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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Free Trip, but Where to Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, young scholars research information on 2 countries, estimate mileage over long distances, and present their information to the class.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Share Knowledge: Fact Bank [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
This graphic organizer can be used to collect facts during a research task prior to writing about the topic or sharing what was learned in a discussion. Students will place facts in the boxes and then number the facts, according to the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Chart

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable inquiry chart designed to help students ask questions and collect information from various texts when conducting research on any topic. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Seed Discussion Organizer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable graphic organizer students can use to organize their thoughts when a new concept is introduced. Seed Discussion categories include things the learner does not understand, things that are surprising or interesting, new...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: History Comes Alive: Developing Fluency and Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a "time machine" to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and science come to life in a dialogue with Franklin the inventor, developed through instructional activity...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Literature in Nonfiction Inquiry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan involves students working in groups after reading a work of literature to develop text sets. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Technical Reading and Writing Using Board Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for a game that helps teach technical reading and writing while reviewing a novel that students have read. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Science Texts to Teach the Organization of Nonfiction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that use science textbooks to teach about the organizational features of nonfiction such as labels, captions, headings, and fonts. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tv411: Summarizing Activity 2

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This activity asks students to differentiate between main ideas and supporting details.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Talking About Books to Improve Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson is a conversation-starter! In this lesson, students learn about striking up deep-thought conversations and staying on topic in the form of a book talk.
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Professional Doc
Other

Literature Circles Resource Center: Teaching Students How to Discuss

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Teachers are given strategies and hands-on approaches to help students prepare for a discussion and participate as active members of it.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Asking Clarifying Questions: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will be able to ask appropriate and effective questions to better understand a communication or situation. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Asking Clarifying Questions."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Questions: A Focus for Planning, Researching, and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Sophia video lesson introduces how to develop good questions for a research paper. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 standards are addressed in...
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Other

Youth Learn: The Key to Engaging Students in Learning: Asking Good Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of several types of questions, and suggestions for helping students use good questioning techniques in inquiry-based learning. SL.9-10.1c Active Partic
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Other

Thoughtful Learning: Minilesson: Asking and Answering the 5 W's and H Questions

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Students will learn the "5 W's and H questions" needed to comprehend a news story. Then students will apply these question words [who, what, where, why, when, and how] to real news stories and to events in their own lives.
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Read Works

Read Works: Debate: Better Late Than Never?

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about how some states are apologizing for their roles in slavery during the past. Reading comprehension questions are provided as supplements to the passage..
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Scientific Method

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage lists steps in the scientific method. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Food for Thought

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the implementation of healthy lunches at schools. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Scientific Method

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the five steps of the scientific method. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Digging Deeper

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining ways scientists are learning more about dinosaurs by using computer applications. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Hot for Hybrids

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the pros and cons of hybrid cars. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Watch for Steady Rocks

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two boys who have find themselves in danger while hiking on a trail. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Microbes on My Mind

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A four-day sixth-grade science lesson on the topic of microbes. Students learn information about microbes and their functions through personal observation and several non-fiction texts, some of which are provided.
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Read Works

Read Works: Classify and Categorize 4th Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to organize research into an outline, use text features to locate information, and write a research report. Lessons...