Reading Lessons: 3-5
Reading Lessons: K-5
Reading Lessons (K-5) Reading Lessons – From Scholastic. Covering kindergarten through sixth grade. Thousands of free lesson plans, unit plans, discussion guides, and extension activities. Covers many Common Core standards. CCSS.ELA-Literacy English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Literature, Foundational Skills, Informational Text, Speaking and Listening, Language. Key Ideas and Details (Literature and Informational Text) Craft…
More...Reading Passages (K-8)
Reading Passages (K-8) Reading Passages – Must register (free) to have access to passages. Covers reading levels kindergarten through eight grade. The passages can be used for comprehension, fluency, or about any reading skill in the Common Core State Standards. Informational and literary texts. Organized by grade or lexile. The reading passages can be used…
More...5th and 6th Grade Novel Study Units
5th and 6th Grade Novel Study Units 5th and 6th Grade Novel Study Units – These are longer units organized around a single chapter book. These units do not focus on a teaching students any one reading comprehension skill but provide an opportunity for students to practice a suite of reading comprehension skills to master…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Comprehension Units
Common Core Reading Lessons: Comprehension Units Comprehension Units – These research-based units facilitate close reading, precise questioning based on evidence in the text, and focused discussion to enable comprehension of the entire text. Read-aloud and paired text lessons embody the most effective research-proven instructional practices to support student comprehension. Units are based on superb, carefully…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Voice
Common Core Reading Lessons: Voice An author’s tone or attitude toward a subject in a text. Voice Lessons – Covers second through sixth grade. Examples: Identify and describe the author’s voice (feelings) in a poem using the title and textual evidence. Compare and contrast words and phrases in poems with different voices. Give examples of…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Vocabulary in Context
Common Core Reading Lessons: Vocabulary in Context The meaning of a word within a text. Vocabulary in Context Lessons – Covers kindergarten through sixth grade. Examples: Use picture cues to read unknown words. Use visual, meaning, and structure clues together to determine the meaning of a word. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Theme
Common Core Reading Lessons: Theme The underlying message or lesson that the author is trying to convey to the reader. These often include universal values dealing with life, society or human nature. Theme Lessons – Covers second through sixth grade. Examples: Identify the plot and main idea of a story that supports the theme. Identify events…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Setting
Common Core Reading Lessons: Setting Where and when a story takes place. Setting Lessons – Covers kindergarten through sixth grade. Examples: Identify when and where a story takes place. Identify and describe when a story takes place using evidence from pictures, text, and clue words. Determine the implicit setting of a story using context clues…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Sequence
Common Core Reading Lessons: Sequence The order of events or steps in a text. Sequence Lessons – Covers kindergarten through sixth grade. Examples: Show the correct order of events from beginning to end in a story. Use sequence clue words (morning, afternoon, late afternoon, night, and months) to show the correct order of events in…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Predicting
Common Core Reading Lessons: Predicting Using information from a text to decide what will most likely happen next. Predicting Lessons – Covers kindergarten through sixth grade. Examples: Predict the outcome of a story with repeated text. Revise predictions that are incorrect. Make predictions based on character relationships. Create predictions based on historical events. Integration of Knowledge…
More...Common Core Reading Lessons: Point of View
Common Core Reading Lessons: Point of View The perspective from which a story is told to the reader (i.e. first person). Point of View Lessons – Covers kindergarten through sixth grade. Examples: Identify and describe the differences between first person and third person points of view. Identify and describe first person, third person objective, third…
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