National Reading Month

Transcription

1 A FREE RESOURCE PACK FROM EDUCATIONCITY National Reading Month PreK 6 th Topical Teaching Resources Grade Range Free school resources by EducationCity. This may be reproduced for class use.

2 What Does This Pack Include? This pack has been created by teachers, for teachers. In it you ll find high quality teaching resources to encourage your students to celebrate the joy of reading. To go directly to the content, simply click on the title in the index below: FACT SHEETS Pre-K Grade 2 Grades 3-6 Discover the importance of reading and why it s a skill we should learn. Learn about the benefits of reading and explore the author, Dr. Seuss. ACTIVITY SHEETS Pre-K Grade 2 Grades 3-6 Students can keep track of every day that they read with their very own calendar. Challenge students to set their own goal to help them finish reading a book. THINKITS Pre-K Grade 2 Grades 3-6 Discuss different types of books with your students. Discuss with your students why it s a good idea to read every day. Other Resources Linking to the Theme Before deciding what to include in your lesson, check out our online content, which you can use as part of your National Reading Month lesson. It s simple to find, just enter the Content ID number in EducationCity s Search tool! THINKIT THINKIT ACTIVITY Reading with Expression - Content ID: Reading Unfamiliar Words - Content ID: Read Between the Lines - Content ID: Discuss tips for reading aloud with expression. Explore word parts with your students to help them play a Wordsmith game. Recognize types of figurative language in writing. Enjoyed these resources? Why not start a free trial of the full EducationCity resource and see what else we can offer you? us at educationcitysupport@edmentum.com or call us on

3 Fact Sheet National Reading Month National Reading Month is a month that encourages and National Reading Month is a month when we are reminded how motivates children to read every day of the year. important it is to read. We We read read for for many many reasons. reasons. We might We might read read to learn to learn how to how put to together put a model together rocket a or model to learn rocket facts or about to learn panda facts bears. about We panda read to bears. understand We read different to understand people, and different many people, times we and read many just times because we it read is fun! just A good because story it can is fun! let us A imagine good story all kinds can let of things. us imagine all kinds of things. Reading is an important skill for us to learn. Reading is known to improve our concentration, memory and The also more develop we read, our the vocabulary better we knowledge. get at reading. It s a good goal to read at least a little every day. The more we read, the better we get at reading. It s a good goal There to read are lots at least of good a little books every to read. day. You might like books with facts, animals, or poems. The There people are who lots write of good books books are called to read. authors. You might like books with facts,animals, or poems. You probably have some favorite authors. One famous author The of people children s who books write books is Dr. Seuss. are called authors. He You signed probably his books have Dr. some Seuss, favorite but authors. his real name One was Theodor famous Seuss author Geisel. of He children s was born books on March is Dr. 2, Seuss Dr. He Seuss s signed books his books are known Dr. Seuss, for their but silly his rhymes real and bright, name colorful was Theodor pictures. Seuss Geisel. He was born on March 2, 1904 Some books by Dr. Seuss are The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Dr. and Seuss s Horton books Hears are a known Who! for their silly rhymes and bright, colorful pictures. Some books by Dr. Seuss are The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, and Horton Hears a Who!

4 Fact Sheet National Reading Month National Reading Reading Month Month is is in in March. March. It is It a is month a month when that we are reminded encourages how and important motivates it is to children read. to read every day of the year. There are lots of reasons to read. Reading is an important life skill. There are lots of reasons to read. Reading helps each child s You will use it almost every day, from reading a recipe to reading developmental journey. You will use it almost every day, from hints on how to advance to the next level in your video game. reading a recipe to reading hints on how to advance to the next Just level like in with your any video skill, game. the more you practice reading the better you Just will like get. with Reading any helps skill, you the to more learn you new practice words and reading new the information. better you will get. Reading helps you to learn new words and new information. Reading can help you learn about new people, places, and things. It can help you to travel to far Reading away places can help and you times learn as you about imagine new people, the settings places, in a and good things. story. It can help you to travel to far away places and times as you imagine the settings in a good story. Reading is also good for your health. Reading for pleasure each day can make you feel less stressed. Reading is also good for your health. Reading for pleasure each day can make you feel less stressed. There are many different fiction genres you can read such as action, adventure, poetry, fantasy, There are mystery, many history, different political, fiction genres and science you can fiction. read You such may as action, read informational adventure, poetry, texts too. fantasy, mystery, history, political, and science fiction. You may read informational texts too. You probably have a favorite author from when you were a young child. One famous author is Dr. You Seuss. probably You may have have a favorite read one author of his from books, when for example you were The a young Cat in the child. Hat, One The famous Lorax, Green author Eggs is Dr. and Seuss. Ham, or You Horton may have Hears read a Who! one of his books, for example The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Green Eggs and Ham, or Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss is a pen name. Dr. Seuss s real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. He was born on March Dr. Seuss 2, is a pen name. Dr. Seuss s real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. He was born on March 2, Dr. Seuss started his career illustrating cartoons. Later, he became famous as a children s book author. Dr. Seuss started his career illustrating cartoons. Later, he became famous as a children s book author. Some of his books are silly and full of nonsense rhymes. Some of his books, while still rhyming, have Some more of his serious books topics are such silly and as The full Butter of nonsense Battle Book, rhymes. which Some is about of his war, books, and while The Lorax, still which rhyming, is about have protecting more serious the environment. topics such as The Butter Battle Book, which is about war, and The Lorax, which is about protecting the environment.

5 Activity Sheet Use the calendar. Draw a smiley face for every day that you you read. At the end of the month, week, look at how much you read! Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

6 Activity Sheet Use the calendar. Draw a smiley face for every day that you you read. At the end of the month, week, look at how much you read! Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

7 Activity Sheet Set a goal. It may be to read a certain number of of pages a night, a night, to to finish finish a book, a book, or to or read to read for a for certain a certain number number of of Write your goal on the calendar. Record your progress toward your goal on on the the calendar. At the end of the month, week, check to see whether you made your goal. goal. Goal: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8 Activity Sheet Set a goal. It may be to read a certain number of of pages a night, a night, to to finish finish a book, a book, or to or read to read for a for certain a certain number of Write your goal on the calendar. Record your progress toward your goal on on the the calendar. At the end of the month, week, check to see whether you made your goal. goal. Goal: Read 15 minutes every night. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Read 25 Read 20 Read 26 Read 18 Read 16 Read 22 Read 20 Read 18 Read 25 Read 28 Read 24 Read 20 Read 25 Read 29 Read 19 Read 16 Read 20 Read 15 Read 25 Read 28 Read 22 Read 22 Read 20

9 g. Stig is looking for book in the library. Stig is looking There are for a many book books. in the library. There are many books. How can he find the one he needs? How can he find the one he needs? What How are can some he things find the the one president he needs? does? What are some things the president does? National Reading Month National Reading Month

10 Books are organized in the library by topic. All of the storybooks are in one place. The poetry books are in another, and the books on animals are in another place. What are some other types of books? What kinds of books do you like to read? National Reading Month

11 Stig likes to read before he goes to bed. Why is it a good idea to read every day?

12 The more you read, the better you get at it. Reading helps you to learn new words and information. It also helps you to feel less stressed. How often do you read? What kinds of books do you like to read? National Reading Month

13 Get to Know EducationCity EducationCity connects teaching and learning by pairing time-saving teacher tools with standardsaligned student activities to drive targeted instruction. Colorful animation and interactive resources bring learning to life in this engaging, online program for prek-6th grade students. Explore Teach Learn Target Monitor Robust content aligned to state, Common Core, and Next Generation Science Standards Flexible resources simplify lesson planning and drive instruction for various learner types Structured activities foster independent learning and promote topic reinforcement Generate individualized learning paths to support more personalized learning Easy-to-use, realtime reports track student progress and performance 6 Subjects, 1 Program All of our elementary teaching resources are created by our talented in-house education team, and correlated to state and national standards to help you support students everywhere learning occurs. Math Language Arts Science Computing Learn English Matemàtics Start your FREE EducationCity trial today! Topical resources are just one of the many teaching and learning tools EducationCity has to offer. Get access to student activities, instructional tutorials, critical thinking questions, lesson plans, and more. Don t miss out visit to get started. Contact us today for more information edmentum.com 5600 W 83rd Street Suite 300, 8200 Tower info@edmentum.com Bloomington, MN 55437