LambReads

Four poems from www.gigglepoetry.com are used to ask students to make inferences by adding clues from the text with prior knowledge.

Make your vocabulary instruction more interesting and engaging with over 20 activities and strategies that encourage students to interact with words. Directions and student record sheets (when applicable) are included for nearly two dozen interactive vocabulary activities.

Two sets of 18 dominoes - pictures on one side and l blends on the other. One set for bl, cl and fl; another set for gl, pl and sl. Students match the pictures to the beginning l blend. These can be used during small group instruction or in a phonics center. Laminate to use again and again, or send home with students for extra practice.

Thirty dominoes with pictures depicting different meanings of polysemous words. Students try to connect the dominoes by matching two pictures that represent a single multiple meaning vocabulary word. Perfect for small group instruction, collaborative literacy center or independent practice. Answers provided.

Students decide if words on the 18 pencils belong to Carmen or Cecelia depending on whether the words on the fish contain a hard or soft c. This worksheet is appropriate for guided instructional practice or independent follow-up to instruction.

24 dominoes - pictures on one side and s blends (sm, sn, sp, st, and sw) on the other. These can be used during small group instruction or in a phonics center. Students match the pictures to the beginning s blend.

Students decide if words on the 18 fish belong to George or Gabe depending on whether the words contain a hard or soft. This worksheet is appropriate for guided or independent follow-up to instruction.

Multiple meaning words are a source of confusion for many students, especially English Language Learners. This graphic organizer asks students to locate predetermined polysemous words in a text and select the correct definition based on the context of the story. Teacher preparation includes selecting multiple meaning words in a text and recording two possible definitions for each word.

This is a planning sheet to help teachers consider four essential questions in instructional planning– What do you want students to learn? How will you know they have learned it? What will you do for students that struggle? What will you do for students that demonstrate mastering of the target skills/strategies?

Eight different Bingo cards all with the same 20 high-frequency words. The words are in different spaces on each board. Word List: a, and, we, be, come, do, go, good, I, jump, little, play, not, run, see, the, up, very, what, you

This is a planning sheet to help teachers consider all essential components of a balanced literacy reading/language arts block of instruction. Word knowledge, vocabulary, comprehension and writing are all addressed in this planning sheet.