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This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy Program.

This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy Program.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying characters in a narrative story. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This Reading Comprehension lesson focuses on identifying the setting in a narrative story. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This literary response and analysis lesson covers the distinction between fantasy and realistic text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will distinguish if the text is fantasy or realistic, based on whether an event can happen in real life or not. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson requires students to identify important events. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This craft and structure lesson is focused on identifying parts of a book. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the different parts of a book, including author and/or illustrator. In addition to the lesson, there are multiple pages of independent practice and review. Consider incorporating actual books from around the classroom. This will give you more of a variety of what the students will see.

This integration of knowledge and ideas reading lesson practices answering specific questions about a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. This lesson contains who, when, and where questions. In Skill Development/Guided Practice, students are asked to tell which sentence they found the answer in. This prepares students to cite textual evidence.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing about an experience. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, the teacher reads an experience, then asks students to write about a similar experience that happened to them. They can draw a picture of the experience to help them remember. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review.

This speaking and listening lesson focuses on describing places and locations. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This listening and speaking lesson focuses on following two-step directions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will listen to a pair of directions (such as Stand up. Put one hand on your head.), and then they will follow them. Sometimes, they will be asked to circle or mark items. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Guided Practice.

This speaking applications lesson focuses on describing an experience. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, the teacher models a common experience that happens in sequence like washing hands, while focusing on a picture and using sequence words like first, next, last. The students repeat the description as Guided Practice, holding up fingers for each step in the sequence. In addition to the lesson, there are 11 pages of Guided Practice.

This concepts of print lesson requires students to practice the printing of upper and lower-case letters. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Unlike most EDI lessons, these lessons do not have Independent Practice and Periodic Review for the students to perform individually. Each letter includes a short Concept Development followed by Guided Practice; as a result, each page is labeled with the corresponding letter (e.g., Concept Development: A, Skill Development/Guided Practice: J, etc.). These lessons can be done in any order and are currently arranged in alphabetical order.