Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 11: Fairy Tale Riddles & Puppet Shows
During this multi-day unit, students will engage in segmentation and blending skills. Students will work with fairy tales and include them into a puppet show.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Facts
This lesson clarifies what writers mean when using the term "facts." This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Education.com
Education.com: 1st Grade Reading & Writing Resources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of first grade reading and writing resources contains lesson plans and worksheets that can be used during the research process.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Miss Nelson Is Back
First graders tell what is happening in the story, but use words and phrases from the story to tell how they know.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Questioning Text
Creating a product and illustrations make this instructional activity great for teaching about questioning.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Miss Nelson Is Missing Key Details
Where did Miss Nelson go? We look at the key details in the text to determine what is happening throughout the story.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Identify the Main Topic and Key Details
This is a practice exercise to help teach how to find the main topic of a passage by looking at key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2
SMART Technologies
Smart: Identifying Main Ideas & Details
This lesson operates on the Scaffold Instructional of Release model (I do, we do, you do). Students will use the main idea and supporting details to expand understanding of a variety of texts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Identifying Key Question Words and Phrases
This lesson explains how to identify key question words and phrases. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Using Illustrations and Details for Key Ideas Worksheet
The nature of the interactions between the author and the illustrator are vital to the expression provided by that drawing. The following worksheets focus on using pictures to describe key ideas in an informational text.