100 Words Kids Need to Read

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As you well know, comprehending sight words is critical to learning to read. These grade-specific workbooks offer a practical way your students can review common words at home to improve their reading fluency and test performance. Each workbook offers engaging activities that give kids practice reading, writing, and using the words. An added bonus: each book comes with a tear-out "mini-book" that weaves the sight words into a lively story, plus a pull-out poster featuring 100 book suggestions students are sure to love.

See printable activity sheets for these words:
girl (PDF)
took (PDF)
enough (PDF)

Teaching Vocabulary to Your Child with Francie Alexander
Scholastic's Reading Resources Network is putting the focus on vocabulary. Here, you'll find activities and resources to use in your classroom, a model lesson on video, and an online development session for vocabulary instruction.

Frequently Asked Questions about Teaching Vocabulary
Get answers to the most frequently asked questions about teaching vocabulary from Francie Alexander, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Scholastic Education, former teacher and district reading consultant, and author.

Books for Teaching Vocabulary Building Strategies
This teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use.

LESSON PLAN	Dragonwings: Evaluate Chapters 10-12 Suggests a literary response exercise. Students independently read Dragon Wings and write a newspaper page that depicts events from the story.
UNIT PLAN	Connotation: Effective Word Choice Promotes effective word choice, with a fun and exciting introduction of connotation through an examination of sports team names.