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Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
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Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Get your magnifying glasses—it’s time to play text detective. In this lesson, students will learn the importance of reading comprehension and making inferences while learning to correctly label the 5 Ws within a text.
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Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
Get your magnifying glasses—it’s time to play text detective. In this lesson, students will learn the importance of reading comprehension and making inferences while learning to correctly label the 5 Ws within a text.
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Detective Reading
Lesson Plan
Detective Reading
Fourth Grade
Reading
Roll up your sleeves and get out the magnifying glasses! In this lesson, your students will practice finding supportive details and examples in informational texts.
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Detective Reading
Lesson Plan
Detective Reading
Roll up your sleeves and get out the magnifying glasses! In this lesson, your students will practice finding supportive details and examples in informational texts.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Learning About Text Features
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Learning About Text Features
Second Grade
In this lesson, students will read text features and discuss how each text feature relates to the main idea of a nonfiction text. Use a stand alone activity or a support for the Examining the Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text lesson.
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Learning About Text Features
Lesson Plan
Learning About Text Features
In this lesson, students will read text features and discuss how each text feature relates to the main idea of a nonfiction text. Use a stand alone activity or a support for the Examining the Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text lesson.
Second Grade
Lesson Plan
Understand Text Features
Lesson Plan
Understand Text Features
Fourth Grade
Reading
Let's practice reading nonfiction texts! In this lesson, teach your ELs about identifying and describing text features. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Formatting Text Features.
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Understand Text Features
Lesson Plan
Understand Text Features
Let's practice reading nonfiction texts! In this lesson, teach your ELs about identifying and describing text features. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Formatting Text Features.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Formatting Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Formatting Nonfiction Text
Fourth Grade
Writing
Text formatting can add a lot of richness to how information is explained. In this lesson students will explore the organization of nonfiction texts and go on a scavenger hunt for different kinds of text formatting features.
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Formatting Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Formatting Nonfiction Text
Text formatting can add a lot of richness to how information is explained. In this lesson students will explore the organization of nonfiction texts and go on a scavenger hunt for different kinds of text formatting features.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Text Features Evaluation
Lesson Plan
Text Features Evaluation
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use this lesson to help your ELs evaluate the purpose of text features and justify their answers. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing Nonfiction Text Features.
Lesson Plan
Text Features Evaluation
Lesson Plan
Text Features Evaluation
Use this lesson to help your ELs evaluate the purpose of text features and justify their answers. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing Nonfiction Text Features.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Text Features and Their Purposes
Lesson Plan
Text Features and Their Purposes
Fourth Grade
This lesson helps your ELs identify nonfiction text features and explain how they enhance comprehension of the text. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Searching for Text Features lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
Text Features and Their Purposes
Lesson Plan
Text Features and Their Purposes
This lesson helps your ELs identify nonfiction text features and explain how they enhance comprehension of the text. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Searching for Text Features lesson plan.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Using Text Features for Comprehension
Lesson Plan
Using Text Features for Comprehension
Third Grade
Use this lesson to help your ELs use information from text features to better understand the text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense lesson.
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Using Text Features for Comprehension
Lesson Plan
Using Text Features for Comprehension
Use this lesson to help your ELs use information from text features to better understand the text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense lesson.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
Summarize a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Summarize a Nonfiction Text
Second Grade
Writing
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand how to write effective nonfiction text summaries. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Create a Non-fiction Text Summary lesson plan.
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Summarize a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Summarize a Nonfiction Text
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand how to write effective nonfiction text summaries. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Create a Non-fiction Text Summary lesson plan.
Second Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Close Reading
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Close Reading
Fifth Grade
Reading
Use a student-friendly glossary and sentence frames to learn about wild weather! Scaffolds will help your students answer text-dependent questions. This lesson can be paired with the main Informational Text: Close Reading lesson.
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Informational Text: Close Reading
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Close Reading
Use a student-friendly glossary and sentence frames to learn about wild weather! Scaffolds will help your students answer text-dependent questions. This lesson can be paired with the main Informational Text: Close Reading lesson.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Nonfiction Text Features
Lesson Plan
Nonfiction Text Features
Second Grade
Students will be able to use and identify nonfiction text features. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the How Many Features? lesson plan.
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Nonfiction Text Features
Lesson Plan
Nonfiction Text Features
Students will be able to use and identify nonfiction text features. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the How Many Features? lesson plan.
Second Grade
Lesson Plan
Making Text Connections
Lesson Plan
Making Text Connections
Fourth Grade
This lesson helps your students practice making text connections so they can write about their reading. It can be taught on its own or serve as a precursor to the Reading Response Letters lesson.
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Making Text Connections
Lesson Plan
Making Text Connections
This lesson helps your students practice making text connections so they can write about their reading. It can be taught on its own or serve as a precursor to the Reading Response Letters lesson.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Third Grade
Reading
Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Create a Nonfiction Text Summary
Lesson Plan
Create a Nonfiction Text Summary
Second Grade
Writing
Give your students a chance to hone their reading comprehension skills by creating nonfiction text summaries in this introductory lesson.
Lesson Plan
Create a Nonfiction Text Summary
Lesson Plan
Create a Nonfiction Text Summary
Give your students a chance to hone their reading comprehension skills by creating nonfiction text summaries in this introductory lesson.
Second Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Searching for Text Features
Lesson Plan
Searching for Text Features
Fourth Grade
Reading
This fun combination of scavenger hunt and bingo is sure to please young learners. Not only will your students increase their knowledge of text features, they'll also enjoy a selection of engaging games.
Lesson Plan
Searching for Text Features
Lesson Plan
Searching for Text Features
This fun combination of scavenger hunt and bingo is sure to please young learners. Not only will your students increase their knowledge of text features, they'll also enjoy a selection of engaging games.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Exploring Fictional Text
Lesson Plan
Exploring Fictional Text
Second Grade
This lesson will provide your EL students with support as they explore the elements of fictional text and learn about verbs in the present participle tense. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity or a support lesson.
Lesson Plan
Exploring Fictional Text
Lesson Plan
Exploring Fictional Text
This lesson will provide your EL students with support as they explore the elements of fictional text and learn about verbs in the present participle tense. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity or a support lesson.
Second Grade
Lesson Plan
Color Coding Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Color Coding Nonfiction Text
Third Grade
Jazz up your nonfiction reading and add a little color! Use this lesson with your students to teach them to cite text evidence as they answer questions by color coding.
Lesson Plan
Color Coding Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Color Coding Nonfiction Text
Jazz up your nonfiction reading and add a little color! Use this lesson with your students to teach them to cite text evidence as they answer questions by color coding.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
Lesson Plan
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
Fourth Grade
By analzying picture books, students will make connections between the text and the illustrations of a story. They will compare and contrast the text and the illustrations and reflect upon how they impact their comprehension of a text.
Lesson Plan
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
Lesson Plan
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
By analzying picture books, students will make connections between the text and the illustrations of a story. They will compare and contrast the text and the illustrations and reflect upon how they impact their comprehension of a text.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Second Grade
Reading
This lesson will help students identify the author's point of view and purpose for writing an informational text.
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Nonfiction Text
This lesson will help students identify the author's point of view and purpose for writing an informational text.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Using Font and Text Features in Your Writing
Lesson Plan
Using Font and Text Features in Your Writing
Fourth Grade
Learn to use text formatting tools like capitalization, bold, underline, and italics to give emphasis to your writing.
Lesson Plan
Using Font and Text Features in Your Writing
Lesson Plan
Using Font and Text Features in Your Writing
Learn to use text formatting tools like capitalization, bold, underline, and italics to give emphasis to your writing.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Text
Second Grade
Writing
Use this lesson to help your students learn how to find the main idea and details in a nonfiction text using a graphic organizer for support.
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Text
Use this lesson to help your students learn how to find the main idea and details in a nonfiction text using a graphic organizer for support.
Second Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
The Key Elements of Fictional Text
Lesson Plan
The Key Elements of Fictional Text
Second Grade
Vocabulary
This lesson will provide your ELs with support as they learn about the key elements of fictional text, including characters, setting, and plot. Use as a stand alone activity or a support lesson.
Lesson Plan
The Key Elements of Fictional Text
Lesson Plan
The Key Elements of Fictional Text
This lesson will provide your ELs with support as they learn about the key elements of fictional text, including characters, setting, and plot. Use as a stand alone activity or a support lesson.
Second Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Perspective in Text: Whose Voice is Missing?
Lesson Plan
Perspective in Text: Whose Voice is Missing?
Fifth Grade
Critical thinking demands making inferences and having proof. Use this lesson plan with your students to teach how to infer author’s perspective and cite supporting quotes from text.
Lesson Plan
Perspective in Text: Whose Voice is Missing?
Lesson Plan
Perspective in Text: Whose Voice is Missing?
Critical thinking demands making inferences and having proof. Use this lesson plan with your students to teach how to infer author’s perspective and cite supporting quotes from text.
Fifth Grade
Lesson Plan
Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
Second Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
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.
Lesson Plan
Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
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.
Second Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Fictional Text
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Fictional Text
Second Grade
Reading
Students will read a short fictional story and discuss why the author included certain details and words. Use this lesson to help your students navigate parts of fictional text to determine the author's purpose!
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Fictional Text
Lesson Plan
Examining Author's Purpose in a Fictional Text
Students will read a short fictional story and discuss why the author included certain details and words. Use this lesson to help your students navigate parts of fictional text to determine the author's purpose!
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Comparing Nonfiction Text Features
Lesson Plan
Comparing Nonfiction Text Features
Fifth Grade
Not all nonfiction texts on the same topic are created equal! Using this lesson plan, your class will become familiar with nonfiction features by comparing and contrasting texts on a shared topic.
Lesson Plan
Comparing Nonfiction Text Features
Lesson Plan
Comparing Nonfiction Text Features
Not all nonfiction texts on the same topic are created equal! Using this lesson plan, your class will become familiar with nonfiction features by comparing and contrasting texts on a shared topic.
Fifth Grade
Lesson Plan
Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Lesson Plan
Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Second Grade
Reading
Use this lesson to reinforce using sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text. This can be used as a stand alone activity or a support the Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings lesson.
Lesson Plan
Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Lesson Plan
Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text
Use this lesson to reinforce using sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text. This can be used as a stand alone activity or a support the Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings lesson.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Timelines and Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Timelines and Nonfiction Text
Fourth Grade
Teach your students how to use timelines to organize information from nonfiction texts.
Lesson Plan
Timelines and Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Timelines and Nonfiction Text
Teach your students how to use timelines to organize information from nonfiction texts.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Close Reading
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Close Reading
Fifth Grade
Reading
Let's learn about natural disasters. After reading through some informational texts, students will use their close reading skills to answer questions about different types of disasters.
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Close Reading
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Close Reading
Let's learn about natural disasters. After reading through some informational texts, students will use their close reading skills to answer questions about different types of disasters.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
Adaptations are often used to retell old stories in new mediums. However, not all adaptations are exactly like their originals. This lesson helps students understand how inclusions and omissions can change a story.
Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Adaptations are often used to retell old stories in new mediums. However, not all adaptations are exactly like their originals. This lesson helps students understand how inclusions and omissions can change a story.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
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