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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Read and Write From Top to Bottom and Left to Right

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Teach students to remind themselves (and train their eyes and brains) to go from top to bottom, left to right and page by page! This lesson plan includes a catchy song to the tune of Mary had a Little Lamb to help students remember this...
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Graphic
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Alphabet Book [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st Standards
A ready to print and easy to use graphic organizer to help students plan alphabet books on any subject.
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Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: sl.k.5 Lesson Plans

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from four quality lesson plans to help students practice the Common Core Standard of adding drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Strategic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students complete a graphic organizer to record prior knowledge before reading, ask questions while reading, and summarize a text after reading. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Classifying Info [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to find the main idea and supporting details. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Fiction and Nonfiction Sort [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Venn Diagram [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars read two literary texts then compare and contrast them by completing a Venn diagram. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Book Look [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which learners look through a book to identify text features and complete a graphic organizer. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Nar Text Structure: Story Sequence Organizer [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to sequence the story and finally create an illustrated storyboard. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Ring [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and answer questions about the plot. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narr. Text Structure: Picture the Character

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete a graphic organizer to illustrate and write characteristics of one of the characters. Materials are included.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Come Play With Me

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This interactive nonfiction ebook focuses children playing. Students can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Spine Labels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a first or second grade library skills unit, conducted by the librarian with help from the art, computer, and homeroom teachers. Students will create: their own book cover and title page containing title, author & slideshow...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dewey Decimal Classification System Mural

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will select a book from an assigned section in the non-fiction area of the library. After reading the books, students will write a paragraph that summarizes the content area of the book. Students will illustrate the book that...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Publishing a Book Report Using Word Processing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan provides students with the basic steps to using word processing. Students will use word processing software to publish a final copy of a book report. Students will review the main parts of a book report. This lesson plan...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Students Write a Newspaper

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
For this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...
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Professional Doc
Axelson Academy

Axelson Academy: The Roles of the Author and the Illustrator in Literature

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This video resource explains the roles that authors and illustrators have in literature.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Over the Rainbow

For Teachers K Standards
Students review and conclude our color unit. Students graph their favorite colors.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 10: Toddling Toward Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Reba McEntire, "Toddling Toward Reading" examines what it takes to give preschoolers the early literacy skills they need to become successful readers. Features children's book author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, whose...
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Collection

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This collection foster students' interest in reading and writing, and encourage positive social skills with this collection of classroom resources from ARTHUR. Aimed at children between the ages of four and eight, these resources feature...
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Professional Doc
Scholastic

Scholastic: Teaching Tools: 6 Steps to Helping Students Set Strong Reading Goals

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site offers six steps to helping students set strong reading goals. It all starts with inspiring your students to think about who they are as readers.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Guide for Determining Text Complexity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
An educator's guide to help determine the level of text complexity.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Chicken Little

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "Chicken Little". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Turnip

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Turnip". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.