- Be-Bop
and other "op" Words- Students will create new words and new meaningful
sentences using rhyming strategies.
- 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.
- 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
- "Do
the Opposite"- When given a selected word, students will be able
to know and understand its opposite.
- 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.
- Elements
of a Story- Students will be able to identify story elements in
the assigned text.
- Fables
and Real Life- To teach students the morals that society places
on them and to analyze their own behaviors.
- Frog
Prince Continuted Activity- Students learn to appreciate reading
with the help of a related and fun art project.
- Goldilocks
and the Three Bears- "The students will seek
answers to the 5 Ws + H: who, what, when, where, why and how."
- Halloween:
It's Halloween! Book- Students will: participate in active comprehension
while teacher reads the book, It’s Halloween! aloud.
- Homonyms-
The students will demonstrate knowledge and use of homonyms in spoken
and written contexts.
- How
to Write A+ Essays!- Advice for an educator.
- Identifying
Color Words- To identify color words.
- 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.
- Johnny
Appleseed- Without prompts, the students will be able to piece together
a Johnny Appleseed Time Line with one hundred percent accuracy.
- 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.
- KWL:
A Reading Comprehension Strategy- Students will understand how to
utilize the KWL comprehension strategy.
- Learning
About Prediction- Students will have the opportunity to learn the
difference between guessing and predicting by doing a hands-on activity.
- Listening
& Reading Comprehension- To use the newspaper to improve student
listening and reading comprehension skills.
- Main
Idea and Details- The students will be able to identify the main
idea in a story.
- Mama,
do you love me?- A class or individual lesson using children's literature
to teach phonics.
- 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."
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Recognition
of the Letter "M"- This lesson integrates reading with Social studies
by introducing a child living in another culture.
- 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.
- Realistic
Fiction/Literary Elements- Students will be able to understand and
identify literary elements of realistic fiction.
- Request
Reciprocal Teaching- The idea is to provide guided practice for
students in questioning, predicting, guessing and reducing uncertainty
with a purpose.
- Rhyming
Words- Students will distinguish word rhymes by playing a memory
game with cards of rhyming words.
- Short
story framework- For planning short stories.
- Story
Map- "Student will demonstrate better
understanding of internal story grammar through structured exploration
of the book Where the Wild Things Are."
- Story
Order- The students will be able to listen to a piece of literature
and identify the beginning, middle and end of story.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- The
True Story of the 3 Little Pigs- Using a Venn diagram to compare
and contrast two versions of a story.
- 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.
- Using
KWL Chart- : This lesson utlizes the KWL technique to enhance students'
reading comprehension skills.
- What
Sound Does the Letter "Bb" Make?- The students will identify the
letter "Bb." The students will identify the sound the letter "Bb" makes.
- "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.
- 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.
- Word
Go Fish!- The students will practice reading simple words.
- Word
Identification- This is a lesson to teach strategies for word identification
during shared reading.
- Yo!
Yes- Students will learn to use picture clues as a valid and effective
strategy in reading comprehension.
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