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Using Evidence to Describe a Character
It's all about the details found in the text, when children attempt to describe the main character from the story, Burnt Toast on Davenport Street. They first discuss the process by which one would go about using textual...
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Changes in Character
Third graders read the book Hi New Baby! and identify how the main character changes throughout the story. In this character lesson plan, 3rd graders write descriptive clues to explain the changes in feelings of the character.
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Organizing Information into an Outline
Students explore outlines. In this nonfiction comprehension and study skills lesson, students complete a traditional outline for the book Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire following guided instruction as the teacher models gathering...
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Conducting Research
Third graders conduct research. For this conducting research lesson, 3rd graders discuss the importance of nonfiction text in providing factual information. Students write questions about an assigned topic and research using...
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Explicit Information in Fiction
Third graders read the story Freckle Juice and answer short answer questions by providing explicit information. In this explicit information worksheet, 3rd graders do this for chapters 3, 4, and 5.
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Facts and Opinions in a Variety of Genres
Here is a lesson dedicated to helping learners understand the differences between facts and opinions. They examine the first page of several books from the class library to determine if the book is fact or opinion based. A Venn diagram...
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Distinguishing Facts from Opinions
Third graders use a scavenger hunt worksheet to look through classroom books and resources and identify facts and opinions. In this fact and opinion lesson plan, 3rd graders look through non fiction and fiction books.
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Similes
A simile is a non literal phrase that needs to be deciphered for contextual meaning. Similes are also fun to read and write. Third graders get cozy with similes found in the book If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M....
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Realistic Fiction
Explore the characteristics of realistic fiction by reading and then analyzing the book, Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber. Using the I do, we do, you do model, learners practice identifying realistic fiction...
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Science Fiction
Third graders explore the science fiction genre. In this genres instructional activity, 3rd graders identify the characteristics of science fiction. Students fill out a chart that shows the characteristics. Students read a selection from...
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First and Last Sentences
Third graders discover how to read sentences in a paragraph and know the main idea. For this main idea lesson, 3rd graders read paragraphs, underline the first and last sentences and determine the main idea. Students do guided and...
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Analyzing Character Conflict Caused by the Plot
How do we know how a character was affected by the conflicts they encounter in a story? We use evidence from the text to make assertions about the characters we read about. Third graders practice finding and using evidence in a...
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Plot with More Than One Problem
Every good story has a plot, and every good plot contains a conflict or problem. Third graders familiarize themselves and identify how problems in a story are connected. First as a class and then in small groups or individually, learners...
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Rising and Falling Actions
Rising and falling actions are big parts of how a plot moves through the course of a story, narrative, or novel. Youngsters use examples from their texts as they examine where the action rises and falls in the book, How My Parents...
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Predicting Based on Character Relationships
Students read a book. In this making predictions lesson plan, students learn how to make a prediction in a story and discover how character relationships can help in their predictions. Students read a story stopping to make...
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Visualizing A Setting
Third graders use context clues from the text of the story Rainy Day to determine the setting. In this setting lesson plan, 3rd graders determine the time and place by visualizing.
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Determining Theme Based on Events in the Story
Third graders read the book How the Fox Tricked the Tiger and determine the theme based on the events in the story. In this theme lesson plan, 3rd graders list the events in a graphic organizer.
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Lesson 1:Contrasting Statements
Third graders use contrasting statements to find the meaning of new vocabulary. In this literacy lesson, 3rd graders read a contrasting statement and use the first part to identify the meaning of a word in the second half.
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Appositives
Third graders use the text about a beetle life cycle to identify unknown vocabulary words. In this appositives lesson plan, 3rd graders define the words on the worksheet they are given.
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Identifying Author's Purpose in a Newspaper
Fourth graders read the newspaper and identify the author's purpose. In this language arts lesson, 4th graders read two sections of the newspaper and analyze the characteristics of each section. Students explain in writing how they know...
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Categorizing Texts According To Author's Purpose
Young scholars categorize books into the 3 different kinds of author's purpose. In this author's purpose lesson plan, students categorize them into the categories of entertain, inform, and persuade.
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Cause and Effect Relationships in Historical Fiction
Centered around the book Pink and Say, by Patricia Polacco, the lesson presented here should help your class tackle cause and effect. The teacher reads the first few pages aloud and models in a think-aloud style how to identify...
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Cause and Effect Relationships in Myths
Fourth graders read the myth Why the Cat Purrs and point out the cause and effect relationships in the myth. In this cause and effect lesson plan, 4th graders write a short paragraph about why the cat purrs.
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Protagonist
Teach your class how to identify the protagonist in a story. The plan suggests starting with a protagonist from a tale you have previously read in class. Then, you can read a new story and work together to identify the protagonist,...