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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 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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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 young scholars 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 students 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 learners 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: 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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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities, K 1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

In 2004-2005, a team of teachers at FCRR reviewed current research, collected ideas, and created materials for use in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. The K-1 Student Center Activities include three books and one DVD: The first...

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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Story Elements Retelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards

In this lesson plan, learners will learn to retell a story using story elements to improve their comprehension of the story. The students will actively listen to a story and complete a graphic organizer to share and discuss with a partner.

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TES Global

Blendspace: Compare Two Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

This lesson will allow learners 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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CPALMS

Cpalms: lafs.k.ri.1.3

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Choose from a variety of lesson plans, resources, center activities, and a formative assessment that meets the standard of describing the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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Education.com

Education.com: Draw the Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use their imagination to complete the story. How will it begin? How will it end? Great lesson for practicing sequencing.

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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Points of Informational Text Main Idea and Details

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

This lesson plan uses the book Explorers of North America - A True Book by Brendan January to teach students how to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph informational text and specific paragraphs within the text. Students are...

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Better Lesson

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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

The students will thoughtfully listen to a story read aloud and comprehend the sequence of events. This lesson will culminate units completed in science and math and will incorporate literature, science, and math.

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sounds: What We Hear!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Students will create a descriptive writing about the sounds they hear in a favorite place. This is a good follow-up to a science unit on sound.

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Funny Sequence

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

After a discussion and work on sequence, young scholars will apply this knowledge to sequencing comic strips through group work.

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CPALMS

Cpalms: Lafs.7.ri.1.3

For Teachers 1st Standards

This site provides explanation of the Florida English Language Arts Standard: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas...

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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Boo Hag

For Students K - 1st Standards

North Carolina-based storyteller Donna Washington tells a scary tale from the Gullah culture about a man and his beautiful wife-who is not what she seems to be. The story explains the Gullah tradition of painting doors and windows blue...

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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Sequence of Events

For Students 1st Standards

Practice putting pictures and story events in order after reading a short text in this online learning activity.

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Room Recess

Room Recess: Main Idea Millionaire

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards

Based on the television show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, this activity tests understanding of the main idea by finding the one sentence that does not belong in the paragraph.

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Room Recess

Room Recess: Main Idea Storm Cloud

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards

In this self-scoring activity, read the story in the storm cloud then choose the tree that contains the main idea.

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare and Contrast

For Students 1st - 5th Standards

A brief graphic organizer to help students visualize the similarities and differences in a piece of informational text.

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