Reading Activities Archives - The Primary Gal https://theprimarygal.com/tag/reading-activities Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:11:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://theprimarygal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Favicon-1a-100x100.png Reading Activities Archives - The Primary Gal https://theprimarygal.com/tag/reading-activities 32 32 181179494 Visualizing Tubes: A Free Activity for Introducing Visualization https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/visualizing-tubes.html https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/visualizing-tubes.html#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:13:00 +0000 https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/visualizing-tubes.html This year, I’ve been working to integrate multiple subjects into our daily activities.  Today, I want to quickly share a fun activity that is perfect for both reading and writing.  Our reading strategy this week is visualization, and we began writing personal narratives last week.  I wanted an activity that would introduce visualization, yet give […]

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]]> https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/visualizing-tubes.html/feed 2 1180 If the Shoe Fits…{An Inference Activity FREEBIE} https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/if-shoe-fitsan-inference-activity.html https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/if-shoe-fitsan-inference-activity.html#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:45:00 +0000 https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/if-shoe-fitsan-inference-activity.html Making inferences is such a challenge for some of my students.  Better yet, many students can make an inference, but they struggle to support their inference with details, facts, or background knowledge.  Today, we did a fun activity to begin making inferences and supporting them with evidence. While my students were at special, I hid […]

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]]> https://theprimarygal.com/2016/08/if-shoe-fitsan-inference-activity.html/feed 5 1182 Evidence vs. Details: What’s the difference when teaching Main Idea? https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/details-vs-evidence.html https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/details-vs-evidence.html#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:55:00 +0000 https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/details-vs-evidence.html It’s the second semester and the countdown to the first round of standardized testing is underway.  We have five full weeks of instruction before our first day of testing here in Indiana.  In my classroom, I feel like my students are great at individual skills, but they seem to have a difficult time putting them […]

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]]> https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/details-vs-evidence.html/feed 3 1214 Plot Activity: FREE Vocabulary Cards for Graphic Organizer https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/plot-structure.html https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/plot-structure.html#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2016 02:21:00 +0000 https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/plot-structure.html My students and I have been reading the book Ungifted over the last several weeks.  It is an absolutely PERFECT read aloud for fifth-grade students.  It has allowed me to teach so many reading skills in one text, plus my kids fell in love with the main character.  Now that we are finished, I wanted […]

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]]> https://theprimarygal.com/2016/01/plot-structure.html/feed 30 1216 3-2-1 Chart: A Free Nonfiction Reading Center https://theprimarygal.com/2015/08/3-2-1-chart-for-non-fiction-articles.html https://theprimarygal.com/2015/08/3-2-1-chart-for-non-fiction-articles.html#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2015 23:23:00 +0000 https://theprimarygal.com/2015/08/3-2-1-chart-for-non-fiction-articles.html 3-2-1 Chart: A Free Nonfiction Reading Center This year, my teaching partner and I are really switching up our reading block.  We’re working on our own, made up version of the Daily Five.  So far, we are in LOVE! In the Daily Five, students would typically read with someone as part of their daily routine. […]

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]]> https://theprimarygal.com/2015/08/3-2-1-chart-for-non-fiction-articles.html/feed 3 1266 Picture of the Day! #classroomstaple https://theprimarygal.com/2015/04/picture-of-day-classroomstaple.html https://theprimarygal.com/2015/04/picture-of-day-classroomstaple.html#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2015 02:13:00 +0000 https://theprimarygal.com/2015/04/picture-of-day-classroomstaple.html Each morning, I begin my day with Hello Literacy’s Picture of the Day.  It is seriously #classroomstaple.  It is a necessity for any classroom and kids of all ages can benefit from its daily use. Each morning, I display an image on my Promethean Board for my students to discuss.  At the beginning of the […]

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