Our free downloadable PDF Making Inferences lesson plan introduces students to how to make inferences from context clues and other textual evidence, along with what you already know, and why that is an important skill for them to have. During this lesson, students are asked to read given passages and use their new inferencing steps to answe
Using our Match Quotations with Themes lesson plan, students learn how to effectively identify the themes of a text and find quotations to support that theme.
In our Media Literacy lesson plan, students learn about media literacy and why it’s so important in a world with so much media. Students learn how to fact-check claims and how to choose reputable media sources.
Our Morals, Messages, and Lessons lesson plan teaches students the basics about the messages, lessons, or morals of a story, and how to identify them. Students practice identifying each in examples and write their own stories with a message.
Our Mythology lesson plan teaches students about myths, including their histories, their purpose, their structure, and their lasting influence. Students practice using what they learned by writing their own myths in the style and tradition of myths they learned about during this lesson.
Our Narrator/Speaker’s Influence lesson plan teaches students about how the narrator and the narrator’s point of view can influence a text and the way events in a text are described. Students practice writing about events from the point of view of different narrators.
With our Order Events in a Story lesson plan, students learn how to put story events in order chronologically and how to write chronological summaries of stories using specific transition words. Students practice putting plot points in order and writing their own summaries as a part of this lesson.
In our Patterns of Events lesson plan, students learn about common patterns of events in literature and how to distinguish between the different patterns to help determine genre. Students practice writing using these patterns.
Our Personal Point of View lesson plan teaches students about character action, dialogue, inferences, and motivation and how those are used to find out about a character’s perception or point of view.
With our Personal POV v. Author’s POV lesson plan, students learn how the differentiate between their personal point of view and the author’s point of view when reading a text.
In our Personality Traits lesson plan, students learn what personality traits are and how to recognize them in text. Students also learn about specific examples of personality traits and what they mean for a character or person’s personality as a whole.
Our Plot lesson plan teaches students what plot is, what the different parts of plot are, and how they are used in a story. Students practice writing their own stories using the information they learned about plot during this lesson.
In our Poetry lesson plan, students learn the basics about poetry and the various structures it can have. Students practice writing their own poetry in the style of one of the forms discussed during this lesson.
In our Poetry lesson plan for grades 1-3, students develop their understanding of poetry. This lesson focuses on rhyming, descriptive and figurative language, and various types of poems, such as acrostic and bio poems.
Our Poetry: Introductory lesson plan teaches students the basics about poetry. Students learn to identify different types of poetry in addition to writing their own.
Our Point of View lesson plan teaches students about point of view in writing, why it’s important, and how to identify it. Students practice writing from different points of view in order to solidify their understanding of the material.
Our Point of View lesson plan teaches students about point of view in writing, why it’s important, and how to identify it. Students practice writing from different points of view in order to solidify their understanding of the material.
Our Problem and Solution Nonfiction Text Structure lesson plan teaches students what the problem and solution nonfiction text structure is. Students discuss why this structure is important and when it should be used. They also practice identifying the problem and solution in a given text.
The Clarendon Learning reading lesson plans are convenient and valuable as the starting point to help every elementary school-aged child to become a better reader. A wide variety of topics are available with specialized reading lesson plans for beginning readers in primary school, more advanced readers in the middle elementary grades, and of course, concept-specific lessons for students in upper grades.
Whether you are seeking to introduce your students to new vowel sounds, understanding myths, and fables, or the skills and strategies needed for comprehending stories, or other reading concepts, Clarendon Learning offers effective teaching resources and ideas for classroom teachers and homeschooling parents.
Our detailed lesson plans have been written by experienced educators and curriculum experts. They have been thoroughly researched and reviewed for accuracy and efficiency and can be used almost immediately. There is little preparation time necessary, allowing the busy educator more time to teach the content of the lesson.
The reading lesson plans include step-by-step instructions, procedures for teachers, options, matching Common Core State Standards, content for students, activity and practice pages, a list of Internet resources to enhance learning, and much more.
All of our reading resources may be searched by topic or grade level (k-6). You’ll find that these teaching resources truly are beneficial to all elementary-aged students, and the plans will allow teachers and homeschooling parents to become more effective educators.
The Clarendon Learning reading lesson plans are convenient and valuable as the starting point to help every elementary school-aged child to become a better reader. A wide variety of topics are available with specialized reading lesson plans for beginning readers in primary school, more advanced readers in the middle elementary grades, and of course, concept-specific lessons for students in upper grades. Whether you are seeking to introduce your students to new vowel sounds, understanding myths, and fables, or the skills and strategies needed for comprehending stories, or other reading concepts, Read more
