College Board
The Departure
Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using the Prediction Strategy to Set Purposes for Reading
Contains plans for three lessons that teach a reading comprehension technique called the prediction strategy, where young scholars predict what will happen in a story before reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Asking and Answering Questions About Our Story
Today's lesson is all about asking and answering questions so we can strengthen comprehension.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Questioning Text
Creating a product and illustrations make this lesson great for teaching about questioning. Students will ask and answer questions about a text via the assistance of a graphic organizer.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Shadows Shadows Everywhere!
Shadows are all around us.Students will use reading comprehension strategies to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
Utah Education Network
Uen: A Quilt of Many Colors
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Valerie Flournoy's "The Patchwork Quilt". Students will participate in making making a class quilt to signify a sense of community.
Other
Critical Thinking Community: Remodeling Lessons to Encourage Critical Thought
Learn to re-model your lesson plans to include room for critical thought and higher levels of learning. Re-modeled lessons cite specific critical thinking strategies. Wonderful examples include Corduroy, "The Pledge of Allegiance," "What...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Little House on the Prairie"
Using Little House In The Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, this instructional activity focuses on the concept of time and place, phonics, and comprehension strategies. It is an interactive instructional activity with classroom dialogue...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Looking at Punctuation
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to high interest articles. Students will participate in reading aloud from various texts and analyzing punctuation in sentences. Students will follow author models...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Rock Hounds at Heart
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to William Steig's book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Students will discuss this book and then will investigate different rocks and their properties.
Utah Education Network
Uen: 2nd Grade Act. 02: Healthy Foods
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Russell Hoban's book, Bread and Jam for Frances. Students will listen to the story and discuss, and after, 2nd graders will place the foods from their favorite...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
This is a first grade reading comprehension lesson to teach students how to make text-to-self connections while reading.