Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Vocabulary Games
Begin building a better vocabulary through this comprehensive lesson plan with vocabulary games. L.11-12. 6 Vocabulary
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Text Structure Activities
Numerous links related to analyzing text structures are provided on this site. Lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, graphic organizers, rubrics, and quizzes related to text structures are also provided to support students while analyzing...
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1: Reading Literature: Show Understanding of Text
This quick lesson from the Common Core Literacy eHandbook teaches students what questions to ask and how to answer questions to show your understanding of literature.
Other
Curriculum Associates: Determining Theme or Central Idea [Pdf]
For this reading comprehension lesson unit, students are guided in learning how to find the main theme or idea of a text and understanding how details in the text convey that. Includes lots of exercises and examples, as well as...
Read Works
Read Works: "Lon Po Po" and "A Tricky Monkey"
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will read "Lon Po Po" and "A Tricky Monkey" and answer comprehension questions based on these fictional stories. This unit meets multiple Common Core Reading Standards for 3rd-grade literature.
TES Global
Blendspace: rl.k.5 Recognize Common Types of Texts (e.g., Storybooks, Poems).
In this module, students will read two texts on the topic of pancakes and distinguish between the text that is a storybook and the text that is a poem.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Opposing Points of View in History
After reading/listening to the picture book I am the Dog I am the Cat by Donald Hall in which two characters have opposing viewpoints, students are asked to look deeply at opposing viewpoints of real people just before the Revolutionary...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Evaluating the Connotation
This lesson focuses on evaluating the connotation of a vocabulary word. It defines connotation and gives an example. It details three steps: read the word in context, determine the tone of the overall reading, and compare the tone with...
Read Works
Read works.org: The Artist Who Painted Herself
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this read aloud lesson to teach concepts such as main idea, using pictures to gain information, and recount key details from an informational text. This lesson plan aligns with Common Core standards...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Point of View
In this lesson, students compare/contrast two versions of "The Three Little Pigs" including the traditional from the pigs' point of view and "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith version as told from...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Extra! Extra! What's the Big Idea?!
Get the feel of running a newspaper by selecting articles and pictures. If you are interested in checking out real newspapers, there is a clickable list of online newspapers for younger readers.