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Resources for Beginning Readers. Over 100 Free Audio Books for Early Readers. November, 2014Unite for Literacy is a great website I discovered through Mattbgomz. The site features over 100 audio books for early readers. You can use these materials with your kids to help them improve their reading skills. These books can also be played on iPad so you can access them on the go. The audio books offered by Unite for Literacy are all free and you can use them right off the website. There is nothing to download and no registration is required. You can also choose the narration language you want. There are over 30 narration languages to choose from.

Unite for Literacy also provides a feature called Reading Community which allows you to set a reading community for your kids based on your geographic location. Children's Books Forever. Clifford Interactive Storybooks Home. Online Reading.

Reading Fluency Activities. The reading fluency activities on this page are essential for children with dyslexia and struggling readers. These activities can be taught in the classroom (small and large group setting) and can also be implemented at home! Keep checking this page for more free printable reading fluency activities and other ways to increase reading fluency! Reading Self-Check Poster By enlarging this template you can help students learn and remember important self-check strategies when reading. We have found that it is beneficial to add objects to each strategy! Words Per Minute Partner Read Increase a child's reading fluency at the word level while they take turns "reading" and being the "listener". Fluency With Punctuation Print and cut apart the strips to help children practice punctuation fluency by using letters of the alphabet. Repeated Reading Homework Log Use this parent friendly homework log to help your students practice reading fluency using the repeated reading method at home.

Buddy Reading Oh! Library has genre categories. Easy to navigate. AndersenFairyTales.com. Storyline Online | Where Reading Is Fun! Reading For Meaning: Tutoring Elementary Students to Enhance Comprehension. Imagine three different children reading the following page from the popular story, M & M and the Bad News Babies, by Pat Ross.

Mandy put a pink sea castle into the fish tank.Mimi added six yellow stones that glowed in the dark.The friends M and M had been fixing up the old fish tank all week. "Now all we need are the fish," said Mimi. "But fish cost money," said Mandy. Think about what the following readersdid to understand this passage. Reader 1: Mark is familiar with other stories about the two friends M and Mby Pat Ross and already knows that this story is an adventure about two girlsnamed Mandy and Mimi. With this knowledge, he made a connectionbetween what he already knows about the book series and this story. Markknows that the author gives clues about the girls' adventures in the title, so hepredicted that the two girls would try to earn money to buy fish for their fish tankand that their attempts will result in mishap.

What is comprehension? Let's look at what good readers do. Books. Read The Biggest and Brightest Light For Ages: 4-7 Read now More info Wishes Read now More info Popcorn Read now More info Fix It, Fox Read now More info My Twin! Read now More info My Cat Read now More info Spots Read now More info Where Can a Hippo Hide? Read now More info Hop! Read now More info Night Animals Read now More info A Hunt for Clues For Ages: 8-10 Read now More info Moon Stories Read now More info The Tale of Cowboy Roy Read now More info Spring Read now More info Turtles & Tortoises Read now More info Life in the Ocean Read now More info Nuts Read now More info The Four Seasons of the Year For Ages: 0-3 Read now More info Secrets of the Seashore Read now More info Christopher Hogwood Read now More info Little Bird Captures the Moon Read now More info A Mouse Named Small Read now More info Packy & Frip. Read now More info The Hungry Mockingbird Read now More info My Amazing Changing Life Read now More info A Frog's Life Read now More info The Rolling Reading Room Read now More info The Other Wolf Read now More info The Storm.

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Nasreddin. Book. Reading Comprehension Worksheets. "Your reading comprehension materials are the best I've found on the web. They are so thorough and comprehensive! My students and I have learned a lot from them. Thanks so much! " -- Susan B., Carter, KY. 03/21/12 Like these materials? On this page you will find our complete list of high quality reading comprehension worksheets created specially by our team for students in grade levels K-12.

READTHEORYWorkbooks Visit our online store here! Our reading comprehension worksheets teach students to think critically, draw inferences, understand scope and global concepts, find or recall details, and infer the meaning of useful vocabulary words. © COPYRIGHT NOTICE: The below publications contain copyrighted work to be used by teachers in school or at home. Grade 1 - Find more here! Phew! You really really like reading comprehension. Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Worksheets Short Story Reading Comprehension Worksheets Answers for this series are included at the end of each worksheet.

" Starfall's Learn to Read with phonics. Welcome to Scott Foresman Reading. Signup. Storybird - Artful storytelling. Chores - Vocabulary Handout Maker. Developing Reading Fluency. Developing Reading Fluency Fluent reading is reading in which words are recognized automatically. With automatic word recognition, reading becomes faster, smoother, and more expressive, and students can begin to read silently, which is roughly twice as fast as oral reading. But beginning readers usually do not read fluently; reading is often a word-by-word struggle.

How do we help children struggling with slow, painstaking sounding out and blending? Support and encourage them. Effortful decoding is a necessary step to sight recognition. In general, the fluency formula is this: Read and reread decodable words in connected text. There are two general approaches to improving fluency. The direct approach: Repeated readings. Here are two ways to frame repeated reading. 1.

Aim for speed, not accuracy. I recommend you get a baseline reading first. To speed up the word count, mark off every 10 words in light pencil so that you can count by tens. 2. A. *Manning, C. Return to the Reading Genie. ESL Reading Worksheets - Short Stories - Free. Arbor Day - Marla and Tio plant a tree in the yard. Breakfast - Jack has high cholesterol and has to stop eating donuts. Bus Driver - Adan wants to retire next year when he turns sixty-two. Camping - Bears take over a campsite!

Car Accident - Oh, no! Bob had a car accident, but he's okay. Checking Account - Rosa's fiance wants to open a joint checking account. Colds - Pedro has a cold. Dentist - James has a toothache on the right side of his mouth. ESL Teacher - Mrs. ESL Student - Benito is too shy to read in front of his ESL class. Family Dinner - The Smith family starts eating healthy meals. Father's Day Gift - Maria wants to buy her father a special Father's Day gift. Fireman - Fire fighters respond to a fire on Elm Avenue in Bayside. Flag of the United States - The American flag was adopted June 14, 1777. Grand Canyon - The Soto family is at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Mail Carrier - Van is going to apply for a management position at work. Medical Appointment - Carlos is sick. EL Civics >> Berättelser. Riddles. Little Red Riding Hood.

All around the world children love listening to and reading fairy tales in their mother tongue. Whatever the reason, fairy tales provide both children and teachers with a familiar starting point from which to explore stories in a second language. This kit contains a variety of resources, from text and tasks to illustrations, flashcards and presentations, for you to download and use in your classroom.

You can also find online and printable materials for learners on the British Council's LearnEnglish Kids website. Activities – a collection of activities related to the story Chants – a collection of spoken drill type activities Let's go to Grandma'sPlease don't play in the woodTummy, teeth and tailWhat a good girl! Wow! Flashcards – to help you to build up vocabulary and support understanding Working with flashcards (notes for teachers)CharactersBodyClothesFoodHomeLittle Red Riding HoodWoodWord cue cards Play – to help you to use the materials to produce a short play About this BritLit Kit.