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What makes a story, a story? In this lesson, students examine the elements of stories. They learn to use pre-planning strategies to set their own stories up for success... before they even start writing!

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Dissecting Stories: Analyzing Story Elements

Take a walk together! In this lesson, your students will practice their listening and comprehension skills while walking in different ways.

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Take a Walk: Reading Comprehension

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

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

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Story Mapping Group Work

In this lesson, your students will learn all about the perfect recipe for a story! Your students will practice their knowledge by rolling a story element die and sharing with the class.

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The Recipe for a Perfect Story

Use pantomime performance to drive your students to predict, question, and cite main ideas. With this dramatic lesson plan, your class will craftily capture information on a graphic organizer to boost their reading comprehension!

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Picture Walk: A Preview

Through this lesson, your students will use academic vocabulary to discuss character traits, author's purpose, and the sequence of events in a story.

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Learn Story Elements

Put your students' imaginations to the test with this lesson on storytelling and creative writing. After reading some classic fairy tales, students will create their own using printed figures.

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Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Every storyteller needs to understand beginning, middle, and end. The same goes for young readers. Help your students grasp the concept of story sections with this hands-on sequencing lesson.

the wheels of the story go round and round

The Wheels of the Story Go Round and Round

Introduce your students to some of the major structural elements of poetry in this comprehensive lesson.


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Elements of Poetry

Are your students emerging readers? Use this literacy-focused lesson plan to set summer reading goals and help your students express their opinions about books. Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the **Summer Reads** lesson plan.

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Reading Goals

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

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Summaries and Predictions

Are your students hooking their readers? Use this creative and imaginative writing exercise that will bring student beginnings to life.

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Let's Hook 'Em!

In this lesson, your students will practice their reading comprehension and vocabulary with the Pledge of Allegiance. They will reflect on the meaning of the pledge.

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All About the Pledge of Allegiance

Mae Jemison was the first African American female astronaut to enter space! Use this lesson plan to help your students get to know this prominent scientist, and determine what makes her an influencial person.

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A Biography of Mae Jemison

Quoting is a valuable skill in today's education. Lead your students on the right path with explicit instruction that will stick. Then, back it up with hands on practice on and experience in their own leveled chapter books.

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What's a Quote? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part II)

In this lesson, your students will explore reading with technology with "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Students will use a graphic organizer to reflect on this story.

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details

This teacher-approved lesson is sure to get your kids ready for reading. Students will love learning about the letter R with a silly story and game.

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Robert the Rose Horse: The Letter R

Can cartoon bears talk? Can fish sing? Engage your students by teaching the difference between real and make believe.

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Imagination: Real or Make Believe

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. 

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Comparing and Contrasting Short Stories

Show and prove! Use this lesson plan and say farewell to fiction reading logs of yore, as your students (literally) draw connections across theme, cause, and effect. 

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Reading Logs to Go!

This lesson plan integrates art and reading to create a character by personifying a pumpkin. Your students will enjoy writing a story about a character that they have created!

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Pumpkin Creatures

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

Explore a day in the life of a pencil! Your students will practice different points of view by thinking outside the box and writing as though they are something else.

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Point of View Frenzy

This lesson provides a fun way to combine learning and entertainment. Your kids will have a great time listening to stories and learning about mice.

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A Unique Guest

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!

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Analyzing Visual Elements

Use this lesson plan as a stand alone or support lesson to introduce or review nonfiction text features to your ELs.

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All About Nonfiction

Use this fun theatrical lesson plan to review or teach all about retelling a story with your ELs. This can be used as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Goldilocks and the Beginning, Middle, and End.

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Making Connections in a Fiction Text

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.

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

Let your students find out that the sentences they speak so easily are formed of many different parts. Have them break down sentences to learn the various parts that form a sentence!

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