Introducing Questioning, The Mitten

Use a lesson that is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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BOOK GUIDES

Goldilocks and the Three Bears retold by Jan Brett

Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills.

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Reading Instruction

Families

Reading

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Story Elements: Danny and the Dinosaur

Use a lesson that introduces primary students to the elements of a story that is read aloud. Students begin by…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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a strategy to support struggling readers

Use a variety of repeated reading activities to improve reading skills.

Repeated Reading

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Reading

Reading Instruction

Reading and Literature

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WORKSHEETS

Summer Reading & Language Arts Worksheets

Give students a reason to read over the summer, with these word games. Children can enjoy a crossword puzzle, word find,…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Language 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…

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Reading

Language Arts and Writing

Reading and Literature

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WORKSHEETS

My Summer Reading Chart

Keep your students interested in reading and help their reading comprehension. Have your students use this printable to…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Language Arts and Writing

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Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills.

Corduroy by Don Freeman

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Reading

Families

Reading and Literature

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Predicting: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Use the prediction strategy while reading aloud the book The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry…

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Reading

Reading and Literature

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BOOK GUIDES

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Use this activity with The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter to enrich children's language and emergent literacy…

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Reading Instruction

Literature

Families

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Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The lesson uses the book, Why…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Caldecott Medal Books & Illustrators

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