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Read Write Think: Book Sorting: Using Observation and Comprehension
Critical thinking, comprehension and analysis skills are the focus of this physical activity. Good beginning to teaching different ways of looking at things.
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Read Write Think: Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing & Writing About Non Fiction
Introduce your learners to the different types of non-fiction such as biographies, biographies, and informative books. Students will use graphic organizers, peer interaction, and hands-on experiences to further understanding of this lesson.
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Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: How Reasons Support Key Points
Get an example of how to identify an author's main idea in a text on this site. Also, learn how to recognize supporting ideas to main ideas presented in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2
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Nsw Dept. Of Ed.: "One World" [Pdf]
Reading unit plan about endangered animals from the New South Wales, Australia, Department of Education and Training entitled "One World" (Forty-four page PDF file). It contains ten days worth of teaching suggestions that use a variety...
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Reading Rockets: Phonics and Decoding
This resource provides information and techniques for teaching phonics and decoding, which assist with early literacy.
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Read Works: How to Draw a Map Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains how to draw a map. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions...
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Read Works: In the Night Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares a first person account of a cat and its night on the prowl. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
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Uen: 1st Grade Act. 24: Interactive Writing
In this instructional activity, young scholars will listen to nonfiction books about items that sink and float. Students will participate in filling in words to fill in a teacher-created chart that is connected to the information. Young...
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Read Works: Explicit Information 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit in which students learn how to identify explicit information in both fiction and non-fiction texts. The lessons utilize the books Frogs by Gail Gibbons and Stellaluna by Janell Cannon....
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Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Genre
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction, identify the characteristics of non-fiction, and use guide words to locate topics in an...
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Scribd.: Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Lesson Plan: Main Idea and Details
A five-day lesson plan to teach students how to find the main idea of a story and generate a title, identify facts and details from a story, and differentiate between main idea and supporting details.
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Read Works: Main Idea 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn to use titles and supporting details in both fiction and non-fiction texts in order to identify the main idea of the book in this three-lesson unit. The lessons utilize the books Animal...
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Read Write Think: Searching Informational Texts
Online lesson allows elementary learners to use prior knowledge, make predictions, and perform research on the Internet. Labeled "The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character," lesson challenges students to examine print and online texts...
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Read Write Think: Reading Informational Texts Using the 3 2 1 Strategy
Students can count on using the 3-2-1 strategy to help them successfully comprehend and write about an informational text.
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Better Lesson: Introduction of Text Features
Dr. Murphy shares a comprehensive lesson plan to support students identifying various text features in informational texts. Students will mentally and physically engage in active learning to know how to navigate through different types...
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Read Write Think: Text Talk (Read Aloud)
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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Read Write Think: Digging Up Details on Worms: Using Science in an Inquiry Study
A lesson plan based on a study unit of earthworms, using the inquiry model to integrate scientific processes with literacy practices. Instruction plans, related resources, and standards are included.
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Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write the main idea in a central oval and then write four details that support the main idea of this reproducible graphic organizer.
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Read Works: Learning About Your World
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how the five senses help people learn about their world. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Light
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about natural and man-made things that give off light. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Explicit Information
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify explicit information in nonfiction and fiction texts. Lessons are based on the books Deserts (A True Book-Ecosystems) by Darlene R. Stille and The Stories Huey...
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Glenco Online: Teaching Today: Reading Comprehension and Considerate Text
Learn the features of "considerate text" and ways to teach students to use these features to increase their comprehension as they read. These features generally apply to non-fiction, especially textbooks.
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Writing Fix: Squiggles
After reading "The Squiggle" by Carole Lexa Schafer, young scholars use their own creative vision and talent to turn a squiggle into a masterpiece. They use crayons to color background and details, anything that helps make their squiggle...
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Center for Media Literacy: What Is "Critical" Viewing?
Understand the term "critical viewing" as it relates to visual literacy. Learn how to assess the media around you in order to become more knowledgeable and not easily manipulated by what you see.