Read Aloud Routine for Improving Vocabulary and Comprehension
Wanting to up your read aloud game? This lesson plan from Dr. Stephanie Stollar will support you in maximizing vocabulary and comprehension in your read alouds.
Printable Cards for Irregular “Heart” Words
Contrary to popular belief, students should not be taught to memorize irregular words by sight. In most irregular words, only one or two letters do not conform to their usual sound correspondence. This means that most irregular words are at least partially decodable. This is a printable collection of irregular word cards.
Kate Winn Vocabulary & Comprehension Lesson 2: Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta
In this vocabulary and comprehension lesson, Ontario Teacher Kate Winn provides a step-by-step lesson designed to increase and enhance vocabulary and comprehension. Using the picture book Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta, this lesson plan provides detailed, explicit instruction on using vocabulary from the book and includes the blackline master for a follow-up writing activity.
Break the Code with Digraphs
In this activity, students practice sounding out words with digraphs, and then reading the word aloud.
Spin, Name, and Spell with Ending Digraphs
This free printable resource is designed to help students build reading skills related to ending digraphs.
Spin, Name, and Spell with Beginning Digraphs
This free printable resource for teachers is designed to help students build reading skills related to beginning digraphs.
Digraphs Word List
This word lists can help you plan for teaching digraphs with short vowels. Use them in your reading and spelling lessons and activities.
Break the Code with Short Vowels
In this activity, students practice recognizing, sounding out, blending and reading words with short vowels.
Short Vowel Word List
Use this helpful list of words to teach consonant and short vowel grapheme-phoneme correspondences.
Letter Formation Student Desk Chart
Use these desk strips as a visual support for students, as well as a helpful reminder of the strokes for correct letter formation.
Letter Formation Cards
Download this alphabet card set for your whole class and small group instruction, with helpful letter formation stroke patterns.
Segmenting Phonemes
Use this lesson plan to teach students to segment words into their individual phonemes.
