Lessons tagged with "reading+comprehension"

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.

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.

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.

This reading lesson requires students to describe characters in a story. Reading passages can be read aloud, or chorally for students that might need extra help reading. Teacher should guide students in analyzing each sentence to find textual evidence (key details) that supports the character’s description. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on answering "where" questions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students students use grade appropriate text to answer numerous "where" questions about place and location. 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 practices answering specific questions about the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 literature lesson covers the answering of who, when, and where questions about narrative or literary 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 the characters and setting, and verify the answer by referring back to the text.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comprehending plots of myths. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the characteristics of fairy tales (the made-up story that explains something, gods and goddesses, etc.) to comprehend the plot of myths. 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 comprehending plots of fairy tales. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the characteristics of fairy tales (magic, happy ending, etc.) to comprehend the plot of fairy tales. 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 making predictions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text and prior knowledge to make predictions. 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 determining what characters are like by what they say and do. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify what a character says and does in a story to determine their character traits (e.g., smart, brave, tricky, kind, dishonest, etc.). 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 determining what characters are like by how the author and illustrator portray them. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the written words of an author and the details in an illustration by an illustrator to determine what characters are like. 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 comprehending plots of fables. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the characteristics of fables (decision making, a moral) to comprehend the plot of fables. 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 modifying predictions about text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text and prior knowledge to modify incorrect predictions. 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 using chapter headings to locate information. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use chapter headings and subheadings to locate information in a table of contents or text passage. 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 following multiple-step written instructions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use directions containing more than one step to answer questions about how to make or do something. 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 supporting answers by using clues from the text and prior knowledge. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text and prior knowledge to answer questions about 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 identifying chronological order in the informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify chronological clue words (months, days, years, time, age, etc.) and determine if the text is in chronological order. 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 identifying the proposition-and-support pattern in the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text and identify the proposition of the author by identifying and details in the text. Then, they determine if the text uses proposition-and-support and defend their answers. 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 making predictions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text they read, as well as prior knowledge to make predictions. 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 making predictions using foreshadowing clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and the provided underlined foreshadowing clues. Then they use the clues, combined with prior knowledge, to make a prediction. 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 describing structural differences between myths and fables. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify characteristics of either a myth (humans, gods & goddesses, etc.) or a fable (animal characters, moral, etc.). Then, they determine if the passage is a myth or a fable. 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 distinguishing between fact and opinion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and label each sentence as fact or opinion. Students must defend their answers. 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 following instructions in a technical manual. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students answer questions using the steps and information from different technical manuals. 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 drawing conclusions from a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question identifying the topic. Then, they underline evidence in the text that may lead to a conclusion about the topic. Finally, they choose one of four conclusions and then justify it. 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 analyzing text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use a graphic organizer to sort details from a passage to determine if they are comparing or contrasting information from the passage. 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 discerning stated main ideas and supporting evidence in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text to determine how the sentences are related. They identify the topic and supporting evidence, and finally circle the main idea. 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 analyzing text that is in sequential order. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students answer in complete sentences a series of questions about the sequential order of the text. Their answers must reference clue words in the text. 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 distinguishing between fact and opinion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read each sentence and distinguish if it is a fact or an opinion. Then, they have to defend their answer in writing. 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 contrasting the motives and actions of characters. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage about two characters and complete a graphic organizer identifying the motives and actions of each character as well as the outcome. Then, they answer a multiple choice question that contrasts the motives and actions. 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 distinguishing between cause and effect. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text they read, as well as prior knowledge to determine which event is the cause and which is the effect. 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 identifying propaganda in the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read short sayings that include propaganda. Then, they decide which technique is being used (testimonial, over-generalization, bandwagon, faulty cause, and effect) and explain their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading informational lesson focuses on analyzing text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use a graphic organizer to sort details from a passage to determine if they are comparing or contrasting information from the passage. 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 using the features of popular media to obtain information. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read different popular media excerpts and determine the best source: newspaper, magazine, or internet. Then, they answer questions about the content and target audience. Last, students defend their answers. 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 making reasonable assertions about text through accurate supporting citations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text and identify the topic and supporting citations. Then, they make a reasonable assertion and support their answer with evidence from the text. 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 identifying an authors point of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage to determine the author's point of view. Then, they go back to the text to identify supporting details that help develop the author's point of view. 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 noting instances of bias and stereotype. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage to identify the author's assertion. Then, they answer questions about examples of bias or stereotyping found within 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 assessing the evidence that supports an author's assertion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text and the author's claim. Then, they determine if the evidence provided is accurate. Next, students assess whether the evidence is appropriate and adequate. last, they assess the evidence that supports the author's assertion. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading informational text lesson covers determining a central idea in the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice identifying central ideas in expository text, and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on using symbolism to interpret an author's meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given the symbol used in a text and then asked to read the text three times to determine the meaning of the symbol. They are asked to identify reasons in the text to support their interpretation of the symbol and asked to explain how and why the symbol is used. 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 identifying an authors point of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage to determine the author's point of view. Then, they go back to the text to identify supporting details that help develop the author's point of view. 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 evaluating the unity of the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the introductory paragraph to identify the author's position and then read each paragraph looking for the main idea. Then, they determine if the main idea is clear or not, and evaluate the unity using a checklist and answer a question that analyzes the unity of the text. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing methods.

This reading informational text lesson covers determining a central idea in the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice identifying central ideas in expository text, and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas.

This reading informational text lesson covers how to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports what the text says explicitly as well as inferences are drawn from the text. The less This skill and concept should expand into larger works of informational text as the year progresses. The term conclusion is used in some assessments to evaluate inference (Smarter Balanced). Students will need to know that conclusion and inference are sometimes used interchangeably.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on analyzing idioms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read each sentence and identify the idiom or words that are different from their literal meaning. Then, they analyze the idiom by writing its literal and its figurative meaning. In addition to the lesson, there are two pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing methods.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on finding similarities and differences between texts in the scope of ideas. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read both documents to find similar ideas covered in each. Then, they find differences in scope by answering a question about the text and explaining which difference has more details on the idea. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing methods.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on analyzing metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read each sentence and identify two things being compared. Then, they identify what qualities the two things being compared have in common. Finally, they interpret the metaphor in writing. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing methods.

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 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 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 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 literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the conflict and resolution in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage, and identify the conflict (or the problem a character is having). Then, they read further to determine the resolution and answer multiple choice questions about the conflict and its resolution. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.