interactive hands-on reading experience
Reading Strategies Toolkits supplement literacy instruction and develop key reading skills. Lessons include everything needed to teach 6 reading strategies using hands‐on materials and manipulatives, as well as remediation and enrichment options.
- Reinforces key literacy skills including phonemic awareness, print concepts, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, and reading comprehension.
- Teaches specific strategies that can be used with any informational text or reading passage.
- 20-minute lessons easily integrate with core curriculum
Cover 6 Reading Strategies

Step 1
Find and Follow

Step 2
Blend Sounds and Syllables

Step 3
Segment and Swap

Step 4
Smooth and Speed

Step 5
Define and Contextualize

Step 6
Read to Understand
Components & Configurations

Lesson Plans
Structured lesson plans are scripted to help teachers move through lessons in a timely fashion and offer remediation and enrichment options.

Sample Text
Grade-level passages of literature and informational text are ready to use and has colorful images that connect the student to the text.

Activity Sheets
Reading Response Sheets help students practice the strategies as they read.

Manipulatives
Hands-on tools coupled with specific strategies allow students meet learning objectives while building confidence.
Reading Strategies Toolkits Include
Grade K
Classroom Toolkit
Lessons
- Listening to Rhymes
- Word Stretch
- Syllable Tap-Out
- Overlay Word Families
- Replacing Adjectives
- Picture Predictions
- Questioning Fun
- Story Sequencing
- Our Garden
- Picture Pages
- Captive Captions
- Poetry Particulars
Sample Lessons & Correlations
Small Group Toolkit
Lessons
- Listening to Rhymes
- Word Stretch
- Syllable Tap-Out
- Overlay Word Families
- Replacing Adjectives
- Picture Predictions
- Questioning Fun
- Story Sequencing
- Our Garden
- Picture Pages
- Captive Captions
- Poetry Particulars
Sample Lessons & Correlations
Grade 1
Classroom Toolkit
Lessons
- Looking for L-Blends
- Magic –e
- Word Substitution
- Focus on Predictions
- Drawing Conclusions
- Responding to Literature
- Reading Punctuation
- Searching for S-Blends
- Substituting with Synonyms
- Featuring Text Features
- Image Inferencing
- Rolling With the Topic
Sample Lessons & Correlations
Small Group Toolkit
Lessons
- Looking for L-Blends
- Magic –e
- Word Substitution
- Focus on Predictions
- Drawing Conclusions
- Responding to Literature
- Reading Punctuation
- Searching for S-Blends
- Substituting with Synonyms
- Featuring Text Features
- Image Inferencing
- Rolling With the Topic
Sample Lessons & Correlations
Grade 2
Classroom Toolkit
Lessons
- Bossy-R
- Prefixing Words
- Compounding Words
- Tense Tension
- Sequencing in Stories
- Looking for Predictions
- Context Puzzle
- Details and Diagrams
- Picturing Details
- Words in Context
- Comparative Coaching
- Boxed in Fluency
Sample Lessons & Correlations
Small Group Toolkit
Lessons
- Bossy-R
- Prefixing Words
- Compounding Words
- Tense Tension
- Sequencing in Stories
- Looking for Predictions
- Context Puzzle
- Details and Diagrams
- Picturing Details
- Words in Context
- Comparative Coaching
- Boxed in Fluency