Scholastic
Scholastic: Lesson Plan for Nonfiction Comprehension: Skimming Text
Build comprehension by developing reading strategies for use with nonfiction text. This lesson focuses on teaching students to recognize text elements as clues to help them quickly locate key information in text.
University of South Florida
University of South Florida: Fcat Express: Author's Purpose Activity
Practice identifying author's purpose by recognizing the purpose in titles, understanding the difference between fact and opinion, and identifying the purpose of various forms of writing.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read
Choose to read and/or listen to 15 different books on members of the community, animals, and the President. Review vocabulary at the end of each book.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Emotions and Colorful Days
In this lesson students will learn to write descriptively.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing Scientific "Recipes"
Adapted from a lesson in the book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports by Barry Lane, this lesson asks students to read several recipes to gain an understanding of how they are written and the types of words they use. Then students demonstrate...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Web Lesson: Did I Read It: Implicit vs Explicit Details
Follow Carson through a lesson in order to become a better reader of informational text. Learn the difference between implicit and explicit information. Includes multiple interactive assessments and reading activities.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1: Reading Literature: Use Illustrations and Details
Learn how drawing characters, settings, and events can help with reading comprehension.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Connections Within Text
Learn how information in a text can be connected through compare and contrast, cause and effect, and sequence.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1: Reading Literature: Show Understanding of Text
This quick lesson from the Common Core Literacy eHandbook teaches students what questions to ask and how to answer questions to show your understanding of literature.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading Literature: Folktale
Understand how to read and find the message the exist in a story. Learn how folktales include messages in their stories.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details: Model
An example to guide students in choosing the main idea and supporting details. Click Practice for a practice quiz.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Cause and Effect Text Structure
Cause and Effect is a text organization structure and knowing this structure can help you in comprehending a text. Learn about these strategies on this site.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Retell Events
Retelling a story shows a student's comprehension. Use this site to test your knowledge of how to retell events that happen in a story.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Worksheets
In this learning module, students will learn more about author's purpose. Worksheets and PowerPoint lessons are provided to help students analyze authors' purposes more effectively. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Read to Learn, Share What You Learn [Pdf]
Several tips for reading to learn are provided on this page. Students will explore the BIG idea presented in a nonfiction piece.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Classify Facts and Opinions [Pdf]
A T-Chart is provided for students to use as they classify facts and opinions. Students will explain how to determine facts and opinions after completing the T-Chart.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Compare Characters' Point of View
Defines and explains how to show how different characters think and feel.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Show Understanding of Text
This quick activity includes a passage from an information text, and explains reading comprehension strategies to use to answer questions.
Other
Eduscapes: Themes & Literature Circles
This site provides guidance in creating literature circles based on cross-curricular themes that will help to improve literacy. The site emphasizes both theory and practice, with lots of practical suggestions.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Author's Purpose
Learn about author's purpose and then answer some self-assessment questions after the lesson. Continue clicking the next button to get to more information.
Other
Kid Bibs: Effective Use of Textbook Features
Here, parents and teachers can find tips for helping young readers understand the expository writing found in textbooks.
Other
Interacting Texts Directed Activities Related to Texts (Darts)
Want to improve your students' reading skills? This is a good place to find the types of directed activities, using a definition text, reconstruction/analysis activities, and advantages of using DARTs.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Making Connections
A printable graphic organizer for students to use when making text to self, text, and world connections while reading a text. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers
Students make purposeful choices for their reading materials, thinking about their reasons for reading a book and using strategies to match books to their abilities.