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Comprehension Instructional Routine: Sequence of Events in Text
If you're looking for a detailed lesson on event sequencing from informational text, you've found it. There is an entire script for you to draw from as you explore order of events and sequence words. Scaffolding is key here; learners...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Kindergarten Count to 100 (Rogers)
Combine counting and vocabulary in context using Jacqueline Rogers' Kindergarten Count to 100. Suggested words for this text are: first, fountain, salute, second, and third. By introducing the terms before reading the text, you're...
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Lesson 3: Retell a Story with Sequence Clue Words
First graders evaluate sequence words. In this order of events lesson, 1st graders practice using sequence words to retell a story. They do guided practice with the teacher retelling a story they have read as a class and then try it...
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Hop Into the Op Word Family
An engaging lesson that teaches the /op/ word family is here for you. In it, learners utilize a PowerPoint and a worksheet embedded in the plan to help them better-understnad this word family. This fun lesson should be a hit with your...
Poston Butte High School
Literacy Language Kit for the Book Hi! Fly Guy
Create a buzz in your class with this collection of learning activities for the book Hi! Fly Guy. Including a list of comprehension questions, a sequence of events activity, a summary writing assignment, and a vocabulary list, this...
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode and...
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Lesson Plan for Chato's Kitchen
Through an exploration of Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto, learners practice sequencing skills, retelling a story, and Spanish vocabulary words. All of the necessary resources, worksheets, and other materials are provided in order to give...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Cows Can't Fly
Students are introduced to vocabulary words from the story Cows Can't Fly and identify words during the reading of the story. In this introduction to vocabulary words lesson, students recall vocabulary words from the story and then use...
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Old Lady That Swallowed a Fly
Youngsters listen to the story, "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." After discussing the story, going over new vocabulary, and repeating the rhymes in the story, they study the parts of a fly. They finish by creating a fly on...
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Order! Order!
Polish organization skills in your youngsters. With this lesson, they are introduced to the trait of organization and participate in activities that reinforce organization. They cut apart a familiar story, receive different parts of the...
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Polar Bear Literacy Activity
Students generate vocabulary words synonymous or related to "noise." In this literacy lesson plan, students listen to the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle and discuss the meaning of vocabulary...
August House
The Magic Pot
The Magic Pot by Patricia Coombs is the theme of this multidisciplinary lesson plan. Early readers first take part in a read aloud and grand conversation about the story's details. Then, they get to work practicing their skills in...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Miss Spider's Tea Party
Students identify new vocabulary words in the story Miss Spider's Tea Party. For this vocabulary lesson, students raise their hand each time pre-identified words are heard as the story is read and use words in various contexts throughout...
Happy Moose Apps
Bitsboard - Education, Games, and Flashcards for Learning Reading, Spelling, and more
Learn everything from sight words to French vocabulary with this versatile study app. While the material that comes pre-loaded on the app is mostly based on learning how to read and spell, the app has the potential to be useful for any...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dandelion
Students are read Dandelion, by Don Freeman. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after the story is...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Into the A, B, Sea
Students are read Into the A, B, Sea, by Deborah Lee Rose. In this vocabulary focused instructional activity, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both...
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Introduce Vocabulary: I Love You the Purplest
Young scholars are read I Love You the Purplest, by Barbara Joosse. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three "Tier Two" words. As a group, they discuss the meanings of the words both before...
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
First-Grade Intervention
Learning how to read is a big challenge for young learners, but this series of lessons provides them with the extra support they need to succeed. With each lesson following the a clearly outlined format, children are introduced to new...
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Guided Reading: Desert Life
First graders read a book with the teacher while encountering unfamiliar words and learning how to use context clues and visual clues to understand the material. In this reading comprehension lesson, 1st graders make predictions and...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Chrysanthemum
Students explore language arts by reading a story with their class. In this beginner vocabulary lesson, students read the book Chrysanthemum and discuss the vocabulary used in the story. Students participate in a word play activity while...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Make Way for Ducklings
Students raise their hands as they hear new vocabulary words read by the teacher in Make Way for Ducklings. In this vocabulary lesson, students continue practicing recognition and usage of new words with teacher prompts.
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What is a Philanthropist?
What does a philanthropist do? Help your class explore philanthropy using character development and literacy ideas. Learners will define and give examples of philanthropy, listen to The Lion and the Mouse, discuss how the characters help...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
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Language Arts: Guided Reading with Fancy Dance
Students participate in a guided reading of Leslie Johnson's, Fancy Dance and discover how to sequence events. This instructional activity stresses word recognition, suffixes and prefixes, and sentence structure. Cross-curricular...