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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act: 22: Retelling the Tiny Seed

For Teachers 1st
This lesson engages students in story retelling to Eric Carle's book, The Tiny Seed. Students will participate in interactive storytelling as they write sentences and illustrate pictures about seed travel.
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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Key Ideas and Details: Retell Stories

For Students K - 1st Standards
Read a passage to discover how to retell a story then practice what you've learned.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Digging Up Details on Worms: Using Science in an Inquiry Study

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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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Graphic
Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Building World Knowledge: Informational Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Before, during, and after-reading ideas for introducing students to informational texts in the early-elementary grades in order to boost reading achievement through the upper-elementary grades.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Just the Facts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the topic and supporting details or facts. Materials are included.