Standard 1: Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

The students will participate in reading the rhyming story The Crayon Box That Talked and help to generate words that rhyme with colors. Then, students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of rhyming words by completing a sorting activity.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson students will participate in reading the books,  A Mink, a Fink, A Skating Rink, To Root, to Toot, to Parachute, and Hairy, Scary, Ordinary and complete a variety of related activities that allow them to learn about and practice their knowledge of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Students will contribute to a class generated grammar chart and complete a grammar sort. Students will also publish their own sentence which will include a noun, verb, and adjective, as well as an illustration to provide detail.

Type: Lesson Plan

Join Hope as she explores the backyard of her home and learns to read words that have long vowel sound -o with silent -e in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Join Eli, the leader of the Explorer's Club, and all the explorers we have met in the other tutorials, while decoding long vowel, silent e words in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Join June at the Dude Ranch as she explores Long u, Silent e words in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Join Mike the diver underwater as he explores long -i, silent -e words in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Work with Cam and Cal as they build words by adding the inflectional edning ong to long vowel -a CVCe words in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Work with Cam and Cal as they explore adding the ending ing to long vowel silent e words, while finishing up their aviary, in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Join Cam and Cal as they continue work on their aviary and build new words using long o, silent e words with the inflectional ending of ing, in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Work with Cam and Cal as they build words and a bird aviary as they add the ending ing to long i, silent e words in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Join Cal as she builds and deodes words with the inflectional edning -ed pronounced /d/ in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Build words by adding the ending -ed to words that end in consonant -y and vowel -y with Cam and Cal the construction workers in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Discover how to decode CVCe, long vowel a, silent e words with Gabe from the Explorers Club in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Cam the builder invites you to decode words with the ending -ed pronounced /t/ in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Learn about adding the ending -ing to vowel team ee and ea words as you help Cal and Cam build the giraffe sanctuary in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 3 in a three-part series. Check out the other tutorials in the series below.

• Open Part 1: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding ing to Short Vowel Words
• Open Part 2: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding -ing to words ending in the letter -y
• Open Part 3: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding -ing to vowel teams ee and ea

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Cam and Cal as they build and decode words with the ending -ed pronounced /id/ for their Construction Company with this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Cal and Cam learn about adding the ending -ing to words that end in the letter -y as they continue to build the giraffe sanctury in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 2 in a three-part series. Check out the other tutorials in the series below.

• Open Part 1: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding ing to Short Vowel Words
• Open Part 2: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding -ing to words ending in the letter -y
• Open Part 3: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding -ing to vowel teams ee and ea

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Cam and Cal learn how to add the inflectional ending -ing to short vowel words as they begin to build a giraffe sanctuary in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 1 in a three-part series. Check out the other tutorials in the series below.

• Open Part 1: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding ing to Short Vowel Words
• Open Part 2: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding -ing to words ending in the letter -y
• Open Part 3: Building with Cam and Cal: Adding -ing to vowel teams ee and ea

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Let's join Cora, the astonaut, as she travels to Mars and learns about the r-controlled vowels of ar and or in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Work with Cam and Cal at their construction company building and decoding vowel -y nouns and verbs with the inflectional endings of -s, in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 4 in a four-part series. Click below to explore other tutorials in this series.

• Part 1: Building Plural Nouns with -s and -es
• Part 2: Adding –s and –es to Verbs
• Part 3: Adding -es to Consonant –y Words
• Part 4: Adding -s to Vowel –y Nouns and Verbs

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Cam and Cal build words with the inflectional ending of -es to nouns and verbs that end in consonant -y, in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 3 in a four-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials in this series.

• Part 1: Building Plural Nouns with -s and -es
• Part 2: Adding –s and –es to Verbs
• Part 3: Adding -es to Consonant –y words
• Part 4: Adding -s to vowel –y nouns and verbs

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Cam and Cal learn about adding the inflectional endings of -s and -es at their construction site with this interactve tutorial.

This is part 2 in a four-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials in this series.

• Part 1: Building Plural Nouns with -s and -es
• Part 2: Adding –s and –es to Verbs
• Part 3: Adding -es to Consonant –y words
• Part 4: Adding -s to vowel –y nouns and verbs

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Come along with Cam and Cal as they build and decode words with the endings of "s" and "es" to nouns in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 1 in a four-part series. Click below to explore other tutorials in this series.

• Part 1: Building Plural Nouns with -s and -es
• Part 2: Adding –s and –es to Verbs
• Part 3: Adding -es to Consonant –y Words
• Part 4: Adding -s to Vowel –y Nouns and Verbs

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Explore the parts of a book in this interactive tutorial. Join Li as she learns to locate and use the text features on the title page, table of contents, and glossary in informational books.

This is part 2 of a 2-part series. Click HERE to open Part 1.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Explore the parts of a book in this interactive tutorial. Join Li as she learns to locate and use the text features on the title page and table of contents in informational books.

This is part 1 of a 2-part series. Click HERE to open Part 2.

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 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 a card game.

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 board game.

Type: Student Center Activity

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

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will match initial phonemes by sorting pictures.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will interact with computer-based fluency passages (teacher-selected).

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will rehearse and read text using a Readers' Theater format.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read sentences on sentence strips with expression.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read text in unison.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will time repeated readings of teacher-selected text and record words correct per minute.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will practice reading fluently by reading teacher-selected text with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will practice rereading decodable text with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

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

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 quickly read words with the same rime in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will form compound words by putting puzzle pieces together.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will count the number of syllables in words while playing a board game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will sort words by the number of syllables.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will make words from syllable puzzle pieces.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will combine syllables to form words while playing a matching game.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will orally segment words represented by picture cards and write the corresponding letters on spaces in Elkonin boxes.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating cards in a binder.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating a vowel slide.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read words with and without the silent "e" pattern.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read and sort words based on long and short vowel sounds.

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 letters to make each word.

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, 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 match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity