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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Connections

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which learners read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to describe a character or compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Consideration

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Character Characteristics

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Funny Sequence

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
After a discussion and work on sequence, students will apply this knowledge to sequencing comic strips through group work.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Getting to Know Cendrillion: Analyzing Questions

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this BetterLesson, 2nd graders will learn to focus on details as they analyze the story of Cendrillion.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Getting to the Game

For Students K - 1st Standards
Choose the best method to get to your game on time.
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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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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Reading Comprehension

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Students are to read a fiction paragraph and answer a 10-question quiz about it.
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Setting Game for Kids

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this game, young writers are asked to describe a place with memorable details. The main focus is to describe a setting -- time and place. If they need help with ideas, they can click the when and where buttons until they have...
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Idea Game for Kids

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
How can using your five senses help you tell a better story? Young writers brainstorm three sensory details about a personal topic before writing a story about it. If they need help with ideas, they can click the magic button for story...
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Mini Workshop: To Be Perfectly Honest

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Think about a time you lied. You are going to write a description about a time when you were less than truthful. When you are ready to begin writing, get some scratch paper and a pencil, then click the button and follow the directions on...
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Handout
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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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Describe Characters

For Students 2nd Standards
This learning module focuses on reading for key ideas and details including main characters, problems, and solutions. It provides a detailed example with an explanation and a practice paragraph with questions.
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Interactive
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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Interactive
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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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reader's Theatre With Jan Brett

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, students will interact with the book Hedgie's Surprise by Jan Brett and create a Readers Theatre performance. Students will engage in interacting with story elements during before, during, and post-reading...
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Quia

Quia: 3rd Grade Main Idea

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
This short interactive activity assesses students' ability to identify main idea. Students will read three short passages and identify the main idea of each.
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Quia

Quia: Point of View Quiz

For Students 2nd Standards
Read each statement and determine whether it shows first or third person point of view in this ten-question quiz.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Developing Characters and Settings

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
In this activity provided by SMART, students will give reasons why they feel characters are important in a story. Students will explore how to create effective characters and settings in their own writing by using a character web.