Lessons tagged with "reading+informational"
Answer Who, When, & Where Questions (Informational)
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Interpret Information from Diagrams
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Identify the Main Purpose of a Text
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Time Relationships in Text (Chronological Order)
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson focuses on time relationships in text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify time clue words (month, day, year, time, age) and then identify the time order of events in a text.
Distinguish Between the Author's Point of View and Our Own
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson focuses on distinguishing between the author's point of view and our own. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Describe Text Using Information From Illustrations and Words
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson explains how pictures add information to a text. In this lesson, students will describe where particular kinds of information are located within a text and its illustrations.
Read and Interpret Informational Text by Answering Where, When or How Questions
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading information text lesson focuses on reading and interpreting. In this lesson, students will answer where, when, and how questions about a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. (Also aligns with 3.RI.1.)
Determine the Main Idea
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson focuses on determining the main idea in a text. In this lesson, students will determine the main idea of a text and then the key details that support that main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. (Also aligns with 3.RI.1 and 3.RI.10.)
Read and Comprehend Informational Text by Answering Questions about Topic
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson focuses on reading comprehension. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. (Also aligns with 3.RI.1.)
Determine Sequential Order in Text
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson that describes the sequence relationships between ideas in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify clue words (such as, first, last, next, etc.) and then answer questions that determine the relationship between ideas.
Use Text Features to Locate Information
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Identify the Author's Point of View
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson has students identify the author's beliefs about the topic in a text.
Identify Chronological Order in Informational Text
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Compare Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts of the Same Event
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational lesson has students compare different accounts of the same event. It includes a description of firsthand and secondhand accounts.
Describe Problem-and-Solution Text Structure
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Reading Informational lesson has students describe the problem-and-solution text structure.
Main Idea & Key Details
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson teaches students how to determine the main idea and key details of a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given examples where the main idea is located near the beginning of the text and near the end of the text. Students are also asked to look at other possible details and determine which would best fit the main idea of the text. This lesson provides students with a great foundation for writing informational text. This lesson includes a whiteboard insert that students can use to record their answers during the initial lesson or plan their own writing in the future.
Recognize Attributes of Opinion Text
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson has students identify the various attributes of opinion texts. Students will identify the writer's opinions, identify reasons for holding that opinion, and briefly summarize the text.
Describe Cause & Effect Text Structure
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson teaches students how to analyze text that has a cause and effect text structure. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students have to identify the cause and effect within a paragraph and then select from four options the option which best summarizes the main cause and effect of the passage.
Compare & Contrast Text Structure (4 Types of Text Structure)
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how to compare texts based on different text structures. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify a chronological, comparison, cause/effect, or problem/solution text structure, and then compare two texts with different structures.
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Determine the Figurative Meaning of Words & Phrases (Reports)
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine an Author's Point of View
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how to determine an author’s point of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify words or details in the text that convey the author’s point of view on a topic. Then, they will write a brief explanation justifying their understanding.
Analyze Compare-and-Contrast Text Organization
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Make Assertions
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Use Features of Popular Media to Obtain Information
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Provide a Summary of the Text
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts, English Language Development
Provide a Summary of the Text
Cite Textual Evidence to Support Inferences
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how to cite textual evidence to support inferences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will read the informational text and identify phrases that support a given inference.
Identify the Author's Point of View
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Assess the Evidence that Supports an Author's Assertion
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Assess the Evidence that Supports an Author's Argument
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how to assess the evidence that supports an author’s argument in informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify whether the evidence is accurate, appropriate, or adequate.
Analyze How an Author Uses Rhetoric to Advance Point of View
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze How an Author Uses Rhetoric to Advance Point of View
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Interpret Main Idea Diagrams
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
Describe the Relationship Between Illustrations and Text
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
Determine the Main Idea and Explain It Is Supported by Key Details
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson teaches students how to determine the main idea and key details of a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given examples where the main idea is located near the beginning of the text and near the end of the text. Students are also asked to look at other possible details and determine which would best fit the main idea of the text. This lesson provides students with a great foundation for writing informational text. This lesson includes a whiteboard insert that students can use to record their answers during the initial lesson or plan their own writing in the future.
Determine the Main Idea (Implied)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This program is a part of the Link to Literacy Program