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Answer How Questions
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on answering "how" questions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are asked to answer "how many" and "how to do something" questions after reading the text. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Answer What Questions
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on answering "what" questions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are asked to answer questions about details or actions after reading text . In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Answer Who Questions
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on answering "who" questions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are asked to answer questions about people or animals after reading text . In addition to the lesson, there are nine pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Identify the Plot in a Story
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the plot in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the problem and solution (events) within a passage to better understand the plot. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Identify Characters in a Story
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying characters. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the story and think about who talks or does something in order to identify character(s). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Read Poetry with Rhyme and Repetition
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Identify the Main Topic
This reading comprehension lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, with prompting and support, students will identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
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Identify Text That Uses Sequence
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying text that uses sequential order. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students look for clue words that identify sequence (first, last, then, next), and then circle yes or no if the sentence uses sequence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Follow Written Instructions
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on following one-step written instructions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. The lesson has students practicing doing what the text tells them to do. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Describe Key Ideas and Details
This Reading Informational Text lesson has students identify the key idea in the text and describe the details that support it. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.