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Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.

whats the big idea summarizing nonfiction texts

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

In this lesson, students will practice listening comprehension skills after reading “The Paper Bag Princess” together as a class. Afterward, students will role-play, make inferences, and use summarization to strengthen literacy skills.

the paper bag princess

The Paper Bag Princess

This lesson plan will have students practice their reading skills and build their reading stamina. This can be used as an introduction to kindergarten reader's workshop!

introducing readers workshop

Introducing Reader's Workshop!

Use this story map and your choice of short fiction passages to develop your students’ reading comprehension skills with this group reading lesson. 

story mapping group work

Story Mapping Group Work

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.

informational text close reading

Informational Text: Close Reading

Give students many opportunities to see how visuals can influence a story's meaning. Show off your acting skills and read a great book to help them learn!

analyzing visual elements

Analyzing Visual Elements

In honor of Chinese New Year, share with your students a famous Chinese story called *The Monkey King*. Students will practice their comprehension skills as they retell the story, identifying what happens in the beginning, middle, and end. 

retelling of the monkey king a famous chinese story

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.

fiction vs nonfiction

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Your kids will love learning about setting, characters and events as they listen to a classic tale and play a simple game. This lesson helps students improve their reading comprehension skills while they have fun.

setting characters and events in goldilocks and the three bears

Setting, Characters, and Events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This literary lesson has students delving into Emily Dickinson's "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold" to find different types of figurative language. Writers will love sharpening reading comprehension skills with this poetry analysis activity.

poetry figurative language

Poetry: Figurative Language

Students will be buzzing as they write and illustrate information about bees.

we love bees

We Love Bees!

Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.

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Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.  

its all in the personality character traits

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

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

Take your students to a magical place by having them read stories such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "Rumpelstiltskin." They can read these magical stories and figure out the main idea and details in them!

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Main Ideas and Details

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

All fictional stories have story elements but they sure can differ between stories. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the story elements of two fictional stories and document their findings in a graphic organizer.   

using story elements to compare and contrast fiction texts

Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts

What’s the deal with all of those text features? Use this handy lesson plan to help your second graders answer that very question. 

how many features

How Many Features?

In this literacy lesson, students have the chance to explore feelings using The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They will role-play, answer comprehension questions, and create a craft! 

the rainbow fish

The Rainbow Fish

Look at history! In this lesson, guide students through an exploration of the context, causes, and effects of the Transcontinental Railroad, and help them practice identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

connecting the coasts effects of the transcontinental railroad

Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad

This lesson will have your students learn to compare and contrast using both a classic fairy tale and a fractured versions of a fairy tale. 

comparing and contrasting short stories

Comparing and Contrasting Short Stories

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

summaries and predictions

Summaries and Predictions

This lesson provides teachers with an opportunity to teach students about reading stamina and assess student comprehension during independent reading.

increasing reading stamina and comprehension

Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

Good readers analyze texts by looking at similarities and differences. Use this lesson to teach your students to compare and contrast the story elements of two fiction texts.

finding similarities and differences

Finding Similarities and Differences

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.

detective reading

Detective Reading

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

Encourage your students to translate their understanding of theme to poetry. In this lesson, students will evaluate the theme of poems by sketching pictures and citing text evidence.

poetry themes

Poetry Themes

By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.

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