Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: I See the Weather

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will answer text-dependent questions for the expository text "Seasons and Weather". While text-dependent questions have been around for a long time, Common Core asks teachers to focus on them during reading. This lesson includes...
Lesson Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Vocabulary Games

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Begin building a better vocabulary through this comprehensive lesson plan with vocabulary games. L.11-12. 6 Vocabulary
Activity
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 1: Reading Literature: Show Understanding of Text

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
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.
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Other

Curriculum Associates: Determining Theme or Central Idea [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
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...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: rl.k.5 Recognize Common Types of Texts (e.g., Storybooks, Poems).

For Teachers K Standards
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.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Miss Nelson Is Missing Key Details

For Teachers 1st
Where did Miss Nelson go? We look at the key details in the text to determine what is happening throughout the story.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Opposing Points of View in History

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
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...
Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Evaluating the Connotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Point of View

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Think, Write, Read: Expository Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
While this lesson's main focus will be centered on expository writing, it will also integrate reading, computer, and organizational skills. After reading the novel, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, students will write an expository...
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Main Idea & Details

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This interactive lesson offers clarification and practice in the realm of main ideas and details.
Activity
Education.com

Education.com: How Is a Star Born? [Pdf]

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Have you ever looked into the night sky and wondered where all those millions and millions of stars come from? Find out here with a mini astronomy lesson! You'll discover what stars are made of and how...
Activity
Library and Archives Canada

Nlc: Defining Primary and Secondary Sources

For Students 2nd - 9th Standards
Libraries and archives hold documents and books that can be used for your research projects. Learn how to divide and identify them into primary and secondary sources in this tutorial.