Special Program: EDI Lesson Certification Steps 4-5 Grades: 3&4
EDI Lesson Certification Steps 4-5 Grades: 3&4
These lessons are pre-selected lessons for lesson demonstration and certification.

Determine Sequential Order in Text
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.

Answer Questions Referring to the Text
This Common Core reading informational text lesson focuses on reading comprehension. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will answer questions to demonstrate an understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

Capitalize Greetings, Titles, and Initials of People
This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing greetings, titles, and initials of people. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify words that should be capitalized and select the correct use in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Ask and Answer Questions About Informational Text
To comprehend informational text, students will read questions to identify what to look for. Then, they will read the text to find information that answers the question. Finally, they will comprehend the text by answering the question. Two kinds of questions are asked -- where are the answers located in the text and what kinds of questions can be asked that have answers in the text. Additional activities are available for listening, reading, and writing about this concept and skill as well as three items for periodic review.