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Listening/Speaking
(1) Purposes - The student listens attentively and engages actively in a variety of oral language experiences.
(A) determine the purpose(s) for listening such as to get information, to solve problems, and to enjoy and appreciate
(B) respond appropriately and courteously to directions and questions
(C) participate in rhymes, songs, conversations, and discussions
Kididdle's Musical Mouseum - a place where you can find the lyrics to your favorite kids' songs, send out a request for a long lost song, or maybe help somebody else find the one they're looking for. If you know the title of the song you're looking for, the Alpha Index is the place to go.
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes - an alphabetical index to a very large number of familiar texts to use for recitations.
Rebus Rhymes: Mother Goose and others - (from Enchanted Learning) - more familiar texts to use for recitations
Scout Songs - A compilation of songs that are popular at Tanah Keeta Scout Reservation and other camps around the country. It includes many types of songs. There are action songs to keep you moving, American standards to fill you with patriotism, and Boy Scout songs and Girl Scout Songs that have been sung by Scouts for generations.
Songs for Teaching - Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum. From physical movements, to mood enhancers to reading and science songs, this site is a pleasure to use!
Songs and poems for many theme areas in addition to fingerplays.
Stories Online - online reading resource links - uses Guided Reading levels as an indicator
Story Time - Five stories; Cinderella, Firebird, Arabian Nights, Rumplestiltskin, and Ranik the Elephant. There is an online version, or (if you download and install Microsoft Reader) you can hear the story read to your students.
(D) listen critically to interpret and evaluate
And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next. (K-2)
End the Story - Cut out the pictures on the bottom of the page. Decide which picture goes with each story. Paste the pictures on the page. Color the pictures. (K-2)
Follow the Clues - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
Making Predictions - Read the paragraph and make a prediction on what most likely will happen next.
Little Blue and Little Yellow - this lesson plan is designed to be used with the first of Leo Lionni’s picture books. Practice at predicting is one of the activities included. (K-2)
Story Board - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
Use Predictions to Help Kids Think Deeply about Books - Predicting involves more than trying to figure out what happens next. As kids find evidence to form hunches, they also ask questions, recall facts, reread, skim, infer, draw conclusions, and, ultimately, comprehend the text more fully. (K-2) Charting Predictions
What Will Happen Next? - Look at each picture. Draw what you think will happen next (K-2)
(E) listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud, including selections from classic and contemporary works
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales. Choose chronological list to see stories to use with your class.
Little Animals Activity Center - (4-8 year olds) Audio stories from BBC with interactive participation. This is a British site and the language pronunciation and meanings may seem strange at times.
Reading Lounge -"Three children's books are animated online, with readings and/or introductions by a variety of players and Spike Lee. Students love to see their favorite Knicks players read aloud to them, and they can also read along with the narrator in the captioned version"
Drag and Spell - Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly. Use the slow/fast slider to increase the challenge. Drag the vowels to finish the words before your time runs out.
Long Vowels - Show what you know about the different long vowel sounds.
Long Vowel Words - Find the short and long vowel words that match the pictures.
Magic Pencil - see, and hear, an animation of the following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and schwa.
Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds - (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
Phonics-Word Builder – Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go directly to the activity.
Poem Pack - Ten colorful, animated poems with voice over and activities. Each poem deals with a different long vowel sound. .
Print and Do - Make your own Scrapbook of words and collect a different page each week! Slither your way round Jake the snake or try your luck at Domino sounds and Silly sentences.
Sandcastle Quiz - Build a sandcastle and get to know the common spelling patterns for the following vowels; ow/ou, oy/oi, ar/a/al, oo/u, air/are/ear, or/ore/oar/war, aw/au/augh/al, ir/ur/er, ear/eer/ere, or all phonemes.
Short Vowel Words - Find the short vowel words that match the pictures.
Snap It - How well do you know your long vowel sounds? Your chance to beat the clock and collect the snaps. When you see a pair click Snap! But don't get Snap happy - if you get it wrong, you lose a point
Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
Vowel Practice - drag the correct vowel into the word to spell it correctly
Vowel Practice - print worksheets to practice the following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and schwa
More Vowel Practice - activity sheets to print for your students to practice following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and all phonemes.!
Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures
Write a Postcard - Help Salty Sam with his vowels. In the first sentence, click on the focus phonemes. When you have got them all right, the next sentence appears but this time there are gaps in the words. Drag the vowel phoneme with the correct spelling into the gap in the word.
(C) recognize high frequency irregular words such as said, was, where, and is
High Frequency Words - six activities using sight words - drag correct word to complete the sentences
Irregular Plurals - match the related words, singular to plural [concentration style game]
Space Station - Build a space station by using word study skills - Divide the word in blue into syllables and enter it into the box with a '-' between the syllables. Example: fi-nal
(E) use structural cues to recognize words such as compound, base words, and inflections such as -s, -es, -ed, and -ing
Compound Word Activity - Use two words from the list to make one compound word. You can mix and match any words. You may use the word once or more than once.
Compound words are single words that are made up from two other words. Try some of your own compound words
Compound Words - Help Gus learn to read words with this interactive story that asks you for help in reading.
Compound Words Drag & Drop - Hold the left mouse button down on a word and move it to make a compound word.
(F) use structural cues such as prefixes and suffixes to recognize words, for example, un- and -ly
(G) use knowledge of word order (syntax) and context to support word identification and confirm word meaning
Multiple Meaning Words - Write or tell two sentences for each word below. Be sure to use the word as a noun in one sentence and as a verb in the other sentence. Click on a word to check your answers.
Homographs (multiple meaning words) - Two definitions are given for the same word. You have to guess which word is being described. (a Quia quiz)
(6) Fluency - The student reads with fluency and understanding in texts at appropriate difficulty levels.
(A) read regularly in independent-level materials (texts in which no more than approximately 1 in 20 words is difficult for the reader)
(B) read regularly in instructional-level materials that are challenging but manageable (texts in which no more than approximately 1 in 10 words is difficult for the reader; a "typical" second grader reads approximately 70 wpm)
(C) read orally from familiar texts with fluency (accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing, and attention to punctuation)
(D) self-select independent-level reading by drawing on personal interests, by relying on knowledge of authors and different types of texts, and/or by estimating text difficulty
(E) read silently for increasing periods of time
(7) Variety of Texts - The student reads widely for different purposes in varied sources.
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales. Choose chronological list to see stories to use with your class.
Little Animals Activity Center - (4-8 year olds) Audio stories from BBC with interactive participation. This is a British site and the language pronunciation and meanings may seem strange at times.
Reading Lounge -"Three children's books are animated online, with readings and/or introductions by a variety of players and Spike Lee. Students love to see their favorite Knicks players read aloud to them, and they can also read along with the narrator in the captioned version"
(C) read to accomplish various purposes, both assigned and self-selected
(8) Vocabulary Development - The student develops an extensive vocabulary.
(A) discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary through meaningful/concrete experiences
What's the Word - Build vocabulary by matching words with pictures.
Crossword Puzzles for Young Children - Each week a new puzzle with Dolch words. Clues and hints included. Excellent first start for children learning to work crossword puzzles!
(B) develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections read aloud
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales. Choose chronological list to see stories to use with your class.
Little Animals Activity Center - (4-8 year olds) Audio stories from BBC with interactive participation. This is a British site and the language pronunciation and meanings may seem strange at times.
Reading Lounge -"Three children's books are animated online, with readings and/or introductions by a variety of players and Spike Lee. Students love to see their favorite Knicks players read aloud to them, and they can also read along with the narrator in the captioned version"
(D) use resources and references such as beginners' dictionaries, glossaries, available technology, and context to build word meanings and to confirm pronunciation of words
Copy Cat Jack is like the Simon game. The game starts off with one color and adds a new color when you repeat the order correctly. How good is your memory?
Listen and Follow Directions - (spatial concepts activity) This would make a good whole class activity and then a center activity.
(C) retell or act out the order of important events in stories
(D) monitor his/her own comprehension and act purposefully when comprehension breaks down such as rereading, searching for clues, and asking for help
(E) draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions
(F) make and explain inferences from texts such as determining important ideas and causes and effects, making predictions, and drawing conclusions
And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next. (K-2)
End the Story - Cut out the pictures on the bottom of the page. Decide which picture goes with each story. Paste the pictures on the page. Color the pictures. (K-2)
Follow the Clues - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
Get The Idea - [this page opens in a new window] read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts (Author - Lois Davis)
Main Idea practice - eight online interactive quizzes on Main Idea from the Manatee School District [click on a red dot]
Making Predictions - Read the paragraph and make a prediction on what most likely will happen next.
Little Blue and Little Yellow - this lesson plan is designed to be used with the first of Leo Lionni’s picture books. Practice at predicting is one of the activities included. (K-2)
Story Board - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
Use Predictions to Help Kids Think Deeply about Books - Predicting involves more than trying to figure out what happens next. As kids find evidence to form hunches, they also ask questions, recall facts, reread, skim, infer, draw conclusions, and, ultimately, comprehend the text more fully. (K-2) Charting Predictions
What Will Happen Next? - Look at each picture. Draw what you think will happen next (K-2)
(G) identify similarities and differences across texts such as in topics, characters, and problems
(H) produce summaries of text selections
(I) represent text information in different ways, including story maps, graphs, and charts
(10) Literary Response - The student responds to various texts.
(A) respond to stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation in discussion (speculating, questioning) in writing, and through movement, music, art, and drama
(B) demonstrate understanding of informational text in various ways such as through writing, illustrating, developing demonstrations, and using available technology
(C) support interpretations or conclusions with examples drawn from text
(D) connect ideas and themes across texts
(11) Text Structures/Literary Concepts - The student analyzes the characteristics of various types of texts.
(A) distinguish different forms of texts, including lists, newsletters, and signs and the functions they serve
(B) identify text as written for entertainment (narrative) or for information (expository)
(C) distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy
(D) recognize the distinguishing features of familiar genres, including stories, poems, and informational texts
(E) compare communication in different forms such as contrasting a dramatic performance with a print version of the same story or comparing story variants
(F) understand and identify simple literary terms such as title, author, and illustrator across a variety of literary forms (texts)
(G) understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories, poems, and information books
(H) analyze characters, including their traits, relationships, and changes
(I) identify the importance of the setting to a story's meaning
(J) recognize the story problem(s) or plot
(12) Inquiry/Research - The student generates questions and conducts research using information from various sources.
(A) identify relevant questions for inquiry such as "Why do birds build different kinds of nests?"
Find a Word - Drag and drop each word onto the correct dictionary page. Use the guide words to help you organize the words alphabetically.
Looking Up a Word - drag each word into the right column in alphabetical order
Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme. Use this to practice spelling.
Explore the parts of a book - Click on each of the pictures on this page to learn more about that part of the book.
After exploring the parts of a book, go to Who Am I to see how much you know!
Make Your Own Book - (a ThinkQuest site) There are many fabulous books that you can make all by yourself. Let your imagination run wild with some simple, step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, to show you how to make some very creative and very fun books!
Make Your Own Book - (from Enchanted Learning) This activity teaches the student the structure of book and helps them organize their thoughts and writing.
Parts of a Book -Title Page, Index, Heading and more. Online lessons and practices
Parts of a Book - Chapter Headings and more. Online lessons and practices.
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales. Choose chronological list to see stories to use with your class.
(14) Purposes - The student writes for a variety of audiences and purposes, and in various forms.
(A) write to record ideas and reflections
(B) write to discover, develop, and refine ideas
(C) write to communicate with a variety of audiences
(D) write in different forms for different purposes such as lists to record, letters to invite or thank, and stories or poems to entertain
(15) Penmanship/Capitalization/Punctuation - The student composes original texts using the conventions of written language such as capitalization and penmanship to communicate clearly.
(A) gain increasing control of aspects of penmanship such as pencil grip, paper position, stroke, and posture, and using correct letter formation, appropriate size, and spacing
(B) use word and letter spacing and margins to make messages readable
(C) use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly such as capitalizing names and first letters in sentences, using periods, question marks, and exclamation points
Punctuation - find the correct punctuation mark to end the sentence
(D) use more complex capitalization and punctuation with increasing accuracy such as proper nouns, abbreviations, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks
Capitalization - type the correct capital letter of the words in a sentence
Power Proofreading (comma practice) - Choose 2nd grade then select; Memo to Gabby Filman, Ms. Sharp on Tour, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
Power Proofreading (question practice) - Choose 2nd grade then select; Our Forest Friends, On-the-Spot News, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
Punctuation - find the correct punctuation mark to end the sentence
Punctuation Paintball - Three levels are available: easy includes only capitals, periods, question marks and exclamation marks; medium adds commas; and hard adds quotation marks. When you see the registration page click on Maybe Later.
Special Names - find the correct capitalization of proper nouns
(B) write with more proficient spelling of regularly spelled patterns such as consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) (hop), consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e (CVCe) (hope), and one-syllable words with blends (drop)
Alien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs - Use the mouse to click on letters that make up the word you hear. From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
Alien Scavenger Hunt: Space Trash - Use the mouse to click on letters that make up the word you hear. From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
Fearless Frieda - use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Three letter words on level one, four letter words on level 2. - From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
Fearless Frieda the Big Kahuna - Use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Frieda starts with four letter words in this game. - From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
Look, Cover & Spell - This spelling site has 30 pre-built lists of words, but you can create your own list. Double-click any word on the list and type a word appropriate for your grade level. Your student gets to see the word, then it is covered and they must type the correct spelling.
Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme. Use this to practice spelling.
SpellBound - child sees the word spelled correctly, then letters are mixed up and child must put them in order again
Spell Check - TCAP format - select word that is spelled incorrectly
Look, cover and Spell - phonetic family of words to practice -change the level from easy to hard. [unavailable on 3/19/07]
Power Proofreading (verb practice) - Choose 2nd grade then select; Play-by-Play Sports, Moose on the Loose, On-the_Spot News, Mystery Hour, The Daddy Awards, Bubbles Toy Shop, Letter to Ross and Rosa, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
StarShip - Blast the Rocket - Listen to Star read out the present tense of a word, and then click on the correct spelling for the past tense of that word.
Suffix practice - more practice on s/es and ed/ing [click on a red dot]
(D) write with more proficient use of orthographic patterns and rules such as keep/cap, sack/book, out/cow, consonant doubling, dropping e, and changing y to i
Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds - (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
Phonics-Word Builder – Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go directly to the activity.
Scrambled Sentences - Drag the words in the correct order to create a sentence.
(C) compose sentences with interesting, elaborated subjects
(D) edit writing toward standard grammar and usage, including subject-verb agreement; pronoun agreement, including pronouns that agree in number appropriate verb tenses, including to be, in final drafts
(C) revise selected drafts for varied purposes, including to achieve a sense of audience, precise word choices, and vivid images
(D) edit for appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation, and features of polished writings
(E) use available technology for aspects of writing, including word processing, spell checking, and printing
Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme. Use this to practice spelling.
Make Your Own Story - choose a story, select pictures and then type five sentences
(F) demonstrate understanding of language use and spelling by bringing selected pieces frequently to final form and "publishing" them for audiences
(19) Evaluation - The student evaluates his/her own writing and the writing of others.
(A) identify the most effective features of a piece of writing using criteria generated by the teacher and class
(B) respond constructively to others' writing
Molly Mix-up - Type in a sentence in each of the boxes and then let a friend put the words back in order to work out what the sentence was.
(C) determine how his/her own writing achieves its purposes
(D) use published pieces as models for writing
(E) review a collection of his/her own written work to monitor growth as a writer
(20) Inquiry/Research - The student uses writing as a tool for learning and research.
(A) write or dictate questions for investigating
(B) record his/her own knowledge of a topic in various ways such as by drawing pictures, making lists, and showing connections among ideas
What's My Job? - select the right job to go along with the sentence
(C) take simple notes from relevant sources such as classroom guests, information books, and media sources
(D) compile notes into outlines, reports, summaries, or other written efforts using available technology
Make Your Own Book - (a ThinkQuest site) There are many fabulous books that you can make all by yourself. Let your imagination run wild with some simple, step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, to show you how to make some very creative and very fun books!
Make Your Own Book - (from Enchanted Learning) This activity teaches the student the structure of book and helps them organize their thoughts and writing.
Make Your Own Story - choose a story, select pictures and then type five sentences
Scrambled Stories - students select one of six stories, select from a list of words, and then see the story that they scrambled
Study Dog - A free software program to be downloaded into your personal machine. A Full curriculum software reading program for pre-K through 2nd grade. For PC and Macintosh, this program comes in 3 levels of standards-based reading lessons that are fun for your child. Select the Basic Download. return to the top of the page
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