Literacy Center

Modeling is the key in this step. Point out the cover of the book. Spend some time looking at the picture. When turning pages, verbalize that it’s time to turn the page so the student begins to understand that the story will continue as long as there are words and pictures.

When you are reading picture books aloud, point to your starting word (usually on the left of a page) on each page. It will help train the eyes to look in the correct spot. Sometimes, continue to guide your finger across the page. It is not necessary to point to each word all the time, as that will affect reading fluency.

• Simply being able to sing the “ABC song” is not good enough when learning to read! It is important for children to be able to recognize the letters in random order. Different fonts are also important. For example, some fonts are different for letters a, g, and q. Children should be able to recognize at least one of these, but also be aware of the variation.
• Literacy Center Letter Identification Assessment
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week One Mommy Letters and Baby Letters
• Alphabet Cards*
• I Spy Letter Activity*
• Letter Recognition Activity*

• Fonts can be deceiving again to early learners! The main capital difference is the letter I. This can be confusing for students when they see “I” (it looks like a lowercase L). Begin to use the phrase, “It is a capital letter, so it is I” if they misname it as L.
• Literacy Center Letter Identification Assessment
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week One: Mommy Letters and Baby Letters
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Two: Letters in Disguise
• Alphabet Cards*
• I Spy Alphabet Activity*
• Capital Letter Splat Game*

• To help develop correct sound production, note that the sound for letters in isolation does not include /uh/ after the letter. For example, “b” sounds like /b/, not /buh/.
• Literacy Center Sound Identification Assessment
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Three: Letter Sound Review
• Alphabet Activity Cards*
• Roll a Sound Letter Game*
• Sound Production Game*
• Letter Sound Old McDonald Game-Instructions*
• Letter Sound Old McDonald Game-Cards*

• Identifying the beginning sound is an early step to being able to read three letter words. Remember, /uh/ does not follow isolated sounds! For example, a picture of a duck should have the beginning sound of /d/, not /duh/.
  • Teaching ideas:
• Gather some picture cards. Name the picture on the card then ask the student what sound she hears first.
• Play a matching game. Use your picture cards and magnetic letters on a cookie sheet. The student must place the letter of the beginning sound to hold the card to the cookie sheet.
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 1
• Beginning Handwriting: Lessons 1-27
• Initial Sounds Matching Activity Sheets*
• Initial Sound Matching Game*
• Initial Sounds Board Game*
• Alphabet Activity Cards*

• Identifying the ending sound is an early step to being able to read three letter words. Remember, /uh/ does not follow isolated sounds! For example, a picture of a cat should have the ending sound of /t/, not /tuh/.
  • Teaching ideas:
• Gather some picture cards. Name the picture on the card, then ask the student what sound he hears last.
• Play a fine motor clip game. Use your picture cards and clothespins with letters written on them. The student must clip the letter of the ending sound to the card.
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 2
• Ocean Final Sound Matching Game*
• Winter Final Letters Activity Sheet*
• Garden Missing Sounds Activity Sheet*
• Final Phoneme Jigsaws*

• This skill focuses on short vowels. If you have an alphabet with pictures, the short vowel is usually used. If you do not have an alphabet chart, it is advisable to make one especially for the vowels to help the student remember the sound. Some easy pictures to find would be apple (a), elephant (e), insect (i), octopus (o), and umbrella (u).
  • Teaching ideas:
• Write some short vowel words on cards. Read the cards. Ask your student to find the middle sound, highlight it, then say it.
• Play a matching game. Use your picture cards and magnetic letters on a cookie sheet. The student must place the letter of the middle sound to hold the card to the cookie sheet.
• Play a fine motor clip game. Use your picture cards and clothespins with vowels written on them. The student must clip the letter of the middle sound to the card. A variation of this would be to place three clips on each card. The student has to choose which clip is the middle sound.
• Watch: Big Ideas-Short Vowel Sounds
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Read and Rhyme Bump Short a Words (Aug, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll and Write Short Vowels (Sept, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Cover a Word Short u Words (Mar, 2016)
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 3
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 4
• Rise and Shine Short a Activity Sheets*
• Rise and Shine Short e Activity Sheets*
• Rise and Shine Short i Activity Sheets*
• Rise and Shine Short o Activity Sheets*
• Rise and Shine Short u Activity Sheets*

• A beginning reader would segment the individual sounds /h/, /a/, /t/ and then blend the sounds together to say “hat.” It is acceptable to segment repeatedly until the reader can blend quickly to form the word. Use your finger or a pointer to physically point to each letter in the word as you decode. To build fluency, slide your finger under the word to achieve the blending quicker.
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Seven: Combining Sounds into Words
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: CVC Words – choose as many as you like
• Roll and Read CVC Words*
• CVC Words Snakes and Ladders*
• CVC Words Read and Reveal*
• CVC Words on Leaves*
• CVC Word Strips*

• These are words that cannot be sounded out. Examples include the, of, look, that, see. Sometimes, these are called high frequency words, Dolch words, or words from Fry’s List. Lists are readily available online. Continual practice is essential to master these words. Work on 3-5 new words per week. Post the words so the student can review them. This is a continual skill. Sight word practice should supplement your phonics instruction.
  • Teaching ideas:
• Post the words in random order on a wall or door. Call out a word. Students must slap the word with a fly swatter!
• Draw a hopscotch on the floor with tape or outside with chalk. Write a sight word in each box. Students must read the word as they jump on it.
• Make paper fried eggs. Write a sight word on each “egg.” Flip it over. Students must use a spatula to flip the “egg” then read it.
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Three: Phonics vs. Whole Language
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Four: Sight Words Are Important Too
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll and Read Stacks Sight Words Set 1 (Apr, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll and Read Stacks Sight Words Set 2 (April, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll, Read , Cover Sight Words Set 1 (Sept, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll, Read, Cover Sight Words Set 2 (Sept, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Four in a Row Pre-Primer (April, 2016)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Four in a Row Primer (April, 2016)
• High Frequency Words Snakes and Ladders Board Game*
• High Frequency Words Dominoes*
• 100 High Frequency Word Flashcards*

• Word families are words with the same vowel and ending sound. For example, the -at family contains hat,mat, bat, sat, rat, and pat.
• Teaching Reading through Play – Weeks Eight, Ten through Nineteen
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Build a Word ing, ang, ong, ung (Jan, 2013)
• Word Family Flowers*

• Play Match-It Up in the Unit Studies and More section.
• Sentence and Picture Matching Sheet*
• Ocean Themed Word and Picture Matching Game*
• Garden Words and Pictures Matching Sheet*
• Back to School Themed Word and Picture Matching Sheet*
• Farm Sentence and Picture Matching Game*

• Rhyming words end with the same sounds. It is also beneficial to ask whether words rhyme and give some pairs that do not rhyme. This will help the child discern a rhyme pattern.
  • Teaching idea:
• A great way to review and practice rhyming and non-rhyming words is in the car! As you are driving, tell your child you are going to name two words. Your child needs to say, “Rhymes” or “Doesn’t rhyme.” To begin the game, you may say, “Cat and bat.” Your child would say, “Rhymes.” Next say, “Dog and bear.” Your child would say, “Doesn’t rhyme.” It’s an easy way to practice that keeps your child engaged and thinking while they are not in the school setting!
• A variation on the game would be to name a word that rhymes with or doesn’t rhyme with a given word. To begin this game, you would say, “Rhymes with pet.” Your child may say, “Bet.” Next, you could say, “Doesn’t rhyme with door.” Your child may say, “Car.” It is always fun to let your child “be the leader” of the game, too, and make you guess words! That is still learning because they have to decide if you are correct!
• Watch: Big Ideas-Rhyming
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Six: Listening for and Playing with Rhymes
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Rhyming – choose as many as you like
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Rhyming Word Hunt ar Words (Oct, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Race and Rhyme with Bear (Dec, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Snowman Find a Rhyme Long a Words (Jan, 2014)
• Rhyming Words on Leaves Matching Cards*
• Rhyming Words Activity Sheet-Matching Game*
• Rhyming Words Activity Sheet*
• Rhyming Sentence Cards*

• Retelling is another word for summarizing. Questioning is a key component to teaching students to formulate a response to a story. Stories can include picture books, chapters from novels, Sunday School lessons, or even cartoons!
  • Some questions to ask are:
• Who is the story about?
• Where did the story take place?
• What happened first? Next? Last?
• What did the main character learn in the story?

• Sequencing events includes ordering happenings within a story.
  • Teaching ideas:
• Draw your favorite events from the story on three index cards. Place the index cards in the correct order.
• Asking questions such as “Which came first? Goldilocks ate porridge, or Goldilocks sat in the chairs?”
• There are also many online printables that are cut-and-paste activities to practice sequencing.
• The Gingerbread Man Story Sequencing*
• Little Red Riding Hood Sequence and Story Activity Sheets*
• The Three Little Pigs Story Sequencing*
• First American President Oral Story and Sequencing Cards*

As students see printed sentences, they should begin to notice that all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a special mark. This will aid in fluency later as the student begins to pause at the end of a sentence. Making students aware of the ending of one sentence and the beginning of another will help master the skill.

• How To Make A Super Sentence Fans*
• Sentence Puzzle*

• Short vowels have been learned already. However, long vowels are a bit more difficult. Explain to students that long vowels “say their name.” Examples include cake, feet, kite, ocean, and unicorn. Usually, long vowels have a helper to make their sound. Notice that cake has the silent e at the end to make the vowel pattern, and feet has a double e.
  • Teaching idea:
• Complete a “word sort.” Divide a paper in half. Make some word cards. Write short vowels on one side and long vowels on the other. Sort the cards into the short vowel side or the long vowel side.
• Watch: Big Ideas-Long Vowel Sounds
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Thirty-Five: Long Vowel Intro
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Thirty-Six: The Silent E
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans – Silent e Words – choose as many as you like
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Snowman Find a Rhyme Long A Words (Jan, 2014)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Snails Long a Words (May, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Read and Rhyme Bump Long a Words (Aug, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Read and Rhyme Bump Long e Words (Aug, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Read and Rhyme Bump Long o Words (Aug, 2015)
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 5
• Long Vowel Matching Cards*

• Knowing that the combination of these letters makes a blended sound takes memorization and practice. Matching pictures to words will help. Creating a poster of the blends with a picture to remind the student of the sound would be beneficial to hang near your workspace. Some examples include thumb (th), sheep (sh),white crayon (wh), phone(ph), wrench (wr), and knot (kn).
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty: Letter Blends
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Consonant Blends and Digraphs – choose as many as you like
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 6
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 7
• Initial Blends Posters*
• Final Blends Posters*
• Letter Blends Word Wheels*
• Letter Blends Sorting Activity*

• These include long vowel patterns (digraphs) such as: a consonant e (written as a-e), i-e, o-e, u-e, e-e, ea, ee, ai. These include words with two consonants at the end, such as cast, quack, and bath.
• Play: Sound Sorting
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-One: Moving Beyond Three Letter Words
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Color a Word Final Blends Words (July, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – CVCC Word Builder (June, 2016)
• Reading Remedies: Phonics, Week 8
• Roll and Read Mat (ai)*
• Roll and Read Mat (oa)*
• Roll and Read Mat (oi)*
• Magic E Bingo Game*

• Often the place of division can be heard within the word. A common method of finding syllables is clapping while saying the word. For example, the word cupcake has two syllables. Clapping once while saying “cup” and again while saying “cake” shows that the syllable division occurs between the cup and cake.
• Watch: Big Ideas-Syllables
• Reading Remedies: Phonics Review Week 7
• Beach Syllables Activity Cards*
• Summer Syllables Game*
• Syllable Sort Activity Sheet*

• These are words that cannot be sounded out. Examples include the, of, look, that, see. Sometimes, these are called high frequency words, Dolch words, or words from Fry’s List. Lists are readily available online. Continual practice is essential to master these words. Work on 3-5 new words per week. Post the words so the student can review them. This is a continual skill. Sight word practice should supplement your phonics instruction.
  • Teaching ideas:
• Write words on cards or wooden craft sticks. As students draw a card or stick, they must read the word aloud.
• Is a particular word difficult? Play tic-tac-toe, except use two sight words, one as the x and one as the o. This will give practice in writing the word.
• Go on a sight word hunt! Make some word cards of the sight words. Tape them to walls in a particular room or throughout the house. As you call a word, the student must search for the word and bring it to you!
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Yellow Bubble Game (Oct, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Green Bubble Game (Oct, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Orange Bubble Game (Oct, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Purple Bubble Game (Oct, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Blue Bubble Game (Oct, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll and Read Stacks Sight Words (Nov, 2015)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Four in a Row First Grade (April, 2016)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sight Words Four in a Row Second Grade (April, 2016)
• High Frequency Word Bricks*
• High Frequency Word Flashcards*
• High Frequency Words Dominoes*

• Examples include for, star, hurt, perk, and girl. The vowel sound changes when the vowel is followed by the consonant “r.” Sometimes it helps to think of it as the “bossy r.” When the letter “r” follows short vowels, usually the vowel is forced (or bossed) into changing its sound.
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: R Controlled Vowels – choose as many as you like
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – ar words Four in a Row (Aug, 2015)
• Reading Remedies: Phonics Review Week 3
• R-Controlled Vowels Sorting Cards*
• Summer R-Controlled Vowels Activity Sheet*

• Inflectional endings are endings such as -ing, -ed, -est. Examples of these words would be jumping, walked,tallest.
• Reading Remedies: Phonics Review Week 8
• Suffix Matching Cards -est*
• Suffix Matching Trick Cards (misspelled suffixes)*
• Writing -ed Application Activity Sheet*
• Writing -ing Application Sheet*

• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Nine: Benefit of Reading Nonsense Words
• Real or Nonsense Words Soccer Sorting Activity*
• Buried Treasure Real or Nonsense Word Game*
• Real or Nonsense Words Planet Sorting Activity*

Teaching Reading through Play – Week Five: Reading Symbols and Logos

Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Five: Seeing Self as a Reader

• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Six: Reading Through Song
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Seven: Shopping Trip Letter/Word Play
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Thirty: Developing Comprehension Through Play
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Thirty-One: Reading Games for the Road
• Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt*
• I’m A Little Bean Song*

Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Eight: Building Confidence Through Shared Reading

• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Thirty-Four: Strategies for Decoding an Unknown Word
• Sentence and Pictures Matching Cards*

This refers to being able to select the important words in text that aid in comprehension.  This skill can be practiced through simple questioning such as asking, “Which words in this passage help you understand what the story is about?”

• Mary Had A Little Lamb Poster*
• Mary Had A Little Lamb Key Words Tracing Sheet*
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf Story*
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf Story Key Word Cards *
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf Story Word Search*

• Fluency means reading at an appropriate rate of speed. Accuracy means getting the words correct, without substituting. Appropriate expression at this stage means pausing at punctuation.
• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Thirty-Two: Strategies and Games for Building Reading Fluency
• Beach Book for the Emergent Reader*
• Camping Trip Book for the Emergent Reader*

• Syllables are covered throughout Schoolhouse Spelling: Phonics-Based LE Spelling and also Charlotte Mason LE Spelling Lists 2 and 3.
• Syllables Animal Card Activity*
• Syllables Beach Activity Cards*

• Alphabetizing words is covered throughout Schoolhouse Spelling: Lower Elementary and beyond.
• Alphabetizing States Activity Sheets* (varying levels of difficulty)

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 29
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Contractions – choose as many as you like
• Contractions Worksheet*
• Contraction Kites*
• Butterfly Contraction Worksheet*

This is a “self-correct” skill, meaning that after calling the incorrect word, the student realizes the mistake, then rereads the sentence or phrase correctly.

Prediction involves using what you know or have learned from the text to determine what will be next. This does not have to be an accurate prediction, only reasonable based on the text.

• Expectations Comprehension Worksheet*
• Prediction During Reading Activity Sheet*

• Creating a chart with visuals will help students learn these vowel teams. Examples could include rain (ai),knight (igh), couch (ou), crown (ow), feet (ee), book (oo), oil (oi), and toy (oy).
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Build a Word ay, ai, ee, ea (Jan, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Oi Oy Toy to Toy Word Board (Feb, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Build a Word AW EW PW Flower Dominoes (Feb, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – What’s Missing Long Vowel Digraphs (Aug, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Three in a Row ai, ee, ea, oa, ow Words (Sept, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll and Rhyme oo Words (Nov, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Roll and Rhyme ow and ou Words (Nov, 2013)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Scramble Board ai Words (Feb, 2014)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Scramble Board ee Words (Feb, 2014)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Scramble Board ou Words (Feb, 2014)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Scramble Board ow Words (Feb, 2014)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Sheep and Goat Rhyming Match Vowel Digraphs (Mar, 2014)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Cow and Mouse Rhyming Match ow and ou Digraphs (Mar, 2014)
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Misc. Reading – Long Vowel Digraph Build a Word (May, 2015)
• Reading Remedies: Phonics Review Week 4
• Laddy the Labrador Vowel Team Matching Cards*

• Teaching the definition of these prefixes and suffixes will help the student understand the meanings as he is reading. For example, teach that rewinding the yo-yo means to wind the yo-yo again. Students can look for the base word they know then add the prefix or suffix to learn the meaning.
• Watch: Big Ideas-Prefixes
• Watch: Big Ideas-Suffixes
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Prefixes – choose as many as you like
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Suffixes – choose as many as you like
• Reading Remedies: Phonics Review Week 7
• Prefix Activity Sheet*
• Prefixes Activity Sheets (multiple levels)*
• Prefixes Worksheet*
• Suffixes Worksheet*
• Suffix and Word Ending Matching Cards*

When a good reader encounters an unknown word, the reader looks to the rest of the sentence to identify the meaning. For example, in the sentence, “When sprayed with water, our cat sprints away,” picture a cat getting sprayed with water. What will happen? It will run quickly away. Sprints means runs quickly.

• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Suffixes – choose as many as you like
• Reading Remedies: Phonics Review Week 7

Fluency means reading at an appropriate rate of speed. Accuracy means getting the words correct, without substituting. Appropriate expression at this stage means pausing at punctuation.

• Teaching Reading through Play – Week Thirty-Two: Strategies and Games for Building Reading Fluency

• Alphabetizing words is covered throughout Schoolhouse Spelling: Lower Elementary and beyond.
• Fruit Alphabetical Ordering Activity Sheet*
• Spring Alphabet Ordering Worksheet*
• Thanksgiving Alphabet Ordering Worksheet*
• Transport Alphabet Ordering Activity Sheet*
• Veterans Day Alphabetical Ordering Activity Sheet*

Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Nine: Seeing Self as a Writer

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 25
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Synonyms – choose as many as you like
• Emotional Synonyms Activity Sheet*
• Replacing Synonyms Worksheet*
• Synonyms Worksheet 1*
• Synonyms Worksheet 2*

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 26
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Opposites – choose as many as you like
• Antonyms Cut and Paste Sorting Activity*
• Antonyms Matching Cards*
• Opposites Game 1*
• Opposites Game 2*

• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Homonyms – choose as many as you like
• Homonyms Matching Cards*

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 28
• Homophones Activity Sheet 1*
• Homophones Activity Sheet 2*
• Homophones Activity Sheet 3*
• Homophones Matching Cards*

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 30
• Everyday Games with Teresa Evans: Compound Words – choose as many as you like
• Compound Words Activity*
• Compound Words Matching Worksheet*
• Winter Compound Word Matching Activity*
• Compound Words Activity Sheet*

Teaching Reading through Play – Week Twenty-Two: Intentionally Building Vocabulary

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Length Abbreviation Display Posters*
• State Abbreviations in Addresses Activity Sheet*
• State Abbreviations Map Activity Sheet*

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 23
• Coral Reefs Main Idea Activity Sheet*
• Main Idea and Supporting Details Poster*
• What’s the Main Idea Activity Sheet*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Making Predictions Display Poster*
• Prediction Before, During, and After Checklist*
• Prediction Question Dice*
• Story Prediction Comprehension Worksheet*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Story Question Cards*
• Little Red Riding Hood*
• Little Red Riding Hood Question Cards*
• The Three Little Pigs*
• The Three Little Pigs Question Cards*
• Jack and the Beanstalk*
• Jack and the Beanstalk Story Cards*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• The First President Oral Story*
• The First President Story Sequencing Cards*
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears Story Sequencing Cards*
• Jack and the Beanstalk Story Sequencing Cut and Stick Activity*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Reality could happen. Perhaps it isn’t happening now, such as stories about life on the frontier. However, it is possible to occur. Fantasy is make believe.
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Sometimes, this is confused with making generalizations. Reading a text and determining an opinion about the event described is drawing conclusions.
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 9

• Cause is the reason something happened, and effect is what happened due to the reason. For example, Sally’s shoes were untied, and she tripped. The cause is that her shoes were untied, while the effect is that she tripped.
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 6
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• If and Then Activity Cards*
• Cause and Effect Template Activity Sheets*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Compare and Contrast Stories Activity Sheet*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Character Study Worksheet*
• Question Dice*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 12
• The Five W’s Activity Sheet*
• The Five W’s Dice Activity*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Summarizing text is giving the main events in the story. As the student gets older, summaries should be able to be condensed.
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 22

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 21
• Little Red Riding Hood Story Writing Frame*
• The Three Little Pigs Story Writing Frame*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 20

• Facts can be proven as truth. Opinions express belief or feelings.
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 13
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Fact and Opinion Worksheet*
• Opinion Sentence Starter Poster*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Character Description Activity Sheet*
• Main Character Comprehension Worksheet*

• Point of view is the narrator’s position in the story. The person who is telling the story will affect the amount of information given about certain characters or events.
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Point of View Comparison Activity Sheet*
• Text to Self Connection Activity Sheet*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 21

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 24
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Creating a picture in your mind is a powerful tool to aid in comprehension of the story. As students read more fluently, these pictures will become more developed.
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 8
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Examples include imagery, similes, analogies, rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, foreshadowing, idioms, personification, humor, and sarcasm.
• Little Language Arts – Unit One (Lessons 1-5)
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 27 (Onomatopoeia)
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Idioms Matching Activity Sheet*
• Inventing New Similes Activity Sheet*
• Onomatopoeia Activity and Refrence Sheet*
• Personification Differentiated Activity Sheets*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Connections Activity Sheet*
• Making Connections Activity Sheet*
• Text to Text Connections Activity Sheet*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Cinderella Compare and Contrast Activity Sheet*
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears Compare and Contrast Activity Sheet*
• Little Red Riding Hood Compare and Contrast Activity Sheet*

• Little Language Arts – Lesson 11
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf Story Writing Frame*
• Abraham Lincoln Writing Activity Sheet*
• Christopher Columbus Writing Frame*
• George Washington Writing Activity Sheet*
• Little Red Hen Story Writing Frame*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Gardening Text Compare and Contrast Activity Sheet*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 15

• Alphabetizing words is covered throughout Schoolhouse Spelling: Lower Elementary and beyond.
• Thanksgiving Alphabet Ordering Worksheet*

• Types of poetry include limericks, quatrains, sonnets, and haiku.
• Limericks, quatrains, and other types of poetry are covered in Exploring Types of Poetry in the Unit Studies and More section and Little Language Arts: Unit One (Lessons 1-5).

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Idiom Sentences*
• Idioms Complete the Sentence Cards*
• Idioms Matching Activity Sheet*
• Idioms Sentence Cards*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Personification Differentiated Activity Sheets*
• Personification Poetry Term Display*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Authors write text for four purposes: persuade, inform, entertain, explain. Each purpose has unique characteristics. Students should be able to identify what parts of the text were clues to the author’s purpose.
• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Author’s Purpose Activity Sheet*
• Author’s Purpose Book Report*
• Author’s Purpose Poster*

• Inference is a skill that involves using your own knowledge added to the author’s text to determine meaning. Sometimes we can infer feelings of characters.
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 7
• Inference Question Cards*
• Making Inferences Visual Support*
• Second Level Inference – Go Respond Activity Sheet*
• Second Level Inference – Go Respond Activity Sheet Answer Key*

• Graphic organizers include Venn Diagrams, various types of webs, KWL charts, concept maps, and character maps. You’ll find various printable templates in the World Book Student library.
• Fiction Texts Writing Template*
• Non-Fiction Graphic Organizer Template*
• Spider Diagram Organizer Template*
• Venn Diagram Template*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Little Language Arts – Lesson 11

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Little Red Riding Hood Differentiated Reading*
• The Gingerbread Man Story*
• The Three Little Pigs Story*
• The Tortoise and the Hare Story*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Fiction or Non-Fiction Venn Diagram Activity Sheet*
• True or False About the World Activity Sheet*
• True or False On The Heart Activity*
• World War One True or False Cut and Stick Activity*

• Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section
• Compare and Contrast Activity Sheet*
• Compare and Contrast British and American Soldiers Activity Sheet*
• Stories Compare and Contrast Activity Sheet*
• Three Little Pigs Compare and Contrast Activity Sheet*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section

• These skills are covered in the New National Fourth Reader and McGuffey’s Fourth Eclectic Reader, which are both included in the Grade Level Readers.
• Beach Syllables Activity Cards*

Reading Comprehension Skills and Templates in the Unit Studies and More section