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This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting plots. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students compare and contrast what is the same and different between the plot in two stories. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting setting. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students compare and contrast what is the same and different between the settings in two stories. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the beginning, middle, and ending of a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify parts of a story by labeling them as B, M, or E. 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 focuses on identifying the beginning, middle, and ending of a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify parts of a story by labeling them as B, M, or E. 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 focuses on identifying the beginning, middle, and ending of

This language and literature lesson has students read poetry while emphasizing rhyme and rhythm. Students will identify rhyme schemes and rhythm patterns. The class should discuss the impact of these patterns.

This reading literature lesson has students reading two similar stories and finding similarities and differences. Students will read the stories and determine the major similarities and differences

This reading informational lesson covers the answering of who, when, and where questions about the informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will read the text, answer questions about key details, and verify the answer by referring back to the text.

This reading informational lesson covers identifying the main purpose of the informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will read the text, and then determine if the purpose of the text is to answer, explain, or describe.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying an author's purpose for writing a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify if the author's purpose for writing a text is to entertain, inform or persuade the reader. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on how to restate details from the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students answer where, when, and how questions to restate details from the text. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on recognizing cause-and-effect relationships. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the cause and effect in sentences and use the clue word "because" to check if they are correct . In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on how to follow written instructions The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students follow steps that tell how to make or do something using steps or clue words such as first, next, then, last, etc. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on interpreting information from charts. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students learn the organization of a chart and how to interpret the information provided. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on interpreting information from diagrams. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students learn the organization of different diagrams and how to interpret the information provided. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

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.

This Common Core reading informational text lesson focuses on determining the main topic in a text. In this lesson, students will determine the main topic of a text and then the key details that support that main topic. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

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

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