"My First Baseball Game" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a child going to his first baseball game and learning what it means to be a Chicago Cubs fan. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require...

A lesson plan in which students read a text and highlight the most important details. Materials are included. [PDF]

"The Ants and the Grasshopper" is a one page, fable about grasshoppers who played all summer while the ants worked gathering food for winter. When winter came, the grasshoppers were hungry. It is followed by questions which require...

"Traveling West" is a one page, nonfiction passage about pioneers traveling west in wagon trains. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes underlining the most important...

Students will use this graphic organizer to show their understanding of what they have read. Afterward, students will share the illustrations with their peers and explain how their pictures connect to the text.

"My First Baseball Game" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a boy and his sister going to their first baseball game and learning what it means to be Chicago Cubs fans. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...

"My Summer" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a child who visited his grandmother in Phoenix for the summer. He was surprised at how hot it was there. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students...

"The Little Red Hen" is a one page fable about the other animals not helping the little red hen plant wheat, harvest it, or bake the bread, so they did not get to eat it either. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...

Students will read a piece of fiction or nonfiction. Then students will illustrate the meaning of the text of this graphic organizer.

A lesson plan in which students read a text and create questions using the words provided on word cards. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a text stopping to answer questions as they read. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a text and then read it again highlighting the key words and phrases that are important for understanding the text. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a text stopping to make predictions and then determine if those predictions were correct. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read statements and then use prior knowledge to agree or disagree with each statement. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a text and record the main ideas and supporting details on one of the graphic organizers provided. Materials are included. [PDF]

A lesson plan in which learners read a text use a graphic organizer to record the topic and supporting details. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which young scholars read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting details. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete a graphic organizer to show the plot elements of the story. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a text a complete a graphic organizer to identify the main ideas and supporting details. Materials are included.

"Native Americans--Potawatomi" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about what the prairie looked like during each of the seasons when the Potawatomi lived there. It is followed by questions which require students to provide...

A lesson plan in which students read a text and then complete a graphic organizer to help them write a summary. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a game to cover words on a game board by making inferences. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which learners browse a text and complete graphic organizers to help them activate prior knowledge. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students browse a text and complete a graphic organizer to show prior knowledge. Materials are included.