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Better Lesson: But, Are They Really That Different?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Students cannot compare and contrast adventures and experiences in stories or explain differences between books without first understanding how to compare. In this lesson, students will learn how to use a Venn Diagram to compare two...

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which young scholars use graphic organizers to compare and contrast topics within a text. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Wheel

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which learners read a narrative text and then turn a question wheel to answer questions about the characters, setting, conflict, and plot. Materials are included.[PDF]

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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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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Story [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read two narrative texts and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast the texts. Materials are included.

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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 learners 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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Florida Center for Reading Research

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

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to map the story. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Sequence a Story [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and write the main events of the story on sentence strips. Materials are included.

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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 learners read a narrative text and answer questions about the plot. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Character Compare [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete a graphic organizer to compare two characters. Materials are included.

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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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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Character [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included.[PDF]

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Character Expression Using the Three Little Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

Students will use the character lineup strategy in collaborative groups to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. Each group will be assigned a different character or emotion and then compare the differences between each group....

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Fairytale Homes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

Students will have a chance to show their understanding of their favorite fairy tales by building homes for the characters.

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TES Global

Blendspace: Compare Two Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

This lesson will allow students to identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic. Includes a video on comparing and contrasting, printable charts, activities, and an assessment question.

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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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Better Lesson: Point to Main Idea/point of View in Literature

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

This lesson uses the story Corduroy by Don Freeman to teach the main idea and supporting details of a story, as well as what we mean by the character's point of view. The lesson is done using print materials and a whiteboard with...

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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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Better Lesson: Comparing Two Cinderella Stories

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Students will compare two characters and list their comparisons on a graphic organizer using modern Cinderella stories. This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan for guided practice and partner work, and a video of students engaged in...

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Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting Two Stories Using a Double Bubble Map

For Teachers 1st Standards

In this instructional activity, 1st graders will look at two texts with the "The Three Little Pigs" story. Students will compare the approach that each of the authors takes.

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Better Lesson: Speaking, Listening, and Writing Comparing Sentences

For Teachers 1st Standards

In this lesson, 1st graders will look at the structure of both stories to determine how our two stories are the same.

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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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Starfall

Starfall: Folk Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards

This is an interactive collection of six folk tales. Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.

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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Setting

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards

Resource helps with understanding the setting of a story through the use of details.

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