Intentional planning for read alouds is essential. This unit on Bears Snores On by Karma Wilson demonstrates how each reading of a book focuses on specific literacy skills.

In this lesson from Expeditionary Learning, students will imagine themselves in the role of the main characters of That Book Woman by Heather Henson. They will discover the motivations of the characters through role-playing and investigating the illustrations in the text. Students will use an informational text to investigate why it might be difficult to get books to people, as it was in That Book Woman. This is Lesson 1 of 17 from the Grade 3 Curriculum Map Unit 3, Module 1: http://engageny.org/resource/grade-3-ela-module-1-unit-3 .

In this lesson, students engage in a choral reading of Shakespeare in an effort to better understand his works. By reading rearranged character lines - sometimes out of context - students see new sides to characters in Shakespeare plays they have already read.

Oral History Interviews that bring students together with veterans help to foster empathy and make history come alive. This lessons offers a step-by-step guide to doing an oral history project with Vietnam War Veterans.

Intentional planning for read alouds is essential. This unit on Giants Pandas by Gail Gibbons demonstrates how each reading of a book focuses on specific literacy skills.

On the third Monday of January, Americans celebrate the life and achievement of one of our most respected citizens -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Students will explore the basics of literacy through fun and interactive activities using Micro:bit technology.
Students develop their language and literacy skills, including reading, writing, and communication.
Students will collaborate in groups to foster teamwork and communication.

Intentional planning for read alouds is essential. This template demonstrates how each reading of a book focuses on specific literacy skills. It is an abbreviate edition of the Pre-K Read Aloud- In Depth resource shared on #GoOpenNC. This resource is adapted from NC Early Learning Network materials. NC Early Learning Network is joint project of the NC Department of Public Instruction, Office of Early Learning and UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.

Intentional planning for read alouds is essential. This template demonstrates how each reading of a book focuses on specific literacy skills. Completed examples using this template are available on #GoOpenNC. A fiction example is shared for Bear Snores on by Karma Wilson and an example for informational text is shared for Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons.

This video has been created by NCDPI. It provides tips for integrating reading within the math block.

This lesson is designed to engage students through reader's theater during the guided reading lesson. Students can practice fluency using an alternative format.

This lesson plan is for the book Snowflake Bentley.  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.  

A great resource to introduce, review, or prepare students for the Thanksgiving holiday. This is an activity students should be able to do completely independently and some follow-up/partner/whole-group activities are also suggested. Students will need an iPad to do the activity.

 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.