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Express Yourself!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read aloud with expression through practice by monitoring their changes in volume, speed, and pitch of their voices. They use cross checking, if they come to a word they are unfamiliar with, they read the rest of the sentence....
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Reading and Responding

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read and respond to poetry. They identify the author's purpose and connect the literature to their personal experiences. Students critically analyze the poem and write a poem of their own.
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Spring-Aloud Read

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study the season of spring and create stories about the season. In this spring season lesson, students read books about spring and discuss the season. Students then color and create a mini-book about Spring.
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Reading and Responding: Lesson 24

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore fictional literature. They read a fictional passage and practice answering multiple choice questions about the text they read. Students complete short answer questions.
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Reading in Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read along with their parents to promote their own reading and fluency. In this reading lesson plan, students look at picture books and follow along with their finger.
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Reading Articles for Meaning

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and analyze an article.  For this interpretation and summarizing lesson, 3rd graders listen to an article and identify the who, what, where, when and why of the article.  Students pick their own article, switch with a...
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Reciprocal Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by making their own bookmark about the books they have read.
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We All Need Speed Limits

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students consider fluency and speed of reading. In this speed limits lesson, students discuss the importance of speed when reading and how the rate affects comprehension and listening skills. Teacher models think aloud as a strategy.
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Replace a Word

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read Dolch words and use them in their own sentences. In this sight words lesson plan, students read sentences from their teacher and identify the Dolch words needed to complete the sentences from a list. Students then write...
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Go, Speed Reader, Go

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working in small groups, they read complete a timed...
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Read This Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners practice summarizing a story that they have read. They write a persuasive essay encouraging others to read the story they have finished. They are to create a movie trailer or advertisement to promote the book.
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Leaping Frogs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils work to gain fluency and become successful readers through repeated readings. In this frog-themed lesson, they complete one-minute timed readings with a partner and show their progress as they move paper frogs across lily pads.
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Newbery Books: Guaranteed Good Reading

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore and analyze Newbery Medal books. They view a Powerpoint presentation on the Newbery Medal book of that current year, select a book, read and analyze the book, and prepare a multimedia book report presentation.
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Go Ahead--Say What You Feel!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read sentences with and without expression and discuss the type of punctuation that is needed. Students then listen...
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Art About Me- The Skin You Live In

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read the text The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler. In this literacy lesson, students discuss the characters in the text and the various shades of skin they observed on each page. Learners read the beautiful descriptions of the...
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Rhythm in Language - Feel the SWAMP BEAT!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the rhythm of words. In this reading skills lesson, students read Bedtime at the Swamp and use rhythm instruments to find the cadence in the words of the story. Students listen for rhythm in other written text as they...
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Reading Fluency Poetry Reading

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe video of poem recitations of a person reciting a poem. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders discuss rhythm and rhyme of poetry as well as pauses within poems. Students choose a poem, in a small group, and...
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The Tell Tale Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice summarizing text by retelling what they have read. They read selected, leveled passages and use enthusiastic and createive ways to members of their group. Students complete a journal entry documenting their...
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Fun in the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about safe summertime play and responsibility. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, students read Clifford Keeps Cool, use a time line to discuss the story, and participate in a summertime picnic activity.
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Rain

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice oral and silent reading using beginning  comprehension and decoding strategies. In this guided reading lesson, 1st graders take a picture walk and make plot predictions prior to reading the book Rain by Robert...
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Write Me Two Ways

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write numbers in standard and expanded form.  For this writing numbers in standard and expanded form lesson, 5th graders write integers up to billions in word form and standard form.  Students use number cards to create...
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Nadia's Hands

For Teachers K
Students locate the parts of a book and respond to a read aloud of that book. In this literacy lesson, students participate in an interactive read aloud of Nadia's Hands in which they locate the cover and title of the book. They discuss...
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Child Literacy

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read information on the importance of literacy and complete a worksheet. In this community service lesson, students evaluate children's literature and practice reading fluency. Students spend two hours per week reading to...
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Introduction to "The Secret School"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read The Secret School and define vocabulary in the text.  In this Secret School lesson, 4th graders recognize difficult text and are able to comprehend its meaning and answer questions. 

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