Help your students improve their language skills by identifying the short A sound and decoding words.

A fun twist to charades. Students act out and guess different words while identifying the long and short vowel sounds inside each of them.

This is a great introductory lesson to teach students about the importance of illustrations when reading. It can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Introducing Reader's Workshop lesson plan.

In this lesson, your students will use root words and patterns to explore new and unfamiliar words.

Use this lesson to help your students learn how to find the main idea and details in a nonfiction text using a graphic organizer for support.

Use this lesson to teach students about the importance of reading fluently to support comprehension. Use as a stand alone activity or a support for the Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension lesson plan.