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2nd - 4th Grade English Language Support Common Core Vocabulary Lesson Plans

In this literary lesson, students use fairy tales to practice identifying character traits. Students are challenged to justify their reasoning using text based support.

fairy tales character traits

Fairy Tales: Character Traits

Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.

simple summaries

Simple Summaries

You won't strike out with this lesson on finding the theme of a script. Use this lesson to help your students identify the elements of a script and find the theme.

summer drama

Summer Drama

Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!

traditional literature story mapping

Traditional Literature: Story Mapping

When reading, we all encounter unknown words at times. But how do we figure them out? In this lesson, students learn how to become a “human dictionary” by using a variety of strategies to figure out the meaning of unknown words. 


human dictionary

Human Dictionary

Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It&#39;s packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.

reading closely

Reading Closely

This lesson will help students identify the author's point of view and purpose for writing an informational text.

examining authors purpose in a nonfiction text

Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text

It's time to learn about time. In this hands-on lesson, students manipulate clock hands and jump across timelines in order to calculate the "distance" between different times and events.

elapseable

Elapseable

In this lesson, students will learn how to add a one-digit number to a two-digit number. This will help students build upon the skills needed for regrouping larger numbers.

adding it all up

Adding it All Up

This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words in a nonfiction text about a chicken's life cycle to support comprehension.

understanding academic vocabulary in a nonfiction text

Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text

This lesson will help your students use sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text. Students will enjoy learning about maps and figuring out tricky words along the way!

using context clues to understand word meanings

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

Cats are the best! Pizza is better! My teacher rules! In Fact or Opinion: Part 1, your students will combine reading and writing to learn about the differences between facts and opinions and how those differences are communicated.

fact or opinion part 1

Fact or Opinion: Part 1

Teach your students to ask and differentiate between recall questions and inferential questions. This lesson will help build a classroom culture around asking deep, inferential questions.

red light green light questions

Red Light, Green Light Questions

It’s time to make an educated guess! In this lesson, your students will practice using their background knowledge and evidence from the text to make inferences in nonfiction pieces about Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez.

inference detectives

Inference Detectives

Teach your second graders how to write a prediction and summarize book chapters in this exciting lesson!

summaries and predictions

Summaries and Predictions

Are your students ready to see narratives from a different perspective? This reading lesson will get students excited about discovering first- and third-person points of view.

two points of view

Two Points of View

Your students will enjoy reading the classic story “The Ugly Duckling,” written about a very lovable duck! This reading lesson also includes a fun partner activity to help your students practice comprehension.

read and retell a classic story

Read and Retell a Classic Story

Get out the measuring tape and head outside! In this lesson, students gather measurement data and build a model of the school playground. 

how big is the playground

How Big is the Playground?

That’s right! The theme applies to everyone! Use this interactive lesson to teach your students how to find the theme of a fictional text.

theres no i in themework

There’s No I in Theme-work!

Every student is unique. This lesson emphasizes that uniqueness by having young learners use similes to share some of the traits that make them special. It features Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood and a fantastic storyboard exercise.

similes that describe me

Similes That Describe ME!

Give your students a chance to hone their reading comprehension skills as they learn about the characters, setting, and plot of their favorite fiction books by creating a story map.

the elements of fiction creating a story map

The Elements of Fiction: Creating a Story Map

Did you know that comparative tasks improve comprehension and help students develop higher order thinking skills? In this lesson, students will compare nonfiction texts on the same topic using Venn diagrams and performance!

compare and contrast texts on the same topic

Compare and Contrast Texts on the Same Topic

Use this lesson to gauge your students’ basic comprehension of fiction text. If they can answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions, you know they have a handle on it and it’s time to get into more critical thinking!

questions that gauge comprehension

Questions that Gauge Comprehension

This tasty lesson will teach second graders about fractions using cookies. 

cookie fractions fun

Cookie Fractions Fun!

Context clues are a powerful tool for all readers! Use this lesson to teach your students how to utilize context clues to determine the meanings of unknown words.

get clued in to context clues

Get Clued In to Context Clues

The proof is in the pudding! Use this lesson to teach your students how to use text evidence as proof when answering questions after reading. They will use evidence-based terms as they answer basic comprehension questions.

reading comprehension and evidencebased terms

Reading Comprehension and Evidence-Based Terms

Give students a chance to experience a different point of view! This fANTastic lesson on narrative style turns young readers into characters of Chris Van Allsburg's Two Bad Ants. 

my view as an ant

My View as an Ant

Cesar Chavez is a perfect example of a champion for social justice. Students will refine inference skills by using background knowledge and evidence from the text, while also discovering an important American civil rights activist. 

inferences in nonfiction texts cesar chavez and farmworker rights

Inferences in Nonfiction Texts: Cesar Chavez and Farmworker Rights

This lesson provides students with the opportunity to compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women's sports.

lets compare and contrast nonfiction texts

Let's Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Texts!

This lesson combines historical facts and creative writing to engage students in exercises that enhance both vocabulary and social studies knowledge.

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