Reading Lesson Plans

Students explore reading for fluency and speed. They discuss reading faster, smoother, and with more expression. Students practice reading with fluency using one minute timed reads. They read "Tin Man Fix-It." Students record how many words they read during the one minute.

Students analyze several stories and poems from Spider magazine. In this analysis lesson students demonstrate through oral response, group work, and written work their comprehension of the reading. There are several activities that include reading, writing, speaking, and vocabulary. Students strengthen their critical thinking skills and practice connecting literature to real life.

Young scholars journey back in time to early China. In this Chinese history instructional activity, students explore China's geography; read about the Shang, Zhou, and Han Dynasties; compare Confucianism and Daoism. Young scholars create PowerPoint presentations that summarize the instructional activity.

Young scholars practice a variety of techniques and strategies for mastering the skills for reading fluently with expression and emotion utilizing timed readings. They read and reread, "Arthur's Reading Race," by Marc Brown and "James and the Good Day."

Complete a decoding and text comprehension activity. Sixth graders will read and discuss a list of strategies for reading and decoding unknown words. First they will read along silently with the teacher using a choral reading technique with an excerpt from the book "Achoo!" by Trudee Romanek. They then independently complete a reading comprehension worksheet.

Determine word meanings in informational text through context clues.  This lesson prompts middle schoolers to look for relationships and other clue words to find the meaning of words in passages.  They complete a handout for practice and keep a learning log of unfamiliar words from a reading assignment.

Looking for an activity to increase fluency? Third graders will practice reading comprehension by expanding their reading level. They will demonstrate for their teacher their current reading level and then decide on a goal to be reached for their reading abilities. They then explore new reading strategies in order to become more efficient. Adaptation: This activity could easily be adapted for another grade or intervention group.

Students read the January 2009 issue of Click Magazine. In this reading comprehension lesson students actively participate in the reading of the articles and stories in the magazine. The students respond to the reading in a variety of ways.

Eighth graders in a remedial reading class are introduced to detective fiction by Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After reading about their lives and work, they define new vocabulary and practice using a guided reading structure to read the material again. To end the instructional activity, they work together to unscramble words and match with the definition.

Learners perform vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening exercises for Ladybug Magazine December 2006. In this magazine lesson plan, students follow the teacher's guide in doing these tasks.