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:
SEPTEMBER
Ideas: Phonics Workbooks?Word Lists for Labor Day and Back to School
Activities: Schoolhouse Word Hunt?Back to School Maze...Word Match
OCTOBER
Ideas: The Fun Box?Grading Papers?Word List for Halloween
Activities: Columbus Day Word Hunt... Jack-o?-Lantern Puzzle... Word Hunt
NOVEMBER
Ideas: Visitor's Day?Word Lists for Veterans Day and Thanksgiving
Activities: Turkey Time?Thanksgiving Puzzle?The Lost Feast
DECEMBER
Ideas: Library Center?Read-In?Making a Reading Cave?Game Boards
Activities: Christmas Puzzle?A Letter to Santa?Hanukkah
JANUARY
Ideas: Superstar Bulletin Board?Word List for Martin Luther King Day
Activities: New Year's Eve Puzzle?The Hidden Sled?Snowball Fight
FEBRUARY
Ideas: Broken Heart Game?Library Contest?Word List for Groundhog Day
Activities: Saint Valentine?Sentence Completion?Lincoln's Birthday
MARCH
Ideas: Listening Lesson?Game Board?Word List for St. Patrick's Day
Activities: Shamrock Maze? Shopping Spree?Legend of the Leprechaun
APRIL
Ideas: Scrambled Egg Game ? Using Cartoons to Teach Quotation Marks
Activities: Arbor Day?The Lost Bonnet?Easter Vowel Puzzle
MAY/JUNE
Ideas: Cloze technique?Word Lists for Mother's Day and Father's Day
Activities: May Day Superstitions?Memorial Day?Flag Day
JULY/AUGUST
Ideas: 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.