Essential Skills: Reading Activities.

This collection of reading activities was designed to give classroom teachers in Kentucky a variety of approaches, options, and techniques for teaching the essential skills in reading. The activities and skills are organized into units according to grade level; one series of activities follows each reading objective determined to be an indicator of whether a student should pass to the next higher level of achievement. Related activities are cross-referenced. The activities in the primary and intermediate grades are designed to be as multi-sensory as possible to meet the learning style needs of all students. Whenever possible, the activities for a specific skill are listed in a sequential order from introductory to advanced, especially in kindergarten and grades one and two. In grades six through twelve, the activities are listed for different content areas in an effort to emphasize reading as a cross-curricular process and to remind all teachers that reading skills are essential to successful learning in every classroom. (ARH)