Available Resources for Animals Unit:

Additional Literature Recommendations

Blending and Phonics

Blog (tips for teaching the Open Court Reading Program)

Chants

Concept Question Board

Decodable Book Activities

Discussion Board (ask a question, network with other OCR teachers)

eBooks

Fluency Timer for Mac OS

General Open Court Resources (not grade level specific)

GLAD Strategies

Chants
Animal Unit Incentives by Kristen Walker

Independent Work Time/Workshop

Gorilla Sentence Scramble Worksheet
Independent Work Time.com
the missing manual of how, why, and what to do during IWT

Integrating Technology

Animal Research Voicethread by Michelle Ngai

Links for Research

Literacy Coaches

Movies

Newsletters

Parent Resources

Picture Files:

Vocabulary Picture File by J. Reyes

Animals and Babies Matching by Khristi Phillips

Powerpoints

Reader's Theater

Recommended Literature

Related Open Court Units

Kindergarten: By the Sea
First Grade: Homes (Animal Homes)
Second Grade: Look Again (Camouflage)
Third Grade: City Wildlife

Response to Intervention (RTI) Resources

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Sight Words

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Thinking Maps

Unit Openers

Writing Activities