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• Beginning of the year assessment
• Back to School - beginning of the school year activities, links, and books to read aloud
• Names Activity
• Starting the School Year - with Humpty Dumpty
• Back to School Bulletin Board Ideas
• Back to School Printables/Worksheets - name cards, etc.

Leveled Book Sites

• First Steps into Reading - database of leveled trade books
• Leveled Books - a place to order books
• Leveled Books - many to print from your browser; more available through subscription
• Leveled Book Links
• Leveled Book Database - type in a book and find the level

Literacy Sites

• Reading in the First Grade Classroom
• Learning To Read - Resources for language arts and reading research
• Balanced Literacy - topics include phonemic awareness, word walls, writer's workshop, guided reading, and more
• Structured Reading Programs
• What is Balanced Literacy?

Four Blocks Sites

• Four Blocks Literacy - by Pat Cunningham
• Four Blocks Literacy
• The Reading Lady
• Blocks for Reading
• Four Blocks Literacy Model
• Joe's Story
• Four Blocks Goodies
• 4 Blocks Lesson Planner; Lesson Planner 2
• 4 Blocks Activity Cards
• 4 Blocks Chatboard
• Join the 4 Blocks mailring
• Articles by Cheryl M. Sigmon

Four Blocks Books

• The Teacher's Guide to the Four Blocks: A Multimethod, Multilevel Framework for Grades 1-3 by Patrica M. Cunningham, Dorothy P. Hall, Cheryl M. Sigmon  
• Making Words: Multilevel, Hands-On Developmentally Appropriate Spelling and Phonics Activities by Patricia M. Cunningham, Dorothy P. Hall
• Phonics They Use: Words for Reading and Writing by Patricia Marr Cunningham

Assessment

• Beginning of the year assessment
• Reading Assessment Evaluation Diagnosis Assessment tools for early reading evaluation. Covers concepts of print, spelling, vocabulary development, phonemic awareness, phonics, and comprehension.
• Assessment Tools
• Language Arts Assessment- includes rubrics for reading, writing, speaking, and listening
• Informal Assessment of Phonological Awareness
• Reading Level Assessment
• Reading Tests
• Reading Conference form
• Self-Selected Reading Conference Record
• Teacher's Self-Selected Reading Log
• Assessment - 4 Blocks (includes forms to print)
• Student Reading Conference

The Alphabet

• A Jan Brett Alpahbet - Jan Brett's Alphabet Line Bulletin Board Set
• Reinforcing alphabet names/sounds. Knowledge of the alphabet is essential to beginning reading. This activity is a way to reinforce these skills with young children in a fun way.
• Alphabites Activities for learning all letters of the alphabet.
• Make an ABC class book
• Desktop alphabet
• Zaner Bloser Aphabet flash cards; dotted handprinting alphabet sheets

Authors on the web

Benchmarks

Comprehension

• Fictional
• Informational
• Seasonal

Guided Reading/Literature Activities

• Guided Reading Activities checklist
• Questions - characters, plot, mood, author
• Cat's Colours
• Chickachickaboomboom
• The Gingerbread Man - An integrated unit to teach language skills
• If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
• The Little Red Hen
• The Mitten - activities for Jan Brett's, The Mitten, folktale
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar - by Eric Carle, with activities for creative writing, nutrition, and life cycles.
• Learning With Dr. Suess
• Saxon Literature Activities - e.g., Hattie and the Fox, Stellaluna, The Mitten, and many more
• Literature Activities for the Classroom - many books listed here

Making Words

• Making Words Homework Sheet; Sheet 2
• Working With Words Activities checklist
• Making Words Weekly Planner
• Making Words, Cardboard Letters
• Words in a Word - free online program which allows you to enter characters in the space provided and a list of the words that can be derived from the characters will be displayed

Morning Message

• Morning Message

Mother Goose

• Nursery Rhymes For Early Literacy-- full page rhymes and word cards to print; activities
• Starting the School Year - with Humpty Dumpty
• Mother Goose Book -- booklet to make
• The Mother Goose Pages - listing of poems and words
• The Real Mother Goose - listing of poems and words
• Mother Goose Rhyme Colouring Pages

Poetry

• The Mother Goose Pages
• Poetry for all occasions
• Song and Poems
• Theme Poems

Phonics

• Beginning Sounds - many worksheets to print out
• Phonics in the classroom
• Musical Chairs Phonics
• The Phonics Room - poems, songs, literature, and activities listed for every letter of the alphabet
• Phonological Awareness
• Free Phonics Worksheets
• Phonics - learning "ight", "sh", "ch", "wh", "th"
• Jolly Phonics - commercial site

Reader's Theatre

• Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics, Puppetry & Readers Theater for Children & Young Adults
• Gander Academy Reader's Theatre

Reading Aloud

• Tips for Making Storytime magic

Rhyming

• Down By The Bay- rhyming lesson
• Rhyming Worksheet
• Rhyme - a variety of activities
• One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Suess
• RhymeZone - Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions.

Running Record

• How to take a running record
• Running Record - tutorial

Word Wall / Sight Words

• Activities to Reinforce and Teach Site Words
• Sight Word Soup
• Dolch Words-organized into 11 lists
• Dolch Words - first, second, and third grade lists
• Dolch Word Search Puzzles
• Grade One Vocabulary List
• Sight Word Games
• Sight Word Bingo - Play bingo to reinforce the recognition and spelling of high requency words.
• The Following are Four Blocks Word Wall Ideas
• Word Wall Activities
• Word Wall and On The Back Activities
• Word wall words - a photocopiable sheet where students can write their word wall words on one side and the on the back activities on the other side
• On The Back - goes with the above mentioned work sheet
• On the Back Recording Sheet- weekly format
• Word Wall Chants
• Word Wall Chants
• Be A Mind Reader - activity sheet
• Using Words You Know - make rhyming words
• Wordo - Wordo 2 - blank forms where children fill in words
• Second Grade Word Wall List

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary and Language Development. - An activity in which the children pull an item out of a bag and describe it.
• Vocabulary building.Activities to learn new vocabulary words in ways that are fun and enriching.

Vowels

• a, e, i, o, u, - picture cards to display on the wall and a chant to learn the vowels

Words and Sentences

• Blending sounds. - Getting kids to blend sounds to make words is an essential step in learning to read. This activity gives them a concrete and fun way to learn this skill.
• Identifying Colour Words - using the poem Orange is a Carrot
• Word Identification - Shared Reading (colour words)
• Word Families - Here you will find over 50 word family lists along with rhymes to teach.
• Launching K-3 Readers
• Letter Tiles - give students the letters needed to create word families (e.g., at, c, b, h, f, m)
• Mixed up Sentences
• Word Go Fish - A game to practise reading simple words.
• Free Reading Worksheets - includes rhyming words, sight words, reading comprehension and more

Units

• All About Me

Web Quests

• The Hungry Caterpillar

Miscellaneous

• Good Readers Bookmark
• Characters, Setting, Main Idea Bookmark
• Narrative Bookmarks
• Expository Bookmarks
• Home-School links - 100 School-Home Links activities for the first grade. The activities are organized by reading and literacy skills appropriate to this grade.

Assessment

• Concepts of Print - checklist
• Writing Assessment
• 5 level writing rubric
• 3 Level writing rubric
• Writing conference log
• Writing conference form
• Writing evaluation form
• Self Evaluation Editing - form

Printing

• Colour code printing - Forming letters and numbers with colours.
• Printing Worksheets
• Handwriting Worksheet Maker - Instantly makes custom handwriting worksheets
  at the click of a button !

Punctuation - a variety of suggestions to teach students to put capitals and periods in their writing.

Specialty Papers and Forms

• Shape Book Patterns - shapes with or without lines (e.g., apple, kite, umbrella, etc.)
• Shape Books
• Papers and Borders for writing and borders

Journals

• Writing prompts
• Journal Writing Ideas
• Whole Class Journal Writing
• Writing Mini Lesson

Writing Sentences

• Write two sentences about a topic - worksheet

Spelling

Booklets

• All About Me
• School Memory Book - This is an end-of-school-year activity book in which the students can tell about themselves, their friends, and their favourite classroom events.
• Create a Spring Book - A class book to make on the computer
• Mother Goose Book

End of Year

• Memories of Grade One -- blackline master to write about grade one

Following oral directions using mystery pictures

Farm Sounds - A listening activity