This teacher's curriculum guide presents strategies for engaging readers before, during, and after reading the book. It also provides extension strategies to further students’ understanding through response to writing prompts.
In this activity, students read about a boy who must help his sled dog after she is seriously injured. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
This remix includes a Google Slide template created by Erin Wolfhope with view only rights. Please make a copy of it to edit, and remix and share changes.Enclosed is a powerpoint that includes task card questions and answer spaces for the story, The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons, by Natascha Biebow. Students can choose one or more task cards to complete at their technology center. Students will enter their answers on the appropriate slide.
In this lesson plan, students will review point of view through use of a close reading of Two Bad Ants and associated activities.
Students will learn the difference between theme and main idea; when to use them and with which genre. Students will be able to determine the central message by refering to the text as a basis for the answers. By understanding themes, students will be able to compare and contrast themes within and between stories.
In this activity, students read a poem and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this lesson students will watch a video of a storyteller coming up with a rap that tells a story. They will identify story elements (who, what, and where), and record significant details. T
In this lesson, children's literature is used to provide students with an opportunity to explore the concept that all individuals have strengths, abilities, and talents. Through whole-class and small-group dialogue, students determine what each story means in the context of their classroom and themselves as individuals. Students also develop the necessary skills for cooperative learning.
In this lesson, the first session involves teacher modeling of the prediction strategy. The second is based on guided practice that allows the teacher and students to work together. The third session requires students to use prediction and document the results in response journals. Suggestions for transferring the strategy into later reading activities are included.
This lesson plan is for the book Welcome Comfort. Pre-reading, during reading, and after reading questions and activities are provided. These questions could be made into online quizzes (Kahoot, Quizizz, Google Forms, Etc.) to check for student understanding.
In this informational text, Barbara Radner explores what a fable is. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this informational text provided by NASA, the author discusses what spacewalks are and how astronauts stay safe when they leave their spacecraft
Students read various poems and explore why lines are broken where they are and how they affect rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance in poetry.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this activity, students read a fable and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
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