Standard 1: Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

This is lesson #2 in the text unit series for The Star-Spangled Banner. As the text is read aloud, students will listen for rhyming words. After hearing the text, students will be presented with word pairs from the text. They will then practice making decisions by voting “yes” or “no" to tell whether the words are rhyming pairs. Students will work together to name another word(s) that rhymes with the words from the text. Civics content is integrated as the students vote to tell if the words are rhyming pairs and work together to make a decision as they name additional rhyming words.

This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will create a poster that includes a drawing of themselves performing an identified strength. Students and the teacher will discuss and list the many different strengths that children have and things that they can do all by themselves. Students will then focus on one strength that they would like to write and draw about. In this lesson, students will create a self-portrait and add writing or writing attempts to complete a given sentence frame.

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In this close reading lesson, the teacher will read aloud Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. Students will answer text-dependent questions and explain the meaning of new vocabulary. They will identify sight words and choral read repetitive parts of the text. Students will identify the setting, characters, and important events (including the problem and solution) and record these on a story map. They will retell the story and create a tri-fold book with illustrations and sentences explaining the beginning, middle, and end of the story. After analyzing the text, students will draw and dictate or write to explain the problem and solution in the text.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will use the beautiful text Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger to explore how an author uses color words and illustrations to describe various real-world objects. They will identify and explain how the descriptive words provide meaning and how the illustrations support the text. Students will brainstorm real-life objects that can be described and classified using color words and write an expository piece to describe those objects.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this 5-day lesson, students will engage in a variety of activities using the beloved Dr. Seuss books, Green Eggs and Ham and Wacky Wednesday. Students will explain the roles of the author and illustrator of a story. They will identify rhyming words in the stories and produce additional words that rhyme. Students will answer text-dependent questions to complete a story map and sequencing graphic organizer about each story. Using the graphic organizers, students will retell the stories. Finally, students will choose their favorite Dr. Seuss book and write an opinion statement telling why the book is their favorite.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, in a hands-on activity, students will practice sorting food items from the grocery store into different categories. The teacher will read aloud Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert and send students on a scavenger hunt to find and record pictures of fruits and vegetables that are hung around the room. Students will be asked to provide an opinion of what they think is the best fruit or vegetable during a writing assignment and explain why they like it. Then each student will draw a picture of that food on a paper plate to display with their writing.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will have hands-on experience with categorization skills, by sorting objects commonly taken on a beach trip. Students will practice describing objects, sorting objects into categories, and verbalizing category concepts. Students will also practice discussing opinions about objects by writing a Beach Sorting Book.

Type: Lesson Plan

As part of learning about Concepts of Print, students will explore how some books do not have words and you need to "read" the pictures to understand what is happening. The book, Chalk by Bill Thomson will be used to inspire the students to add writing to his book as they dream what they would draw if they knew their chalk drawings would come to life.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will recall information from a read aloud text and discuss what it means to demonstrate good manners. Activities include contributing to a good manners chart, composing a sentence using a sentence frame demonstrating understanding of the conventions of standard English and practicing spelling words in creative ways. At the end of the lesson, students will create a Good Manners page for a class book, sharing a time when they have shown good manners.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will listen to the teacher read aloud the well-loved book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Students will collaboratively practice retelling the story with a partner and record the food that the caterpillar ate on a class chart. Using their imagination, students will create a sentence and accompanying illustration of what their caterpillar would eat using the high frequency word ‘and’. Teachers are provided with a rubric to assess how the students are using punctuationusing punctuation, capitalization, finger spacing, and phonetic spelling.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this multi-day lesson, students will learn about American holidays as they analyze grade-appropriate informational text. Students will learn to identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book and their text features. They will also learn how to use the text features (title, headings, and illustrations) to predict the topic of the book. As the teacher reads the book, students will confirm the topic and identify important details, recording them on a graphic organizer. Finally, students will use details from the graphic organizer to draw, dictate, and/or write an expository piece about the topic of the text. 

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will go on an exploration of alphabet books to better understand the roles of authors and illustrators as well as print concepts, including uppercase and lowercase letters. After reading the books Alphabet Rescue, Miss Spider's ABC, The Mixed-Up Alphabet, and LMNO Peas, students will contribute to class discussions and create a class alphabet book. After reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, students will complete an uppercase and lowercase letter sort art project that will be used as a summative assessment while the teacher individually tests students on their understanding of print concepts and letter recognition.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this multi-day lesson, students will learn about American symbols as they analyze grade-appropriate informational text. Students will learn to identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book and their text features. They will also learn how to use the text features (title, headings, and illustrations) to predict the topic of the book. As the teacher reads the book, students will confirm the topic and identify important details, recording them on a graphic organizer. Finally, students will use details from the graphic organizer to draw, dictate, and/or write an expository piece about the topic of the text.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through read-alouds, charades, and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They will learn how to describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in a story. Students will also identify the beginning, middle, and end in popular picture books and will write and illustrate a simple narrative with a partner.

Type: Lesson Plan

Join Fiona as she creates a book all about Florida's state flag. Help Fiona locate different parts of a book, and use pictures to help understand meaning, in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book and examine each part's features in this interactive tutorial. 

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Use titles, headings, illustrations, and photographs to predict and confirm the topics of texts in this interactive tutorial. Join Jose' as he explores the text features of informational text in his search for new books on a variety of topics.

This is part 2 of a 2-part series. Click HERE to open What's the Topic? Part 1: Titles and Headings. 

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Use titles and headings to predict and confirm the topics of texts in this interactive tutorial. Join Jose' as he reviews the parts of a book and explores the text features of informational text in his search for new books on a variety of topics.

This is part 1 of a 2-part series. Click HERE to open What's the Topic? Part 2: Illustrations and Photographs.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

In this activity, students will substitute specific sounds in words to create new words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will delete the second phoneme in an initial blend and select the picture that represents the new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will decide which phoneme has been changed by comparing two pictures.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will sort pictures based on the location (initial, medial, final) of phoneme substitution.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will delete initial phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word. In an extension activity, students can segment and count the phonemes in each word and sort by the number of phonemes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will delete final phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will delete initial phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment and blend phonemes to make words by playing a picture card game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment and blend phonemes in words using Elkonin boxes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment phonemes in words by playing a counting game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment and count phonemes in words while playing a board game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment and count phonemes in words and sort by number.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will blend phonemes in words and select the corresponding picture.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will isolate initial, medial, and final phonemes by comparing pictures.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will isolate medial phonemes by listening to words and choosing a picture that has the same medial sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will isolate final phonemes by listening to words and choosing pictures with the same ending sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will identify initial phonemes in words represented by objects. As an extension, students may also identify the medial and final phonemes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will sort pictures based on vowel sounds (long and short).

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial phonemes by playing dominoes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match final phonemes by playing a spinner game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will identify initial phonemes to match picture cards.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read and match high frequency words on a game board.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly identify words on word cards as they are read aloud by a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read high frequency words on a practice sheet while being timed.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly read words with the same rime in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will identify letters and their sounds in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will say the names and sounds of letters and consonant digraphs on a spinner in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match initial sounds to letters while playing a timed memory game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will identify letters while playing a card game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will quickly write and name the letters of the alphabet. In an extension activity, students will say the sound for each letter.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will gain speed and accuracy in letter recognition.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a bowling game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a memory game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a baseball game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a "fishing" game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while they play a checkers game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read high frequency words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment names of pictures into phonemes and use letter tiles to spell each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment names of pictures into phonemes and use letters to make each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using digraph and letter spinners.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will use consonant and vowel cards to make words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using consonant and vowel cubes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by manipulating one letter at a time.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will blend sounds of letters to make words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using onset and rime cards.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using onset and rime cubes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by matching and blending onsets and rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by matching and blending onsets and rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will sort words by rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words by selecting various letters (onsets) to complete provided rimes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students select onsets (initial sounds) to complete words using pictures as clues.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words using a variety of onsets (including blends and digraphs) and sliding rime strips (including short, long, and variable vowels). They will also determine if the new word is real or nonsense.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match initial, final, and medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters, filling in a missing letter for each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will determine if a sound, represented by a targeted letter, is the initial or final sound in a word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters while playing a spinner game. As an extension, students can also match initial or final sounds of words to letters.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters while playing a game. As an extension, students can also match initial and final sounds of words to letters.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sound picture cards to targeted letters while making a mobile.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial sounds in words to the target letter on a train.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match final sound picture cards to letters/letter combinations that represent targeted sounds.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the final sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound. As an extension, the student can also match the initial or medial sound of a word to the corresponding letter.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represent that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match final sounds of words to corresponding letters while playing a pyramid game. As an extension, students can also match words with digraphs and vowel teams.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will select words (images) that have the same initial sound as their names.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that makes that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify and order the letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify and sort letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify and sort letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify and match letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify letters of the alphabet within words in nursery rhymes. As an extension, the student may also identify high-frequency words within the text.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify letters of the alphabet. NOTE: The student will need to name the letters in the name or word for this activity to align to the standard.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will name and match letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will name and match letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will name and match letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will manipulate phonemes in words by substituting initial, medial, or final sounds to create a new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will manipulate phonemes in words by deleting the beginning or ending sound to create a new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment and blend phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment and blend phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words and sort the words (picture cards) based on the number of phonemes. As an extension activity, the student can also sort picture cards based on the number of syllables in the word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will isolate initial, final, and medial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will isolate medial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will use final sound clues to identify objects.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify initial phonemes in words. As an extension activity, students can also identify the final sound in words and count the syllables in each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match medial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match medial phonemes in words. As an extension, students can also match objects with the same initial or final sounds. 

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match final phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match final phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will manipulate onsets and rimes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. The student will also match rimes by identifying rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. They will also match words with the same rime (rhyming words).

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. As an extension, the student will produce a rhyming word to match the picture.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment and blend syllables in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment sentences into words. This skill is typically taught prior to the segmentation of syllables. To fully align to the standard, this activity will need to be extended to include the segmentation of each word in the sentence into syllables.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment sentences into words. This skill is typically taught prior to the segmentation of syllables. To fully align to the standard, this activity will need to be extended to include the segmentation of each word in the sentence into syllables.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will segment sentences into words. This skill is typically taught prior to the segmentation of syllables. To fully align to the standard, this activity will need to be extended to include the segmentation of each word in the sentence into syllables.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize and produce rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize and match rhyming words. As an extension activity, the student will match words based on initial sounds.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will identify rhyming words by completing a closed sort. As an extension activity, the student will complete a closed sort based on initial sounds.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words. As an extension, the student can segment the onset and rime of matching pairs.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will recognize rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will name and match letters of the alphabet.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity