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Lesson 3: Making Predictions
In this making predictions activity, students read a newspaper article, locate the "Five Ws and the H," and then make logical predictions on the content that they read and then analyze those predictions based on a rubric.
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Jason's Gold: Chapter 9
Students collect details from chapter 9 of the book Jason's Gold and connect them back to the author's purpose of the book. In this details lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud where they discuss the details with the teacher as...
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Following the Wright Path
Students explore the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright through literature and analyze photographs. In this photography analysis instructional activity, students read aloud Frank Lloyd Wright and answer questions for the text. Students...
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Graphic Organizers Aid Comprehension
Students create story webs to aid comprehension of ecosystems. In this reading strategies lesson plan, students discover the importance of organizing information while reading a nonfiction text. Students produce story webs to communicate...
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MiSFiTTs: Mighty Strange Field Trip Team
Third graders read several Magic School Bus books, compile list of criteria for good places to visit, research two possible destinations for magic field trip, and prepare and deliver presentation to "convince" classmates to choose...
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Cause and Effect
Third graders investigate cause and effect. In this cause and effect lesson, 3rd graders read a story and determine what are the causes and effects. Students match sentence strips to the make the correct cause and effect sentence....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Students explore the book A Midsummer Night's Dream. For this literature lesson, students identify main characters and vocabulary words from the text. Students participate in a book discussion group.
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Organizing One’s Thoughts
Learners take a closer look at the organization of written pieces. In this writing skills lesson, students examine transitions, repetition, parallelism, and other organizational patterns in writing.
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Probably Passage (Predicting)
Third graders practice predicting. In this prediction lesson, 3rd graders read a worksheet and they predict where 15 words will fit into the story. After they read the story, they discuss the similarities and differences between their...
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DRTA Activity
Pupils practice predicting what is going to happen next in a story. They participate in different activities to help them with sentence structures. They finally take a quiz over what they learned in the lesson.
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The Witch of Goingsnake
Students identify figurative language in a proverb and write an interpretation of the proverb prior to reading The Witch of Goingsnake. In this The Witch of Goingsnake lesson plan, students read a native American proverb and determine...
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What is "The American Dream"?
Students read the story Marriage is a Private Affair and analyze the 'American Dream.' In this American Dream activity, students free write about the American Dream. Students read the story and discuss the themes. Students write a letter...
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Borrowed Poem Performance: Practice for Slam
Students practice for a poetry slam. In this poetry instructional activity, students select borrowed poems to perform in a poetry slam in order to participate in their own poetry slam competition.
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A-Scripting We Will Go
Students write script for a puppet show. In this writing lesson, students write a puppet show script using facts from a previous lesson. They listen to DyAnne DiSalvo Ryan's, City Green before discussing the characters and which ones...
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Is this the right book for me?
Sixth graders recognize strategies for selecting nonfiction texts. In this book selection lesson, 6th graders practice procedures for knowing if the book is just right for them. Students select from a variety of texts and share their...
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Baby
Students listen to chapters 1 and 2 in the book, Baby, then pick one character from the story looking for words or phrases that describe the character. They develop a character sketch making notes about their ideas and share with others...
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What Do Seals Eat?
Students recognize the ea=/E/ correspondence in spoken and written words. They participate in a group letterbox instructional activity. In groups of two, they practice reading with each other, taking turns reading one page at a time,...
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Students read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". They apply what they discovered about plot summary to the beginning of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". They draw a plot summary sketch and label the introduction and rising...
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Living By the Book
Students read a story individually or in groups to begin the lesson plan. As a class, they discuss their viewpoints on reading and compare it with the viewpoint of those living in Fiji. In groups, they compare and contrast American and...
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Say It Like A Character
Students read a story and retell it to the class by role-playing one of the characters. In groups, they use the correct facial expressions along with body language and voice to convince the others in their group that they are actually...
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Newton's Laws and Seat Belts
Students study Newton's Laws of Motion. They review an assessment task and rubric and discuss Newton's Laws of Motion. They discuss how to test the relationships of mass and acceleration in personal situations. They write a one-page...
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Figurative Language and Symbolism
Students identify figurative language and symbolism in poetry as well as prose. In this literary elements lesson, students read and discuss the role of symbolism in Yellow Man by Moonlight, A Christmas Carl, The House of Wings, and...
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Sharing is Giving-The Drive
Students identify acts of philanthropy. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students define the term "hero" and read the book Stone Soup. Students discuss soup kitchens and complete a Venn diagram analyzing the differences between...
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Character Traits Introductory Lesson
Students identify character traits. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and discuss the characters. Students identify positive and negative character traits from the story.