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Our free downloadable PDF Characters – Feelings lesson plan engages reading comprehension and analytical skills as students identify the feelings of a character from a story or book and match feelings with actions. During this lesson, students are asked to identify the correct feeling word for given sentences. Students are also asked to wri
Our free downloadable PDF Characters – Predicting Actions lesson plan develops reading comprehension and critical thinking skills in young students. This interactive lesson prepares students to predict actions based on an image or reading content. During this lesson, students are asked to work collaboratively to look at a picture and predic
In our Choosing a Book lesson plan, students are taught some methods that they might use to choose a book to read. Students learn about the differences between independent, instructional, and frustrational books and how to choose the right one for their reading ability.
With our Compare and Contrast Characters’ Experiences lesson plan, students learn how to better identify, compare and contrast characters’ experiences. Students practice reading texts and completing Venn diagrams in order to compare and contrast.
The compare and contrast nonfiction text structure is a foundational type of text structure for nonfiction text. It will allow students to build to more complex structures such as problem and solution and cause and effect. Practice with comparing and contrasting in reading is also a valid reading skill and useful comprehension skill. Familiarity with this text structure will also be used on many higher level texts, and state and standardized tests, so this is a meaningful way to include test preparation while also working on building nonfiction reading skills.
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In our Compare and Contrast Stories – Same Genre lesson plan, students learn strategies for comparing and contrasting stories that are in the same genre. Students also learn how to use Venn diagrams to help them with this process.
With our Compare/Contrast Themes, etc. – Same Author lesson plan, students learn strategies for comparing and contrasting themes, setting, plot, and more in multiple works by the same author.
Our Comparing and Contrasting lesson plan for grades 4-6 teaches students how to compare and contrast various literary elements, such as story, characters, plot, point of view, and more. Students practice working with a partner to compare and contrast various aspects of example texts.
In our Comparing Genres lesson plan, students learn about the characteristics of various literary genres and how to compare and contrast them. Students also practice writing short stories in various genres in order to solidify their understanding of the genres they’re learning about.
Our Comparing Literature lesson plan teaches students how to analyze texts in order to compare and contrast them. Students also learn how to use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast literature and organize information for a presentation.
In our Comparing Similar Stories lesson plan, students learn strategies for comparing stories that are similar but not the same. Students practice using the steps taught in this lesson to compare sample stories and find both their similarities and differences.
In our Comparing Written vs. Video lesson plan, students learn strategies for comparing and contrasting books and their film adaptations. Students are given several examples in order to practice this skill.
Our Concept Mapping lesson plan teaches students about what concept mapping is and how it can be helpful. Students practice making their own context maps to explore the relationships between characters in literature and identify other uses for concept mapping.
Our Connecting Individuals, Events, Ideas lesson plan teaches students about how people, places, things, events, and more are connected to each other. Students practice describing the connection between two or more things in order to solidify their understanding of the lesson.
In our Consonant Digraphs lesson plan, students learn about what consonant digraphs – consonant pairs that represent a single sound – are and how they are used in words. Students learn some common consonant digraphs and learn the spelling-sound correspondences for these common examples.
Our Context lesson plan teaches students how to use context clues to define unknown words. Students practice finding words that they don’t know in magazines or books and using the context clues to define them.
Our Context and Word Recognition lesson plan teaches students about the value of and strategies for using context clues for word recognition. Students practice using the methods taught in this lesson to correct and inform their understanding of unfamiliar words.
With our Context and Word Recognition lesson plan, students learn how to use context to determine the meaning of unknown words that they read or recognize words that they know but aren’t sure of the definition of. Students practice defining words based on context and recognizing what type of context is being used.