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Fry Sight Word - Free First 100 Sight Word Reading Activities - Literacy Centers
This FREE sight word resource includes 22 pages of sight word materials, activities, and printables to teach your students how to read and spell five sight words from Fry's 1st 100 sight word list. Word Covered in the FREE Sample:1. the2. of3. and4. a5. toThere are a ton of fun, engaging activities children will love, such as sight word bracelets, word work stamping, abc order, sticker books, and many more! There is a total of 14 differentiated sight word activities, as well as additional materi
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PreK - 1st
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Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg - End of Year Activities
Last Day Blues - End of Year ActivitiesThese activities for Julie Danneberg's "Last Day Blues" allow students to positively reflect on the past school year.Topics & Activities Include...Forming Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, & Text-to-World ConnectionsReflecting on Feelings PromptsStudents vs. Teachers DebatePoetry ActivitiesComparing the First & Last DaysSchool Year Alphabet ActivitySchool Year FavoritesBook Discussion Task CardsTeacher Appreciation ActivitiesFriendly/Thank You Letter
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2nd - 4th
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FREE [Back to School] With Your Favorite Books: Mad Libs
This is Mad Libs {Meet the Teacher} activity is a sample from my {Back to School} With Your Favorite Books Packet.
(See full description of the unit below and click HERE to grab your copy!)
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What better way to spend the very first school days of the year than with your favorite books! Included in this unit are 25+ activities and 15+ printable anchor chart posters to go along with 25+ mentor text read alouds!
This monster unit pairs a selection of recommended mentor texts with th
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2nd - 6th
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Reading Skills Sequence for Upper Grades
By popular demand, this freebie includes the sequence in which I teach basic reading skills as well as specific reading comprehension skills in the upper grades. The document includes clickable links to my blog posts and resources which cover these topics.Please consider this document as a recommendation and a starting point for creating your own sequence for teaching these crucial skills. Standards, schedules, and subject-area requirements vary. Enjoy!Grades 2+ for Basic Reading Skills Recom
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2nd - 5th
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Gingerbread Man - Fairy Tale Reading Comprehension Unit
This Gingerbread Man mini-unit is aligned to common core standards and builds reading comprehension skills while allowing students to have fun with literacy. A range of activities, including drama and singing, are provided to help you cater to the different needs in your classroom. The unit includes the following:1. Text comprehension questions2. Higher order, personal connection and critical thinking questions3. Story mapping worksheets covering setting, characters and plot, includi
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Fairy Tales: Reading Comprehension for Primary Students
Leveled Reading Comprehension Passage with Questions & Activities | FREE SAMPLE
One week of ready to go lessons for an original Leveled Reading Comprehension Passage! Features comprehension questions, vocabulary, writing, critical thinking, and art activities based upon a high-interest, informational article about tigers. Perfect for your third, fourth, or fifth graders!Plan to set aside about 25 minutes to 1 hour per day over the course of 1 week. You may choose to use this for teaching new skills, guided practice, independent practice, reading groups, easy sub plans, or h
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3rd - 5th
Prek Transportation Activities Preschool + Pre-K Literacy Curriculum FREE WEEK
Are you wondering if the Empowering Little Readers Pre-K Literacy Curriculum is a good fit for you? Try it out for FREE with this free bonus week of Transportation themed activities! This transportation unit has everything you need to teach an integrated literacy block.The Pre-K Literacy Curriculum was designed to make teaching literacy in Preschool, Pre-K, and TK fun and meaningful. Each week provides instruction in:Oral language and vocabularyPhonemic awarenessConcepts of printComprehensionGro
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PreK - K
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Non-fiction Close Reading Articles (FREEBIE)
This 16 page product contains 4 non-fiction close reading articles with evidence-based questioning sheets to go with each. Great to use as a whole group lesson or in small group reading. The articles are about the following animals:
-chameleons
-giraffes
-sea turtles
-wolves
I introduce the product with examples of how I use the articles in my personal classroom.
This packet is aligned with the Common Core, specifically the following standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1 Read closely to dete
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K - 3rd
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6th - 8th Grade ELA FREE LESSON PLANS CURRICULUM MAP SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Your 6-8th Grade ELA PLANNING for the year is complete! These quarterly smart maps are perfectly aligned and sequenced to CCSS and designed to focus on one of the 4 MAJOR WRITING TASKS each quarter with reading material integrated to support the writing.Includes Quarterly: Editable standards, calendar, smart link planner, note-taking, and suggested standard-aligned resource bookshelves.No purchases are necessary to completely use this resource. You can easily use your own resources. An optional
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Elements and Narrative Writing QUARTER 1 BUNDLE
2nd Grade Reading Activities for the First Week of School FREE
Free, engaging, NO PREP teacher lesson plans for an ONE WEEK of reading! Students will LOVE this engaging Let’s Get Reading Common Core aligned reading unit. DAILY lesson plans, anchor charts, activities, and assessments are included for phonics, grammar, vocabulary and comprehension. This LIFESAVING unit is amazing for busy teachers, hybrid teachers, virtual teachers, homeschool parents or homeschool teachers, guest teachers and long-term substitutes.This is an excerpt from my August Let's Get
Volume 1 At-A-Glance (Mentor Sentences & Better Than Basal Reading/Writing)
This free download will help you see all of the skills included in Volume 1 that span the course of the year! It is laid out to show all the mentor sentence skills, as well as the reading and writing activities and ideas for all 40 books in Volume 1. Since the lessons do not have to be done in any certain order, this will help you "bounce around" to fit the pace of your classroom!
The products covered in this At-A-Glance are:
Volume 1 Mentor Sentences for 40 Weeks
Volume 1 Interactive Language
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3rd - 5th
Elementary School Library Curriculum Map
PreK-5th-grade school library curriculum map. Includes lesson topics for August-May. Find corresponding August lessons at my store.— August Library Lessons Bundle PreK-5thSeptember/October lessons — ABCs of Library Terms Pre-K & Kinder— Library Procedures PreK-5th Bundle— PreK-2nd Library Book Care— Banned Books Week 3rd-5th Grade— Finding Just Right Books Using the Five Finger and Goldilocks Rules— Fiction, Nonfiction, & Biography 1st and 2nd Grade— Library Organization Part I ~ Basic A
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PreK - 5th
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Middle School ELA Full Year Pacing Guide Curriculum Map Printable and DIGITAL
Do you teach Middle School reading AND writing in one 45-50 minute class period like me? And are you wondering how to make sure that all the standards are taught? Then this pacing guide is for you! What's included:✅ 9 months of reading and writing standards scheduled out for Middle School ELA✅ Weekly/Daily breakdown of topics & activities✅ Standards (common core standards are stated but the topics covered are foundational skills for English Language Arts as a discipline.)✅ A place to take
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6th - 8th
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1st Grade--Phonics / Spelling / Word Work #1 (Units 1 to 5)
Ready to download ALL 33 units for only $9.50? Choose the version that best meets your needs.
*Click HERE for the zipped file that contains both the printer-friendly PDF version and a Microsoft Word version of all 33 spelling units!
*Click HERE an easy to print PDF version of all 33 spelling units!
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Teachers know how important phonics and word work are in the development of reading and writing skills. Easy to use, developmentally appropriate spelling word work is hard to
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1st
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*FREEBIE* Monthly Book Report Projects
*FREEBIE* These are Book Report Projects I have made to cover different genres: Historical Fiction, Informational Text, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Biography, Folktales, Poetry and Realistic Fiction.
Students create the following: puppet show, newspaper, puzzle, gift bag project, comic strip, living museum, cereal box project, a scrapbook, and a message in a bottle.
Each project is completely different and fun for the kids, as well as educational. The projects all align with the Commo
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4th - 7th
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Unit Outline/Template for OCDE Project GLAD Unit
This is a simplified, one-page template to help design a unit. Each step is numbered to help plan your instruction from observation charts & pictorials to expert groups & process grids. This comes with two versions - one with details in each box (as pictured), and one with empty boxes. Both versions are able to be typed onto.This outlines your:- topic, essential question, and signal words- observation charts- inquiry chart- big book- categories for your pictorial, mind map, process grid,
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Not Grade Specific
Holes Novel Study - Complete Student Workbook
Unit Workbook for an entire unit on the book "Holes" by Louis Sachar. This is an entire, ready to print unit for students. There are worksheets for students to record their understanding for each chapter. (Some chapters have been combined due to length). Every few chapters there is a plot specific activity for students. Activities include: close reading skills, discussion questions, creative writing and more!*Updated file includes chapter worksheets and some slightly changed activities.
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5th - 9th
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Bossy R and the R-Controlled Vowels
This is a pack of printables, stories, and activities to help teach students the r-controlled vowel sounds (-or, -er, -ir, -ur, and -ar). It can be used as a stand-alone unit to help teach these concepts, or it dovetails nicely with Unit 5 of the First Grade Treasures Literacy Program.
Pages 3-6: Picture card and story (in color & b/w). Introduces students to “ar” the pirate & tells about the sound he makes: “aargh!”
Pages 7: “ar” pirate eye patches. Make copies and let students
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PreK - 1st
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Poetry Terms Packet
Great poetry packet for Middle School or early High School students, covering figurative language, poetic devices, and poetic forms, including haikus, odes, and hip-hop poetry! This packet allows students to both learn AND practice skills of poetry term identification and analysis with poems inside the packet. This resource can be used as a guide for an entire class, small group, or independent learning.*********************************************************************************************
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5th - 10th
Learning At The Primary Pond Resource Catalog
Download this FREE catalog to learn more about my resources for K-2! All of my main product lines (as of March 2024) are included in this resource.This is a great resource to send to colleagues or administrators when you want to share information about resources before purchasing!
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K - 2nd
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*FREEBIE* Summer Poem & Printables w/ Shared Reading Plans {Common Core Aligned}
This free summer poem with a week of shared reading plans and pintables is a great sample of what you will find in my poetry packs. It contains an original poem and daily extension activities. The extension activities are also great for your poetry center. My poems are always simple, rhythmic, and fun for students. Included in this sample pack are DAILY SHARED READING PLANS for Kindergarten and 1st grade that are Common Core Aligned – just print and slip right into your lesson plan book! You w
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K - 1st
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ANIMALS A-Z /ALLIGATORS Nonfiction Close Read Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade FREE
TRY ALLIGATORS CLOSE READING for FREE! If you love it, go grab ANIMALS A-Z Close Reading BUNDLE with 26 ANIMAL packs less than $1 each!ANIMALS A-Z includes: ALLIGATORS, BEARS, CATS, DOGS, ELEPHANTS, FISH, GIRAFFES, HORSES, IGUANAS, JELLYFISH, KANGAROOS, LIONS, MONKEYS, NEWTS, OSTRICHES, PIGS, QUAILS, RABBITS, SNAKES, TURTLES, URCHINS, VULTURES, WHALES, X-RAY FISH, YAKS & ZEBRAS.ALLIGATORS Nonfiction Passage for Early Elementary with Text Dependent Questions. Close reading passage for Kinder
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K - 3rd
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The Three Little Pigs Preview
This download includes free worksheets and previews of the The Three Little Pigs Complete Literacy Bundle.Can be used for a Literacy Unit or Year Long Sub Plans for the story The Three Little Pigs. The complete literacy bundle includes: - Character & Vocabulary List- Rhyming Words Activity- Spelling Words Practice & Review- Sequence Cards - Sight Word & Spelling Mats- Sentence Builder Templates- Understanding the Story: Reading Comprehension Templates
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K - 2nd
Our Classroom Rules starring... Officer Buckle and Gloria
The activities in this mini-unit were designed to accompany
the book "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann.Use these activities at back-to-school time to introduce students to classroom rules/safety rules. Activities included: writing, compare/contrast, sequencing, and a collaborative class book.
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K - 2nd
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital reading resources to help your student learn a reading concept, look no further! TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
Fun and engaging reading activities to try
Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:
Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Frequently asked questions about teaching reading
What types of reading resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of reading resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular reading lessons include: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and balanced literacy.
How do I find reading lessons on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing reading lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for reading resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of reading lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
How can I make my reading lessons fun and engaging?
Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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