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SALE! Reading Instruction / Reading Comprehension Teaching Supplies (10 products)

reading skills activitiesReading First Activities, Level K

Grade Level: Kindergarten
Price: $17.99 $16.20
Product #: 1003020
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Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176
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reading activities and skillsReading First Activities, Grade 1

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $17.99 $16.20
Product #: 1003021
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Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176
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reading activities and skillsReading First Activities, Grade 2

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $17.99 $16.20
Product #: 1003022
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Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176
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reading skills and activitiesReading First Activities, Grade 3

Grade Level: Third Grade
Price: $17.99 $16.20
Product #: 1003023
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Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176
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Reading Instruction Teaching Materials Step Up to Reading: Primary

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $18.99 $17.10
Product #: 3104261
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3 Levels of Learning!
Supports NCTE Standards

Perfect for:

  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Review & Reinforcement
  • Enrichment
  • Mixed-Ability Classrooms

Reach each student in your classroom with the differentiated instruction offered in this teaching resource. Reproducible activity sheets cover core reading skills at three ability levels—basic, intermediate, and challenging. They provide the practice and instruction needed for your mixed-ability classroom. Simply choose a level based on the readiness of each student.

Topics include word analysis, vocabulary, reference skills, story elements and comprehension.

Motivate students by offering multiple approaches to content, instruction, and assessment. Help each student demonstrate individual strengths and "step up" to the next level of learning with the support, motivation, and challenges available with tiered instruction!

Pages: 160
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Step Up to Language Arts
Step Up to Math
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How to Teach Reading Teaching MaterialsDr. Fry's How to Teach Reading for Teachers, Parents and Tutors (5th edition)

Grade Level: Preschool - Adult
Price: $16.99 $15.30
Product #: 1002766
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This classic best-seller is a practical guide for bringing children or adults with no reading skills up to 5th grade reading ability.

This easy to use 6 step teaching strategy really works with young children, older children who are remedial, and even illiterate adults. The student can have no reading ability at all or some mix of elementary school abilities.

The book has been used by thousands of parents, adult literacy tutors, volunteers in programs for the disadvantaged, teachers' aides, and even classroom teachers who want a rapid overview of some proven methods of teaching reading. It has also been used by college students in laboratory and clinic-type teacher training courses.

This up-to-date version includes more emphasis on writing, fluency, and phonemic awareness. This new edition also has longer lists of phonic words, high-frequency words, and lists of reading materials. But basically, the 6 steps given in this manual have stood the test of time and have helped many thousands of students read better.

6 steps:

  • Find present reading ability
  • Select the right reading material
  • Stress comprehension and variety
  • Teach vocabulary
  • Teach phonics
  • Develop writing

This books also includes:

  • Sample Lessons
  • Phonics Charts
  • Reading Tests
  • Teaching Games
  • Instant Word Lists
  • Book Section Ideas

Pages: 144
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Reading Instruction / Sight Words Education MaterialsReading Pals Sight Words

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $7.99 $7.20
Product #: 4001035
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A Hands-on Approach to Sight Words Practice

Students will enjoy practicing phonics skills with the whimsical Reading Pals characters included in this book. This teaching resource provides opportunities for repeated reading practice that leads to fluent and confident readers. Each book includes:

  • 12 full-color Reading Pals with punch-out text frames designed to isolate letters, sounds, and words
  • Multilevel activity pages
  • Reproducibles of Reading Pals and suggested activities


This book targets recognition of basic high frequency words that children need to recognize "on sight" at automatic levels. The multilevel text pages support phonics knowledge, sight word practice and reading fluency at the K and 1st grade levels.

The text moves gradually from single word phrases to phrases and sentences to increase children's ability to phrase or "chunk" text into meaningful units.

This book includes both one-window and two-window text frames in the shape of delightful animal characters, which are used to reinforce concepts about print and to stress left-to-right and top-to-bottom reading practice.

Each Reading Pal contains pop-out features, which form windows that allow children to confine their text view to one or two words or sentence chunks at a time. This Reading Pal approach is supported by research indicating that the human brain embraces knowledge presented in novel ways. The 12 clever Reading Pals included in this book will stimulate young readers' desire to practice their newly learned skills in a fun way!

Pages: 47
You may also like:
Sight Words Bingo Game
Full-Color Literacy Activities: Rhyming & Sight Words
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Reading Comprehension Teaching MaterialsIncreasing Comprehension

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $12.95 $11.65
Product #: 2060910
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Any text, any time-activities to improve comprehension

Easy-to-do, engaging activities that grab students' attention

Standards-based work to build their comprehension skills

Skills grid helps you find what you need in a flash

Practice every day with any text

Use these reading and response activities with any fiction or nonfiction text to improve reading comprehension.

Students need comprehension practice every day. And now finding simple activities to give them that practice just got easier. This teaching resource features easy-to-do reading comprehension and response activities you can use with any text your students read, including:

realistic fiction

nonfiction

historical fiction

legends

tall tales

fables

fairy tales

folktales

biographies

fantasy

A handy skills grid helps you find an activity to fit your needs in a flash. Whether students are reading a story from a basal reader, a chapter from a class novel, or a selection from a science or social studies textbook, you'll find an engaging reproducible or easy-to-do activity that will grab their attention, increase their comprehension, and help them meet your state's standards.

To help you meet the diverse needs of your students, a wide variety of activities and reproducibles have been included.

80 pages
You may also like:
Real-World Comprehension Practice
The Best of The Mailbox: Language Arts
Practice Galore: Language Arts
Language Arts Independent Practice: Grade 2
Language Arts Independent Practice: Grade 3
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reading comprehension teaching suppliesReal-World Comprehension Practice

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $14.95 $13.45
Product #: 2060916
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Build comprehension skills needed in everyday life.
Connect reading to your students' lives.
Increase confidence about reading nonfiction texts.

Nonfiction text is all around us and it can challenge even the best readers. Give your students the confidence they need to successfully read real-world text with this teaching resource book.

Inside this easy-to-use reading resource you'll find 24 reproducible examples of real-world texts, such as game rules, a drive-through menuboard, an advertisement for a cool new product, and an internet search screen.

Each real-world reproducible is followed by two comprehension practice pages: one using a standardized test format and the other featuring a creative, fun format. Use these activities for independent practice, centers, homework, or small-group lessons. Whether you're looking for year-round practice or targeted reinforcement in the weeks before testing, this teaching resource is the right tool for building nonfiction reading success.

Skill-building activities include:

Making Inferences
Drawing Conclusions
Determining Cause and Effect
Comparing and Contrasting
Identifying Main Idea
Finding Supporting Details
Determining Purpose
Using Text Features

Pages: 80
You may also like:
Increasing Comprehension
The Best of The Mailbox: Language Arts
Practice Galore: Language Arts
Language Arts Independent Practice: Grade 2
Language Arts Independent Practice: Grade 3
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Student Made Word Book Teaching SuppliesHigh-Frequency Word Booklets

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $14.95 $13.45
Product #: 2060912
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For emergent and beginning readers!

  • Gives students an early chance at success with reading
  • Provides fun practice reading common words
  • Builds students' comprehension skills

Students will learn to read everyday words found in these 16 reproducible booklets. These fun booklets are sure to be hits as students practice and develop their high-frequency word-recognition skills.

Early success with reading sets a child on the path to becoming a reader for life. Give your students the great start they need with this teaching resource. This timesaving resource includes:

  • 16 reproducible booklets that feature words students encounter often in reading and writing
  • Simple directions for how to make each booklet
  • Easy-to-do activities to introduce students to the featured words
  • Suggestions on how to use the booklets to build fluency

These engaging booklets provide practice with reading high-frequency words and improve fluency while they build comprehension and motivate students to love reading.

You can find just the right booklets for every child to successfully read because the booklets progress from very simple one-word-per-page stories for emergent readers to ones that are more appropriate for beginning readers. Give you students the gift of reading success with this teacher resource!




 



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