Reading Instruction Lesson Plans

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Reading Comprehension

Reading Instruction

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Predicting Lesson

Predicting actively engages students and connects them to what they read Predicting involves thinking ahead while…

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Reading

Reading Instruction

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"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…

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Reading

Literature

Language Arts and Writing

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"Two Travelers and the Bear": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a fable by Aesop.

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Literature

Ancient Civilizations

Reading and Literature

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"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to draw conclusions using one of Aesop's enjoyable fables.…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web

Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is different from reading…

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Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

Reading

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Books to Use When Teaching Fables

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Reading

Fables

Storytelling

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Blooming Tree

Reward students for reading books by adding to a student-made tree.

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Reading Instruction

Language Arts and Writing

Reading

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble

Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Creative Writing

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Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 1: Introducing Tolkien and His Worlds

Use the handouts in this printable guide to explore myths and folk tales from around the world that share the themes…

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Literature

Folk Tales

Fantasy Fiction

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Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 3: There and Back Again

Enhance students' reading experience of Tolkien's The Hobbit with lesson planning resources that accompany chapters…

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Literature

Teaching Tolkien – Lesson Planning Resources

Reading and Literature

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BOOK GUIDES

The Secret Life of Bees

Share this literature guide with your secondary students; it provides activities to be used with the bestselling – and…

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Literature

Reading and Literature

Novels

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The Donkey and the Dog

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to compare and contrast by observing and analyzing…

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Literature

Ancient Civilizations

Reading and Literature

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Bella's Rules Common Core Curriculum and Discussion Guide

Bella likes to do things her way, but when her new puppy doesn't follow the rules she begins to see why her own behavior…

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Reading Instruction

Children's Book

Reading

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A Core Curriculum Guide for Penguin Young Readers: A Leveled Reading Program for Beginning Readers

Reach beginning readers with twelve lesson plans to use in conjunction with the Penguin Young Readers program. Written…

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Early Reading

Reading Instruction

Reading

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The Boy Who Saved Baseball

Explore teaching activities to be used with The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter.

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Literature

Baseball

Reading and Literature

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Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble

Students will be introduced to more complex issues of story development while observing how a story without trouble is a…

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Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One

By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show students the building blocks…

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Literature

Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

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Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 2: Runes, Riddles, and a Ring of Power

Discover the magic of language in Tolkien's work and deepen students' understanding of the text with the supplemental…

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Literature

Teaching Tolkien – Lesson Planning Resources

Language Arts and Writing

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Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 5: "The Tides of Fate Are Flowing"

Explore the magical world of Tolkien with your class through the lesson planning resources in this teacher's guide for…

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Literature

Teaching Tolkien – Lesson Planning Resources

Reading and Literature

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Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 6: Treebeard's Lament

Examine the price of progress in The Lord of the Rings, Book Three, with the lesson planning resources in this printable…

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Literature

Teaching Tolkien – Lesson Planning Resources

Plants and Botany

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Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 7: Tolkien's Moral Universe

Discuss the intricacies of a classic tale of good versus evil with the guided questions in this lesson planning unit for…

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Literature

Teaching Tolkien – Lesson Planning Resources

Reading and Literature

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Bad Day at Riverbend Teacher's Guide

Your students will be delighted by the unique illustrations and storytelling in Chris Van Allsburg's Western, Bad Day at…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Instruction

Language Arts and Writing

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The Wreck of the Zephyr Teacher's Guide

Consider the use of voice and the idea of ambiguity with your class as students read Chris Van Allsburg's The Wreck of…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Instruction

Language Arts and Writing

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