K-3 Teacher Resources
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Reading Activity Ideas for K-3

• Your own philosophy on how to teach reading.

• Ideas for setting up Reading Learning Centres.

• Do you use reading groups? if not , why ?

• How do you organise different reading levels?

• Do you use parent helpers for reading - how are they used?

• Reading Games photos and instructions?

• Shared Reading ideas / Guided Reading Activities (MORE IDEAS HERE)

• Useful websites for reading activities.

• Books and Teacher resources you have found helpful for reading activities.

• Ideas for Teaching Reading strategies.

Do you have a great Reading Lesson Plan or Idea? Please Share it!

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Phoebe Reading Activity  One of our many soft animals in my Year 1 classroom is a rabbit called Phoebe. She is a bit of a character and gets up to mischief during the weekend while ...

Help to learn the letters d b p q  I've found that all my children have struggled to differentiate between the letters d b and p q - especially the d b. Being able to visualise the sound ...

Verbs Adjectives Nouns  To replace the idea of a 'written' lesson, make up a list of verbs, adjectives and nouns and have students sort them out and place on a correctly labeled ...

Poor Language Skills  As a kindergarten teacher I am finding that more and more children are coming to school without the prerequisite skills needed to enable them to learn ...

Kindergarten Reading Groups  I have 4 groups over 4 days for an hour in duration.

The first half hour is:
2 groups on any given day are doing a guided reading book and activity....

Class Reading Activity - "What Did The Bear Do When No-one Was Here?"  This reading activity happened by accident when a child's bear was left behind on a Friday afternoon. The class was Prep 1 (6 and 7 year olds this year)...

Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading Time  I started thinking about how difficult it can be in the afternoons to keep children interested and on task, particularly when the hot weather starts.

As ...

Vocabulary Bingo  This is a great way to practice or review vocabulary words your students are learning.

1. First, generate a list of at least 25-30 words in the unit ...

Make your own story pictures  Choose a fairy tale or any well known story. List the characters and nouns according to the situation ( boy, girl, tree, flower etc).

Get the ...

Using Makaton to Help Students Develop Re-reading Skills  I'm always on the lookout for new ideas to help with developing reading strategies. I recently came across a link to Nursery Rhymes to Sing, See and Sign....

Reading Activity - Contractions   Make lists of contractions and the words they represent eg she'll - she will, place on separate cards and laminate. Children can then use these for bingo,...

Reading.... Is Rocket Science  I have been rather busy this year with school and reading is our main focus.

I often like to research sites on the Internet and found a great article ...