The read aloud, read along, and read appropriately strategies involve three phases of reading instruction. As the teacher thinks aloud about what he or she is reading, students begin to understand the connections between the words on the...

This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Patty Lovell's book, Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon. Students will participate in listening to other stories with the same message and then will determine the "big...

A resourceful site explaining, chronicling, and detailing the idea of students' monitoring their own comprehension of a task or understanding. Includes a video link, quotes from experts, links, and more.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will listen to this read aloud story and listen for cause and effect relationships in order to better understand the story.

Links to 44 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,...

Explore a list of simple things that principals can do to help all children learn to read. Come and learn more about the collaboration process with school administrators, teachers and staff.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...

This video segment from Between the Lions features "The Lion and the Mouse" for young students, an introduction to one of many Aesop's fables. illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud. [4:19]

In this lesson, students will take a more active role in their learning by discussing a read aloud with their partners. The teacher will become more of a facilitator in the lesson and allow the children to "wrangle" with the content.

Think Alouds help students learn to monitor their thinking as they read an assigned passage. Students are directed by a series of questions which they think about and answer aloud while reading. This process reveals how much they...

In this lesson, 1st graders will take a more active role in their learning by discussing a read aloud with their partners. The teacher will become more of a facilitator in the lesson and allow the children to "wrangle" with the content.

This comprehensive teacher's guide for the book "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg provides us with an opportunity to examine how writers blend scientific information with a fictional story.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

A lesson plan with all resources included for asking and answering questions to strengthen comprehension.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...

This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to high interest articles. Students will participate in reading aloud from various texts and analyzing punctuation in sentences. Students will follow author models...

Listen to the text of the most famous pamphlet in American literary history. Available for listening as an excerpt or as the entire work.

Lesson that helps learners understand map concepts. After listening to the teacher read aloud each chapter of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett, students discuss the book and use a map and general direction terms to describe the...

After listening to More Parts by Tedd Arnold read aloud, intermediate school young scholars distinguish between literal and figurative meaning by using a graphic organizer, playing an online game, and incorporating an idiom into their...

In this K-2 lesson, the teacher uses guided reading strategies and creative activities to make a big book come alive to her pupils.