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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Looking Closely at Stanza 1—Identifying Rules to Live By Communicated in “If”

For Teachers 6th Standards
Here is a lesson plan in which pupils connect themes and rules to live by from the story Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis to those found in the poem If by Rudyard Kipling. First, scholars discuss their reading and review Bud's...
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

HOT Questions: Creating Meaningful Questions

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Scholars examine a list of questions and sort them into corresponding groups based on similarities. A gallery walk allows peers to see how their peers sorted questions and leave notes. Costa's Level of Questions is the topic of a...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

How Does the Author Convey Themes in Bud, Not Buddy?

For Teachers 6th Standards
After reading up to chapter 12 of Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, scholars read chapter 13 and take part in a grand conversation about the author's writing techniques. Pupils discuss how his writing conveyed literary themes...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Analyzing Structure and Theme in Stanza 4 of “If”

For Teachers 6th Standards
Here is a lesson that provides scholars with two opportunities to stretch their compare-and-contrast muscles. First, learners compare and contrast their experience reading the fourth stanza of If by Rudyard Kipling to listening to the...
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Vocabulary A-Z

5-Day Vocabulary Teaching Plan

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Reinforce important reading skills with a set of vocabulary lesson plans. Middle schoolers complete sentences, play word games, finish analogies, and build their growing vocabulary with a packet of helpful and applicable graphic organizers.
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Activity
Novelinks

The Lightning Thief: Problematic Situation Strategy

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In the novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Percy is faced with a major decision. After reading, chapter 19, discuss the decision-making process Percy took, what he decided to do, and what your...
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Aladdin Paperbacks

Running Out of Time: The Cloze Procedure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Determine if the reading level of Running Out of Time is too easy, to difficult, or just right for your pupils with a cloze reading exercise. After listening to the teacher read the passage, learners fill in the blanks on the cloze...
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Worksheet
E Reading Worksheets

Comprehension and Inference Question Creator

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Encourage learners to ask questions about what they read with a instructional activity about comprehension and inference questions. The resource provides directions and examples that guide kids through crafting their own questions.
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Worksheet
Reading Worksheets

Inferences Worksheet 2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
You might infer that is worksheet is all about making inferences. And you'd be correct! Invite your learners to read four short passages. After reading each passage, pupils make inferences and support their inferences with textual evidence.
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Lesson Plan
Literacy Design Collaborative

Exploring Character Development in The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
How did the Civil Rights Movement affect young people in the United States? Scholars read Christopher Paul Curtis' novel, The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963. Next, they write compare and contrast essays showing how the main characters...
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Lesson Plan
Teaching Tolerance

Social Media for Social Action

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Engage in activism, not slacktivism! Scholars discuss social media and the Internet as tools for social change. Next, they engage in a close reading strategy called Thinking Notes as they read an article about social media activism.
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Workbook
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Fluency

For Students 6th Standards
Become fluent in the language of mathematics. Scholars learn to divide multi-digit whole numbers as well as see how to determine the greatest common factor and least common multiple. They also investigate how to apply the distributive...
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Activity
Curated OER

Maniac Magee: Magic Number Strategy

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Take a break from reading to find the magic number with this vocabulary game using words drawn from Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee.  Participants match the definition to the word in each numbered square of the puzzle, then add the number...
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

James Madison

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Ten questions—fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice—follow an informational reading about James Madison.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Meteors

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An interactive designed to boost reading comprehension skills focuses on meteors. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 multiple-choice questions.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Planet Mars

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Four questions follow an informational reading about the planet Mars. Scholars receive instant feedback and a progress report at the end of the practice. 
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Colonial Rhode Island

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
An interactive focuses on Colonial Rhode Island. Scholars read a brief informational text, then answer 10 questions. Feedback appears immediately and comes with a final progress report.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Spiders

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Spiders are the topic of a reading comprehension reading practice interactive. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 questions.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Civil War

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Test scholars' reading comprehension skills with a practice that focuses on the Civil War. Participants read an informational text then answer 10 questions.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Maryland Colony

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Practice reading comprehension skills with an interactive all about the Maryland Colony. Scholars read a short informational text and then answer 10 questions.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Narwhal

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An informational reading all about narwhals tests scholars reading comprehension skills. After a short reading, learners answer 10 questions.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

North Carolina Colony

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Ten multiple-choice questions make up an interactive practice designed to increase reading comprehension. The topic of the informational reading is the North Carolina Colony.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Mt. Vesuvius and the Lost City of Pompeii

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Mount Vesuvius and the lost city of Pompeii are the focus of an interactive reading practice designed to increase comprehension skills. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 questions.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Sioux (Lakota) Nation

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Scholars test their reading comprehension skills with an interactive that focuses on the Sioux tribe. After reading an informational text, learners answer 10 questions. 

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