http://teachingsahoot1.blogspot.com/2013/01/word-family-anchor-chart-fun.html

1. This link gives examples of working with phonics through word families and anchoring words. It gives examples how to set up charts and color code things so students will best understand

http://thisreadingmama.com/homemade-printables/phonics-sight-words/

2. This website has a link for over 100 free printables that can be used for phonics, spelling and grammer. Websites with free printables are always great to have on hand and for students who need extra help.

http://theimaginationtree.com/2013/11/phonics-spy-discovery-bottle.html

3. This game is where you put a bunch of items in a jar and mix it in sand, etc and then you have the child pick a card with a letter on it and then the child looks for an object starting with that letter in the jar. This game is designed for beginners. 

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/alphabet_matching

4. This website has different strategies for teaching phonics in the classroom. One example this website has is to match upper and lower case letters and letter bingo.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Strategies-for-Older-Students-by-Phonics-Advantage-589045

5. This website is a link to buy a program that is only five dollars but on the preview it gives a few examples of different worksheets on phonics for older students. I like this because most of the things I have been picking have been geared towards younger kids so its nice to find phonics for older students.

http://extraspecialteaching.blogspot.com/2011/10/chunk-it-and-great-resource.html

6. This activity is bigger words and the students chunk together the words or sounds they know in the big word and hopefully from there be able to sound out the bigger words. This website provides an example worksheet of words you can use. 

http://www.phonics-literacy.com/phonics-for-adults.html

7. I liked this link because it is more geared towards adults. I like this because going into special education I may be working with older students who are still struggling with phonics and this link gives tips on how to teach them without making them feel like a little kid.

 http://www.theclassroomkey.com/2014/09/kid-friendly-syllable-rules.html/

8. This website has activities for teaching syllables to students and counting out how many syllables are in words. It also has printable PDF on worksheets you can use in the classroom.

http://fun-in-first.blogspot.com/2012/09/small-group-phonemic-awareness.html

1. This is eight different activities that have a common theme of workong on phonemic awareness. You could set the classroom up into stations and have students rotate every few minutes to work on each activity. This would be a good way to have students collaborate in small groups.

http://earlyliteracyci5823.pbworks.com/w/page/65610979/Phonemic%20Awareness%20Activities

2. This website has many different easy to recreate activities you can incorporate in your classroom to work on phonemic awareness. These activities seem to be more geared towards younger students. 

http://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-letter-sounds-activity-clip-cards/

3. This webste has links to free printables to help with phonemic awareness. The cards dont have any letters on them because the point of them is to help students hear and identify beginning sounds.

http://teacherbitsandbobs.blogspot.com/2012/01/magic-spoons.html

4. This game has a list of word endings on a piece of paper and then you take a spoon and write a letter and drag it around the page and have the student read aloud the words they created. 

http://thisreadingmama.com/letter-sounds-tic-tac-toe/

5. This game is also geared more towards younger kids. It is tic tac toe for letter sounds, students each recieve a pile of cards and have to match beginning letter sounds to get three in a row.

http://mrsrichardsonfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2012/11/rti-phonemic-awareness.html

6. Although for this link not everything is free, alot of the printables are on the website. It gives an example on how to set up a binder filled with activities and recording sheets for first grade level.

 http://aability.com/styled-3/styled-6/index.html

7. This link goes to a teachers blog who has links to different games that you can play that deal with phonemic awarness. I like this one because all the games are online so kids may be more motivated to play them, not realizing they are learning games. 

http://www.earlychildhoodteacher.org/blog/5-quick-easy-and-fun-phonemic-awareness-activities/

8. This website goes into what phonemic awarness is in a way to easily explain to parents. It also gives very simple things you incorpate into any class that will help with phonemic awarness 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_VuQIKsME

1. This is a video on the "Kick Me" method which is a way to make vocabolary lessons more interactive in the classroom. Students where a taped piece of paper with some part of the definition (or analagy) on their back and student go around the classroom and figure out what word correlates with which students definition.

http://growingbookbybook.com/2011/10/31/muffin-tin-reading-games/

2. This is an example of how to make learing voacb into more of a game. You take a muffin tin and write the vocab word on the muffin holder and the kids throw a ball into the word they think goes with the definition read aloud. This would be a way to get kids out of their seat but still learning.

http://storiesandchildren.com/sight-words-game-tower/

3. This is an example where you take a jenga game and write a vocab word on each block, when a student pulls out the block they need correctly state the definition to earn the point. This would be a fun way to study for a big end of unit voacb test

 http://thisreadingmama.com/using-context-teach-vocabulary/

4. This is a link to a womans blog who explains way to teach vocabulary. She believes the best way to do so it to teach it in context. As a teacher I should know the words that students may struggle with ahead of time and from there pull out a definition based on the context the students are learning the word in.

http://www.middleweb.com/15903/ten-minute-vocabulary-lesson/

5. This website has an activity call the 10 minutes vocab lesson. I think this is imporant because vocab is something that should be taught regurally but you dont want to take up to much free time so this is an example of short mini lessons to encorporate in your day

http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com/index.php/blog/having-a-ball-with-vocabulary-diy-style

6. This is a game for students who like to be up and out of their seats. You take a beach ball and write the units vocab words on it with dry earse marker. The students stand around the room and pass it to eachother, wherever your hand is when you catch it is the vocab word you define. If you get it wrong you sit down. 

 http://lewislearninglibrary.blogspot.com/2011/02/managment-monday-tuesday-other.html?showComment=1310685889346#c6954643966899305653

7. This link shows another game that you can have in your class. The students wear a vocab word on their head and then the kids go around to their classmates and they write clues or definitions on a worksheet and the kids guess what word is on their head. 

 http://elearninginfographics.com/tips-for-effective-vocabulary-instruction-infographic/

8. This link talks about the do's and don'ts for effective vocab teaching. One that stood out to me was that having students copy definitions down really doesnt help them retain information. 

http://theclassroomkey.blogspot.com/2014/10/making-your-thinking-visible-with.html

1. This is a checklist for ways to make sure students truly are understanding what they are reading. Examples of some things on the list include sparking background knowledge, asking quesitons, making inferences, and making real world connections.

http://www.classroomfreebies.com/2014/11/reading-comprehension.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+ClassroomFreebies+(Classroom+Freebies)

2. This link goes to a website that provides free worksheets that can be used to see how well students in early elementary understand what they are reading. It also has tabs on the website that leads to other free printables for all grades.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/using-comprehension-strategies

3. This website provides different strategies that are useful when working with comprehension. The website provides a free printable PDF on the different strategies and different examples and actitivies that you can use to make sure you are using all the strategies.

http://www.themeasuredmom.com/reading-comprehension-strategy-help-kids-remember-read/#_a5y_p=1961968

4. This website gives tips on what to do when you have students that are hacing difficulties rememeber and comprehending what they just read. They give examples such as having the student read short sections aloud and then in their own words saying back what they just read.

http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-yellow-brick-road-retelling.html

5. This website provides an activity dealing with comprehension when working with students who need to be up and out of their seats. It suggests making a "yellow brick road" and hop from square to square and at each one explain I different aspect of what you read.

http://growingbookbybook.com/2015/02/20/reading-comprehension-rainbow-retelling/#_a5y_p=3383434

6. This is another example for an activity for students that don't enjoy just worksheets. This is a bracelet and each color represents a different part of the story, once you know the different parts you add the corresponding bead color and once your braclet is done it means you are ready to share your story.

http://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/luckeyfrogs-lilypad-3809080?blog=3809080&post=2443610015&viewer=true

7. This link gives examples on ways to help students refer back to the texts when they are struggling with comprehending what they are reading. It gives tips on underlining and annotating for younger students.

8. http://www.readingrockets.org/article/seven-strategies-teach-students-text-comprehension

This website gives examples of different strategies to consider when initially teachering comprehension in the classroom. I think that graphic organizers is a great way to monitor and have students show what they know.

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-tips/what-to-do-when-your-child-hates-reading/

1. This article talks about what to do when you have a child that absolutely hates reading. It suggests how starting with shared reading and fun books about the students interests may help ease the student into reading and motivate them to want to read and learn more about what they are interested in.

http://www.teach123school.com/2012/06/students-who-have-given-up.html

2. This is an article written by a teacher on what to do when you have students who have "given up". She gives many tips on what to do but a the main one is to have students take ownership for their actions and by doing so you empower them.

http://womenconnectonline.com/motivate-defiant-and-disruptive-students-to-learn/

3. This website although designed more so to parents can be easily translated into the classroom. It gives different tips on ways to motivate students who may be disruptive in the classroom and while doing school work. It suggests making work fun and fair and find things that work into their interests.

http://edge.ascd.org/blogpost/5-ways-to-help-students-motivate-themselves

4. This link talks about different ways to motivate students but suggest that the stronger the relationship you build with the student they may be more likely to do work and feel guilty when they don't. Using negative language with a student that is already not motivate, will just make them continue not to try or care.

http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2013/01/the-power-of-random-reward-in-your.html

5. This article talks about having a random reward system in your classroom. It gives examples on when is and is not an apporperiate time to be using a reward system and examples of different small rewards you can use.

 http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/21-simple-ideas-to-improve-student-motivatio/

6. This link gives 21 simple things you can do in your classroom to help students become more motivated. I notice the more links i see on motivation it seems that giving kids control to some extent, can be very helpful when working with a student who doesn't enjoy their classwork. The website suggests giving students the choice to decide what type of assignment they want to complete.

http://teach.com/what/teachers-change-lives/teachers-motivate

7. Another article I found that talks about motivating students hits some of the same points but something that stood out to me was to connect what you are learning and doing to the real world. I know from personal experience that when I can related what I am doing to the real world I am much more likely to try on an assignment. 

http://edge.ascd.org/blogpost/what-can-i-say-to-myself-to-help-me-learn-and-live-well

8. This link is a chart that gives examples on different word phrases to tell kids what they say negative things such as "I give up". Changing the childs mindset can make a huge difference. 

http://www.teachingwithamountainview.com/2013/04/top-10-tips-for-building-fluent-readers.html

1. This article give different tips that you can incorporate into your everyday teaching that will help improve students fluency. I like this because it isnt a set lesson but something you can do within other lessons so students are working on fluency without even realizing it.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fluency-Workstation-Voice-Jar-with-18-Emotions-711233

2. This website is actually a link to buy the fluency activity but I think it would be very simple to make on your own. This activity would work best with younger students in groups or pairs and each group has an emotion jar and a book or something to read. The jar is filled with different emotions and expression and whatever the student picks, is how they have to read it.

http://littleliteracylearners.blogspot.com/2012/10/fluency-with-letters-and-sounds_29.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/OMKDL+(Little+Literacy+Learners)

3. This website provides mini lessons working with fluency for letters and sounds for each day of the week. The link goes to a teachers blog where she gives worksheets and activities she uses throughout the week. She names each day "move it Monday", "time it Tuesday", "one breath Wednesday", "Throw it Thursday" and "flip it Friday".

http://www.teachingwithamountainview.com/2013/04/top-10-tips-for-building-fluent-readers.html

4. This is a link goes to a teachers blog who after teacher compiled the best tips when teaching students fluency. A few of the suggestions she makes are have students read everything outloud and a readers theatre. She also talks about different programs that school districts may fund but that she believes are worth it. The one she really reccomends was the six minute solution.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fluency-Folder-118802

5. This link goes to a pdf file that is free and has different print outs to put in a childs individual reading folder. You can use the worksheets to monitor the childs work on fluency and tract their improvement.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/fluency-instructional-guidelines-and-student-activities

6. This link provides tips on helping students develop fluency in reading. If gives suggestions on what to read, how to model it, and different activities to do depending on if the student is working with peers or an adult.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3U8pjX4p2c

7. This is a video that describes what fluency is and why it is important. This could be useful to refer to when parents don't understand what it is or why its important because it gives great examples and easy to understand explanations.

http://www.meade.k12.sd.us/Curriculum/5th%20Grade%20Fluency%20Passages/

8. This is a link to a site that has free fluency passages for different grade levels. I looked specifically at the 5th grade level and it gives different passage for different parts of the year. This can always be useful and its free.