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Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. (example picture book): warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on color/animal vocabulary, predictions…
Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (Chapter 1: "Before Breakfast"): warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on characters, setting, and vocabulary.
Whisper-read the leveled book while tracking print, learn and use target vocabulary (Australia, balance, pouch, joey, mob), answer comprehension questions with textual evidence, complete a word-work task (hop/hops), write and draw responses to sentence stems, and do an echo-reading fluency activity.
Free download For each of the 6 lessons (Red Pandas; Hoatzin; Moose; Vancouver; Recycling; The Atlantic Ocean), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn and apply story vocabulary via vocabulary and vocabulary-question exercises, answer writing questions, complete a creative writing…
Students review sight words and letter sounds, listen to a read-aloud while answering prediction/comprehension questions, play a sight-word flashcard/bingo game, read in small guided-reading groups by level, draw a picture and write a simple sentence using sight words, and participate in a wrap-up discussion.
Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel (example Level J-K book): warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on making predictions using text clues and…
Read the leveled book, answer text-based comprehension questions with evidence citations, identify cause-and-effect relationships, practice target vocabulary, and complete a quick written response.
Students discuss a warm-up question, learn pre-taught vocabulary, listen to a teacher read-aloud then finish the chapter independently, answer guiding and theme-discussion questions in small groups, draw a character sketch with descriptive words, create and swap word searches using vocabulary words, answer an…
Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around Matilda by Roald Dahl (Chapter 7: "Miss Honey"): warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on character motivation/inference, vocabulary building, and discussion of…
Read the leveled book quietly, marking sticky notes at key details (location, why the ship canal was built, how damp air affected 1800s textile mills); discuss findings using evidence; learn target vocabulary (waterways, terrain, maritime, municipal, skyscrapers).
Read three levelled/differentiated decodable passages about pine trees (fill-in-the-blank vocabulary style, e.g. completing words like 'needles', 'cones', 'seed'), participate in a teacher-led science lesson (observe cones/leaves, answer questions), and complete comprehension worksheets.
Free download For each of the 10 lessons (The Principal; Fear; Warm Welcome; Funny Photos; Gold Star; Sub Teacher; President Lina; Devon's Science Project; On the Stage; Eve's Amazing Day), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn and apply story vocabulary via vocabulary and…
Read a short introduction to Helen Keller's life, study 5 vocabulary terms (commemorate, unwavering, delineate, inevitable, imminent), answer 5 comprehension questions and 3 critical-thinking questions about Keller's story and legacy, and complete an extension activity writing about a personal challenge overcome.
Free download Write igh-sound words under matching pictures and color them; underline the 'igh' sound in a short passage in red and read it; draw a scene depicting the passage; use the passage to help spell related words; correct a deliberately mis-spelled/mis-punctuated sample sentence ("Be the Teacher"); and play a 2-player…
Varies by grade level: younger-grade files have students identify vocabulary, make predictions, do shared/echo reading, and complete matching or fill-in-the-blank activities; upper-grade files have students read assigned chapters, analyze themes and characters in small groups, build character maps with textual…
In small groups during station/guided reading time, students perform one of three reading-level versions of scripts about MLK's childhood experience with segregation ('A Dream Begins'), his adulthood as a civil-rights activist ('A Special Lesson'), and his influence on children today ('A Hero Emerges'), reading…
Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (Chapter 3: "Escape"): warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on character trait analysis (Wilbur and Charlotte) and…
Free download For each of the 6 lessons (Proteins; Carbohydrates; Fats; Milk; Potatoes; Composting), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn and apply story vocabulary via vocabulary and vocabulary-question exercises, answer writing questions, complete a creative writing prompt…
Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around 1984 by George Orwell (through Chapter 5): warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on themes, Winston Smith's character development, language/propaganda…
Free download For each of the 6 lessons (Bring on the Snow; Walk through the Woods; Nature Photographer; Nature's Beautiful Colors; Flower Fun; Picking Cherries), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn and apply story vocabulary via vocabulary and vocabulary-question exercises…
Free download For each of the 6 lessons (Talking in Code; Power From the Sun; Roller Coasters; The History of Cars; The History of Ferries; The History of Helicopters), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn and apply story vocabulary via vocabulary and vocabulary-question…
Take part in a teacher-led guided reading lesson built around Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: warm-up/prediction discussion, shared or independent reading, and post-reading comprehension/discussion or writing activities focused on themes of friendship, isolation, and dreams; character analysis; vocabulary…
Free download For each of the 10 lessons (Unexpected Visitors; Feeding Time; New Pup Next Door; Stargazing; On the Search; Tadpoles; Lucky Caterpillar; Karl the Photographer; Chasing Pheasants; Part of the Family), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn and apply story vocabulary…
Free download For each of the 10 lessons (A Look at Three Bears; A Look at Giraffes; Camel Humps; A Look at Skunks; Mountain Animals; History of Piggy Banks; Very Helpful Dogs; Winter Sleep; The World's Smallest Penguin; The Long Journey), students answer pre-reading discussion questions, respond to during-reading prompts, learn…