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Kites are Slow, Reading is Fast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Speed read with your third, fourth, and fifth graders. Learners pair up and work together to improve their oral fluency. Use the technique of covering up unknown words to isolate the vowel and decode the word. There's a sheet included to...
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Making Connections

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate visual imagery to aid reading comprehension. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders discover how visual imagery helps in comprehending a story. Students use a reader's notebook to record connections.
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Summarizing: Using Hand Motions for Key Words or Points

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Learning to summarize texts takes practice. Jump into the training ring and guide your learners through a summarizing practice session. The classic direct instructional practice of "I do, you do, we do" is used to help them identify key...
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Reader's Theater Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Reader's Theater lesson plans get students reading in a fun and motivating way.
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Relating to Franklin's Age of Reason

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a selection describing 13 virtues from "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." They keep track of their behavior and whether or not they can keep up with 5 chosen virtues. They write a 5 paragraph essay on their...
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Cinderella Stories

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read and compare Cinderella stories using a worksheet. They write and illustrate original tales with a twist.
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The French in Texas

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use Internet to examine early French exploration and settlement in Texas, and write journal entries from point of view of 17th Century French settler, French or Spanish explorer, or Native American whose land was taken.
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Express Yourself!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students practice the strategy of reading fluently with expression with the story "Who took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" They read and reread the story utilizing different strategies when stuck on a word. Students practice whole...
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Reading the Newspaper

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read the newspaper.  In this newspaper lesson, students become familiar with the various parts of a newspaper. They read specific parts, highlight important information and summarize what they read. 
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Their Eyes are Watching

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a character map for each character in the novel, adding to each as he or she is revealed in "Their Eyes Were Watching God." They document how each character deals with attitudes and injustices.
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Synonymous Sharks

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Pupils locate and read an Internet article on sharks. They write a summary of the article, and complete a Concept of Definition Map using information from the article.
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Did You Hear That? Sounded Like Fluency!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work to improve their reading fluency. With a partner, they read sentence strips and reread them to make the sentence more fluent and meaningful. Then, with a partner, they read and reread stories together and track their...
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Summarization Safari

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a piece of fiction text. After reviewing the correct way to question while reading, students independently read a short story. They complete a summary organizer using the five Ws outlined by the instructor during...
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To Question Or Not To Question?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice questioning to aid in creating meaning when reading. Through guided practice, they read a passage from a chapter book and answer in-text and inference questions. Independently, they read another chapter from the...
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Sunny or Shady?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice answering questions to aid in creating meaning when reading. Through guided practice, they read a passage from the chapter book "Tuck Everlasting" and answer in-text and inference questions. Independently, they read...
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"Beeing" Expressive: Growing Independence and Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice independence and fluency in reading. They read and reread Honeybees until they become fluent. Students focus on expression while reading. Students read with expression while working on fluency. They read with a partner.
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READY, SET, READ!!!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explain what it means to be a fluent reader and why it is an important part of learning to read. They become aware that fluency is a reader's ability to read words quickly, smoothly, and with emotions. Students pass out books...
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Is That Movie OK?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read movie reviews. In this language arts lesson, students read and discuss a movie review. Students use the information from the review to determine if the movie is appropriate for viewing. Students
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In Summary

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read selections from library books and summarize what they read. They listen to a summary and guess which paragraph the student is summarizing.
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Speedy Gonzoloz!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore how to read in a smooth, fast manner with expression. They practice reading a selected text within their reading groups. Students work on fluency while reading. They create a recording of the book and then listen to the...
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Don't Throw Away That Junk Mail!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study junk mail to learn the techniques that advertisers use to attract and hold a person's attention.
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The Link With TV and Vegetables

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore Philo Farnsworth, a fourteen year old farm boy in 1921, who thought up the idea of television. By the time he was in a high school physics class he drew his concept.
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Safe from the Storm

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the poem "Snowbound" after brainstorming what a place of refuge is and why it's needed. They, in pairs, meet and write a list of ten attributes that describe a refuge. They write a paragraph describing the look, feel,...
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Biographical Research Paper

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students choose a subject for a biographical research paper. They use books, the Internet, encyclopedias and articles to gather information on a determined subject then follow a rubric to write a research paper.

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