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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wondering About Saturn: A Short History

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read an article about the history of Saturn. They complete reading comprehension tests. They examine what has been discovered on the planet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Island of the Skog

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the historical events that surround the life of Anne Frank. They study the available information found while doing research. They record events of discrimination seen in school for a short period of time and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Be the Kiwi" - Maori Oral Tradition and Performance

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a story similar to those of the Maori oral tradition.  In this Whale Rider lesson plan, students discuss the way that Maori legends were passed down from generation to generation.  Students choose a land formation and...
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Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Thinking Like an Expert: Teacher Modeling and Thinking Aloud

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource explores instructional practices for using think-aloud in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies classes. Think-Aloud examples are provided in both science and math. Download and print a resource...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Building Reading Comprehension Through Think Alouds

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Think-Aloud method has be shown to improve information retention. The lesson plan contained within this site models for teachers how to model this strategy. There is a rubric included for assessment.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Think Alouds

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Think Alouds help students learn to monitor their thinking as they read an assigned passage. Students are directed by a series of questions which they think about and answer aloud while reading. This process reveals how much they...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Duck for President Think Aloud

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is meant to model a Think Aloud. This strategy models good reading habits for readers: the teacher reads the text aloud and explains their thinking as they read. Duck for President by Doreen...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Read Aloud, Read Along, Read Appropriately to Foster Flexible Readers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The read aloud, read along, and read appropriately strategies involve three phases of reading instruction. As the teacher thinks aloud about what he or she is reading, students begin to understand the connections between the words on the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students make purposeful choices for their reading materials, thinking about their reasons for reading a book and using strategies to match books to their abilities.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Peace Poems and Picasso Doves

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan develops "think-aloud strategies" for reading poetry and incorporating symbols of peace in poetry and art. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Text Talk (Read Aloud)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This online lesson supports the language development and reading comprehension of kindergarten through second graders. Through the use of an innovative "Text talk," strategy, students will explain, develop, and expand upon story ideas....
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Gingerbread Phonics

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Through a shared reading of the familiar text, "The Gingerbread Man," learners can learn to sound out familiar words. You will find step-by-step instructions as well as supplemental materials.
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Unit Plan
Other

Thinkport.org: Monitor Comprehension

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A resourceful site explaining, chronicling, and detailing the idea of students' monitoring their own comprehension of a task or understanding. Includes a video link, quotes from experts, links, and more.
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Questioning the Text

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this magazine article originally featured in Instructor, the reading strategy called "questioning the text" is explained by the renowned literacy consultant and staff developer, Stephanie Harvey. The steps included for questioning the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Listen, Look, and Learn: An Information Gathering Process

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This instructional activity models an information-gathering process for primary learners as they listen to and look at resources, seeking information pertinent to the questions on an information wheel. Guiding the listening, looking, and...
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Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Asking and Answering Questions Professional Development

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Asking and Answering Questions Professional Development provides strategies to teach students how to ask and answer questions more effectively to improve comprehension in the classroom and on standardized assessments. It containing 9...
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Semantic Maps for Morphological Analysis [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Classroom teachers will learn about semantic maps to break words into meaningful word parts, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement semantic maps, understand how to measure progress with semantic...