Ready-to-Use Reading Activities for the Elementary Classroom

Paperback / softback. New. For classroom teachers and reading specialists, this unique resource provides a complete, year-round collection of easy-to-use teaching ideas and activity sheets to supplement any developmental or remedial reading program in grades 1 through 6. ? All of this material is conveniently organized into 12 monthly sections plus an introduction and is printed in a spiral-bound format that folds flat for photocopying. Here are just a few of the teaching ideas and reproducible activities you?ll find in each monthly section, beginning with September: SEPTEMBERIdeas: Phonics Workbooks?Word Lists for Labor Day and Back to School Activities:'schoolhouse Word Hunt?Back to School Maze...Word Match OCTOBERIdeas: The Fun Box?Grading Papers?Word List for Halloween? Activities: Columbus Day Word Hunt...Jack-o?-Lantern Puzzle...?Word Hunt NOVEMBERIdeas: Visitor's Day?Word Lists for Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Activities: Turkey Time?Thanksgiving Puzzle?The Lost Feast DECEMBERIdeas: Library Center?Read-In?Making a Reading Cave?Game Boards Activities: Christmas Puzzle?A Letter to Santa?Hanukkah JANUARYIdeas: Superstar Bulletin Board?Word List for Martin Luther King Day Activities: New Year's Eve Puzzle? The Hidden Sled'snowball Fight FEBRUARYIdeas: Broken Heart Game?Library Contest?Word List for Groundhog Day Activities: Saint Valentine'sentence Completion?Lincoln's Birthday MARCHIdeas:?Listening Lesson?Game Board?Word List for St. Patrick's Day Activities: Shamrock Maze? Shopping Spree?Legend of the Leprechaun APRILIdeas: Scrambled Egg Game - Using Cartoons to Teach Quotation Marks Activities:?Arbor Day?The Lost Bonnet?Easter Vowel Puzzle MAY/JUNEIdeas: Cloze technique?Word Lists for Mother's Day and Father's Day Activities:?May Day Superstitions?Memorial Day?Flag Day JULY/AUGUSTIdeas: Word Lists for Independence Day and Columbus Sails Activities:?Independence Day Word Hunt and Columbus Sails Each of the monthly teaching ideas includes all of the details and directions you need to use it effectively in your own instruction. ? And to help you quickly locate appropriate activities to build specific skills, you?ll find a special Skills Index that lists each student activity page by number and title, followed by the skill it develops. In short, Ready-to-Use Reading Activities for the Elementary Classroom gives you a comprehensive store of fun-filled games and activities that will catch and hold your students? interests while building specific reading skills throughout the year.