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Reading Lesson Plans

1. A Happy Time- Students will identify their own feelings at specific times in their lives.
2. All About Me - the teacher- Establishing rapport with children, getting to know the teacher, providing a class book.
3. Amelia Bedelia- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the meaning of the story by interpreting the actual meaning of the directions given by Mrs.Rogers.
4. American Literature Introduction- Students will be reading literature written by American authors through out this year long English class.
5. An Integrated Social Studies and Reading Lesson with a Multicultural Twist- This lesson integrates reading with social studies by introducing children to other cultures of the world. Students will read and write about similar and different cultures from their own.

1. Be-Bop and other "op" Words- Students will create new words and new meaningful sentences using rhyming strategies.
2. Cemetery Path- Students will read and predict what happens next. Students are to use their reasoning skills and imagination to predict the story's outcome.
3. Different Genres of Books- Students will be able to define and understand the terms: genre, fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, realistic fiction, myths, legends, folktales, biography, autobiography, poetry
4. "Do the Opposite"- When given a selected word, students will be able to know and understand its opposite.
5. Doni's Trade Book Lesson (Orca Song)- Identify the relationship that exists between the story and themselves. Use critical thinking skills to address issues in the story.
6. Elements of a Story- Students will be able to identify story elements in the assigned text.
7. Fables and Real Life- To teach students the morals that society places on them and to analyze their own behaviors.
8. Frog Prince Continuted Activity- Students learn to appreciate reading with the help of a related and fun art project.
9. Goldilocks and the Three Bears- "The students will seek answers to the 5 Ws + H: who, what, when, where, why and how."
10. Halloween: It's Halloween! Book- Students will: participate in active comprehension while teacher reads the book, It’s Halloween! aloud.
11. Homonyms- The students will demonstrate knowledge and use of homonyms in spoken and written contexts.
12. How to Write A+ Essays!- Advice for an educator.
13. Identifying Color Words- To identify color words.
14. Inferring Character Traits- Students must be able to identify with the characters in a story to fully comprehend the story. This is just one way you and your students will be able to identify character traits.
15. Johnny Appleseed- Without prompts, the students will be able to piece together a Johnny Appleseed Time Line with one hundred percent accuracy.
16. Just Sandwiches- This lesson is useful as a prewriting activity. Sandwiches have likely been a dietary mainstay of your students. Likewise, most of them have some experience with eating in a restaurant.
17. KWL: A Reading Comprehension Strategy- Students will understand how to utilize the KWL comprehension strategy.
18. Learning About Prediction- Students will have the opportunity to learn the difference between guessing and predicting by doing a hands-on activity.
19. Listening & Reading Comprehension- To use the newspaper to improve student listening and reading comprehension skills.
20. Main Idea and Details- The students will be able to identify the main idea in a story.
21. Mama, do you love me?- A class or individual lesson using children's literature to teach phonics.
22. Oh, Oh, I Think I See a Mouse, Do You See a Mouse?- By participating in this lesson, the students will discriminate long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds of the letter "O."
23. "Our Day at School"- The student will learn reading and writing skills in developing his/her own language by making a personal reflection of their experiences.
24. Paper Bag Book Reports- After selecting and reading a book independently, students will create a paper bag book report using an ordinary paper bag. Students should choose five-seven items to place in the bag to represent significant events or characters from the book.
25. Phonics Fun- To use sound addition and subtraction to make new words. Good for 1 to 1 with special educational needs such as dyslexic children.
26. Phonics with Dr. Seuss - "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish"- The learner will be able to recall and spell words from the story using the phonograms: -ad, -op, -ish, -ink and -ump. The learner will be able to circle words with like phonograms.
27. Propaganda Techniques- The purpose of this activity is to expose students to five different propaganda techniques. This activity will allow them to become commercial directors using one or more propaganda techniques.
28. Reading a Book in a Day- The student will be able to list the main characters from the book, and the part they played. The student will be able to describe the overall theme, setting and plot of the book.
29. Reading Lesson, Sight Words- "Student will learn various high frequency sight words by playing Steal the Words card game. They will then identify these words in the context of choral reading a book."
30. ReadingNow- The site provides two resource books in the reading skills area. The books are teacher created and the site author. The books on the site are timesavers for teachers and most beneficial for students.
31. Reading on the Internet- Students will be able to independently evaluate a source for these specifics and recommend or caution fellow students about the site.
32. Reading Thematic Unit on Halloween- The goals for this 16-lesson thematic unit are for the students to increase their listening skills, as well as comprehension of what is heard. Additional goals are to develop creative writing skills, sequencing skills and vocabulary.
33. Recognition of the Letter "M"- This lesson integrates reading with Social studies by introducing a child living in another culture.
34. Reinforcing Alphabet Names/Sounds- Knowledge of the alphabet is essential to beginning reading. This activity is a way to reinforce these skills with young children in a fun way.
35. Realistic Fiction/Literary Elements- Students will be able to understand and identify literary elements of realistic fiction.
36. Request Reciprocal Teaching- The idea is to provide guided practice for students in questioning, predicting, guessing and reducing uncertainty with a purpose.
37. Rhyming Words- Students will distinguish word rhymes by playing a memory game with cards of rhyming words.
38. Short story framework- For planning short stories.
39. Story Map- "Student will demonstrate better understanding of internal story grammar through structured exploration of the book Where the Wild Things Are."
40. Story Order- The students will be able to listen to a piece of literature and identify the beginning, middle and end of story.
41. Story Schema Activation Strategy: A Reading Comprehension Technique- This lesson plan engages students in developing schemes for experiencing unfamiliar situations. This experience then serves as a means of facilitating their reading comprehension.
42. Summer Home Learning Recipes- "Parents and families are the first and most important teachers. If families teach a love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to our children."
43. Symbolic Borders- Symbolic Borders are a quick yet efficient way to check students' comprehension of text. They are particularly effective for students who have difficulties expressing themselves verbally.
44. Teaching Phonograms- The student will read six phonograms and as a class verbally define each using the print and illustrations in the text, The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss.
45. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs- Using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two versions of a story.
46. Using Consonants in Sentences and Speech- Students will be able to recognize and use consonant digraphs in sentences and speech. Students will learn how to brainstorm to develop a word wall of sh-, cl-, and ch- words.
47. Using KWL Chart- : This lesson utlizes the KWL technique to enhance students' reading comprehension skills.
48. What Sound Does the Letter "Bb" Make?- The students will identify the letter "Bb." The students will identify the sound the letter "Bb" makes.
49. "What You See Is What You Get!"- This activity was designed to make them read carefully for information about products, then make judgements on whether or not it's right for them.
50. What? You Want Me To Enjoy Reading?- Sharing successful ideas that have developed sustained reading habits for the author's reading students. Particularly, how to begin the year, to set the tone for a successful literature based reading program.
51. Word Go Fish!- The students will practice reading simple words.
52. Word Identification- This is a lesson to teach strategies for word identification during shared reading.
53. Yo! Yes- Students will learn to use picture clues as a valid and effective strategy in reading comprehension.