Our Reading Connections lesson plan teaches students how to connect the words they read to their own lives, the world as a whole, and to other written texts. Students practice reading texts and determining if and how they relate to themselves, the world, or to other text.
Our Reading for Purpose lesson plan teaches students about why people read, various purposes for reading, and strategies for becoming motivated to read. Students also consider the author’s purposes for writing.
Using our Reading Informational Texts lesson plan, students learn strategies for reading texts and getting the right information from them to answer questions.
Our Reading News Stories lesson plan teaches students the structure of a traditional newspaper along with strategies for determining the bias of sources and the general trustworthiness of news sources. Students are also taught the 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, and why) and why journalists ask these questions.
With our Reading Orally lesson plan, students learn how to be more expressive while reading poetry and how to better interpret the literal and figurative language in poetry.
In our Reading Orally lesson plan for grades 1-2, students learn strategies for reading out loud in front of other people. Students learn the importance of tone, pacing, and accuracy, and practice reading orally.
With our Reading Poetry and Prose lesson plan, students learn about poetry and prose, including their differences and how to identify each type of writing.
Our Reading with Purpose and Understanding lesson plan teaches students about the purpose of reading and understanding what they read. Students practice reading excerpts and identifying the purpose for reading and understanding it.
With our Reasons and Evidence of an Author lesson plan, students learn how to identify an author’s reason and evidence. Students practice reading articles and identifying the different parts (reason and evidence) of the article in order to demonstrate their understanding of the lesson material.
Our Regular Vowel Teams lesson teaches students about the regular vowel teams, which include oa, ee, ai, ay, oi, and oy. Students learn spelling-sound correspondences for these vowel teams, which helps with their pronunciation.
With our Retelling Stories lesson plan, students learn the steps for effectively retelling stories. Students practice reading stories, identifying key points and details, and then retelling them.
In our Sentence Basics lesson plan, students learn about the basic parts of a sentence and how to write complete sentences. Students practice writing full sentences and identify each part of a sentence.
Our free downloadable PDF Sequence/Chronological Order Nonfiction Text Structure lesson plan introduces students to the sequence or chronological order structure for nonfiction texts. It is important for students to be able to differentiate between this structure and other nonfiction structures, as the structure can provide help with readin
Our Sequencing lesson plan teaches students about chronological order and teaches students words used to sequence things in writing. Students practice identifying the sequence of events and writing using the sequencing vocabulary.
Our Shakespeare for Kids Lesson Plan contains four of Shakespeare’s many plays, whose stories have been summarized and explained in the format of children’s plays, with focus towards 4th – 9th grades.
This curriculum has won multiple international awards for educational content and creativity. In 2016 we won the:
2016 Communicator Award of Distinction for Educational Websites and for Quality of Copy/Writing.
2016 Hermes Awards – Gold for Educational Content.
What is included in the complete Shakespeare for Kids Curriculum:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
28 page summary and breakdown of the A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare Play
Complete and in depth descriptions of the main and minor characters in the play
Act by act and scene by scene descriptions and summaries
and more…
Twelfth Night:
34 page summary and breakdown of the Twelfth Night Shakespeare Play
Complete and in depth descriptions of the main and minor characters in the play
Act by act and scene by scene descriptions and summaries
Julius Caesar:
40 page summary and breakdown of the Julius Caesar Shakespeare Play
Complete and in depth descriptions of the main and minor characters in the play
Act by act and scene by scene descriptions and summaries
The Tempest:
32 page summary and breakdown of the Tempest Shakespeare Play
Complete and in depth descriptions of the main and minor characters in the play
Act by act and scene by scene descriptions and summaries
Activities:
Draw a Shakespeare Character
Groundlings
Shakespeare’s English Activity
Shakespeare Masks
Coat of Arms
Think of a Memory – Write like Shakespeare
Shakespeare Word Search
Purchase of this package includes all of the award winning materials included in the Shakespeare for Kids curriculum.
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With our Short /a/ Words with Pictures lesson plan, students learn about words with short /a/ sounds and how to sound them out, read them, and categorize them.
With our Short /e/ Words with Pictures lesson plan, students learn about words with short /e/ sounds and how to sound them out, read them, and categorize them.
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
