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Author & Book Resources to Support Reading Education. Reed Novel Studies. Primary Archives - Reading Australia. Amy and Louis Amy and Louis are best friends. They live next door to each other. When they want to play they call… Teacher Resource Are We There Yet? Join Grace and her family on their adventurous and sometimes funny expedition. Teacher Resource Ash Road It's hot, dry and sweaty on Ash Road, where Graham, Harry and Wallace are getting their first taste … Teacher Resource Big Rain Coming A lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Teacher Resource Come Down, Cat! From the combined talents of Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo comes this tale of friendship and … Teacher Resource Do Not Go Around the Edges Daisy's life story runs along the bottom of the pages: how she was born on a mission, schooled, … Teacher Resource Don’t Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen!

When birds go places they don’t belong, they get up to all kinds of mischief. Teacher Resource Dot and the Kangaroo Lost and afraid in the darkening bush, Dot is befriended by a kind Kangaroo. Teacher Resource. K-12 Passages to Build Reading Stamina. Skip to main content <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension Search form ReadWorks K-12 Passages to Build Reading Stamina Share now! Print Note: For read-aloud, it is appropriate to use passages at higher levels than your students' independent reading levels Kindergarten "Cats Need Care" Word Count: 128 Lexile: 410 "Stay Safe in the Sun" Word Count: 131 Lexile: 360 "Drink Water" Word Count: 127 Lexile: 340 "Be Ready for Dust Storms" Word Count: 115 Lexile: 550 1st Grade "The Moon Journal" Word Count: 158 Lexile: 470 "Safer Sidewalks" Word Count: 145 Lexile: 570 "Making Streets Safer" Word Count: 140 Lexile: 470 "Singing 'God Bless America'" Word Count: 132 Lexile: 840 2nd Grade "A Lion in the Bedroom Word Count: 1013 Lexile: 570 "Painting a Bus" Word Count: 802 Lexile: 380 "Making Piano Fun" Word Count: 1231 Lexile: 560 "How Rocks Are Like Dessert" Word Count: 803 Lexile: 610 3rd Grade.

Syllable Games. Marker activity This activity, from our article How Now Brown Cow: Phoneme Awareness Activities, is an example of how to teach students to use a marker (i.e., token) to count syllables. The marker activity often used for word counting can be adapted for use in counting syllables. Teachers can provide each child with tokens and two or three horizontally connected boxes drawn on a sheet of paper.

The children place a token in each box from left to right as they hear each syllable in a word. Multisyllabic manipulation This example includes several activities and a chart of multisyllabic words. One specific activity from this page is the Multisyllabic Words Manipulation Game. Clapping games Associating syllables with a beat can help students to better learn the concept of syllables within words. Using mirrors The following link includes information on introductory activities such as using mirrors for teaching students about syllables. Jumping syllables.

In2Era. ABRACADABRA. Interactive Reading Websites. BLACKROSE INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING. The Literacy Shed. Heroes of Reading. Reading Rockets - Interviews with authors.