Teaching With a Mountain View: Top 10 Tips for Building Fluent Readers + Link Up! We have all heard about the shift that happens, usually between second and third grade, when students (should) go from learning to read to reading to learn.
Unfortunately, for some students, their ability to read to learn is stifled by their inability to read fluently. Even for those kids who can read at an average pace, the faster and more accurately they can read and decode, the more effectively they can comprehend. When I taught third grade, and now as an interventionist, the importance of fluency is empathized more than ever (and has definitely met some critics). I know that fluency is NOT the end-all, be-all, but a lot of research proves that it is important, and a lot of schools are trending toward fluency being a high priority.
I have compiled a list of some of the resources and strategies I have used when teaching in the regular education classroom and as an interventionist. 1. I know what you’re thinking—this is obvious. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 10 Fun Spelling Games for Your ESL Class. An Original Writing Lesson on Metaphors from Corbett Harrison. For this lesson's notebook page, after we explore Pat Benatar's metaphor in her song "Love is Battlefield," my students create original and interesting metaphors for the topic of love in their writer's notebooks; on a notebook page, each metaphor is established and extended upon with two details.
Once students have practiced extending original love metaphors, they are asked to create new metaphors over the month that are more appropriate to their other core content areas: math, science, and social studies. Once a week in Language Arts class, students polish a new metaphor they have created outside of English class, then publish and illustrate it on a designated page in their writer's notebook. After the two-page notebook spread is complete, students can be reminded/prompted to use more metaphors during writing or during processing in the future. In 2012, I added a poetry extension lesson, which you can find below in the write-up. Idea #1...Teaching a Four-Metaphor Poem. Teacherspeechie.com.au. Guided Reading. Keep checking this page for more free resources and activities to help you with your guided reading instruction!
Research is clear about the need for early, effective reading instruction. Low-performing first grade readers will likely be the lowest performing readers in the fourth grade. As many schools are adapting to an ever-increasing range of learners, it becomes important to develop instruction to respond to these diverse students. A Storytelling Skills Rubric. A Storytelling Skills Rubric Developed by Heather Forest Effective Storytelling Performance Skills Effective Storytelling Composition Self Assessment Effective Storytelling Performance Skills When telling a story, an effective storyteller demonstrates the following traits observable by others: Voice Mechanics Speaks with an appropriate volume for the audience to hear.
Performance Skills Rubric. iBuzzle. Reader's Theater Editions (Readers Theatre, Free Scripts, Short Children's Plays) Reader’s Theater Editions are free scripts for reader’s theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures.
A full range of reading levels is included, with scripts aimed mostly at ages 8–15. The scripts may be freely copied, shared, and performed for any noncommercial purpose, except they may not be posted online without permission. Phonics Page. Need help with your child's phonics homework? The following rules have been covered in our class.As we learn more about letters and their sounds I will add to this list. Pig Out on Phonics Rules vc RuleA vowel followed by a consonant is short; code it with a breve.A breve looks like a smile placed over the short vowel.Examples of words following this rule:log cat sit tug wet v RuleAn open, accented vowel is long; code it with a macron.A macron is a line -- placed over the long vowel.Examples of words following this rule:no me so we go hi Twin ConsonantsTwin consonants are two identical letters side by side in a word with only the first letter making the sound.To code a word with twin consonants cross out the second letter of the pair.Examples of words following this rule:ball class stuff.
Letter Sounds (Phonics on the Web) Consonant Sounds Consonants are the letters which stop or limit the flow of air from the throat in speech.
These are the sounds, or phonemes, of single consonants: Sometimes the vowel u takes upon itself the consonant sound of w, as in quick or suave. This is usually the case when q is followed by u, as in quiet and quaint. Vowel Sounds A vowel is a sound made by the relatively free movement of air through the mouth, usually forming the main sound of a syllable.
Each vowel has two sounds: a long sound and a short sound. When a single vowel letter is in the middle of a word (or syllable), it usually says its short sound (e.g., got, bed.) 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites... Spelling Lists for Grade 6 students using Ozspeller, which is a Free Australian Online Spelling Tutor and Game for students and everyone wanting to improve their spelling skills. It features spoken (voiced) words, hints, dictionary and sentence prompts, a. The words included in each of the Lists for Grade 6 are shown below.
Note the name of the list and use it to set student tasks. More lists are being added all the time so check for updates. You can print each list with five columns for students to do manual exercises. Click the link shown below, click the list name and print the page (landscape). Grade 6 - Easy 1 against almost alone also always anyway army aunt beach become begin begun belong beside boat body born both bought bread Grade 6 - Easy 2 bridge broke brought build built carry case caught cause centre chain change charge check chest cold collect collide cool copy. Word list - e-e words. Sorts. Spelling.
25 Activities for Reading and Writing Fun. These activities have been developed by national reading experts for you to use with children, ages birth to Grade 6.
The activities are meant to be used in addition to reading with children every day. In using these activities, your main goal will be to develop great enthusiasm in the reader for reading and writing. You are the child's cheerleader. It is less important for the reader to get every word exactly right. It is more important for the child to learn to love reading itself. Activities for birth to preschool: The early years Activity 1: Books and babies Babies love to listen to the human voice. Creative writing activities for kids, teachers and parents by Bruce Van Patter.