This writing lesson uses teacher guidance and support to help students write a paragraph that is appropriate to the task and purpose. In this lesson, students will review a topic, write a topic sentence, add details, and a concluding idea in a graphic organizer. Then, they will write a paragraph.

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.

This reading comprehension lesson helps students describe text features that make information accessible and usable. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a text, looking for text features, such as titles, bold, italics, bullets, etc. as well as visual features, such as charts, diagrams, illustrations, maps, etc. Then, they write in complete sentences to describe how each feature emphasizes or draws attention to specific information. 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 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 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 reading literature lesson covers how to identify figurative language, and then use context clues to determine its meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify similes, metaphors, and idioms and then explain the meaning based on textual evidence.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on using quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the dialog tag. Then, they punctuate the sentence with quotation marks and read the sentence again, paying attention to the quotation marks. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing lesson covers how to revise writing by adding or deleting sentences based on how they support the main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to change the written text to improve it by determining which details support the main idea and which don’t. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a concluding paragraph for expository text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify the main idea and supporting details. Then, they select the best sentence to add to the end of the text to build a better conclusion and write a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are six pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on interpreting shades of meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the definitions of closely related words, and the sentences that follow. Then, they use context clues to place the correct word in its proper sentence. Last, students explain 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 citing evidence that supports an assertion in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage, looking for evidence that supports the given assertion (these are labeled "supporting evidence"). Then they fill in the table with accurate, supporting citations. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Use Roots to Determine the Meaning of Words

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the main events of the plot. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage, and the bold problem and solution. Then, they identify the main events of the plot. 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 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.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. 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 writing lesson covers how to write informative text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students write at least one complete sentence for each section of the planning chart completed in the Plan Informative Text lesson. Then, they use an editing checklist to identify and correct any errors. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of topics for review and extended thinking.

This Common Core writing lesson covers how to plan informative text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students read the research and identify related information that is needed to complete a graphic organizer. Then they complete the graphic organizer which asks for topic, three facts and details, and a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a multi-paragraph narrative composition. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students create a graphic organizer that describes the introduction, the body, and the conclusion of their composition based on a given prompt. Then, they use the organizer to write a four-paragraph composition. In addition to the lesson, there are eleven pages of Independent Practice and review with prompts and organizers provided.

This language lesson focuses on forming and using simple tense verbs. In this lesson, students will read pairs of sentences, identify the verbs, and then identify which sentence contains the present, past, or future tense verb.

This language lesson covers how to form and use progressive tense verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a pair of sentences, identify the verbs, and then identify which sentence contains the progressive tense verb.

This language lesson covers how to form and use perfect tense verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a pair of sentences, identify the verbs, and then identify which sentence contains the perfecdt tense verb.

This reading literature lesson requires students to describe the events in a story using specific details from the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students must answer specific questions about events in the story.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying and using adjectives. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify and use words that describe a noun. 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 points of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify who is telling the story and their point of view (1st person, 3rd person). Then, if the narrator is 3rd person, students scan the text again identifying keywords that signal whether the narrator is 3rd person omniscient or limited. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on correctly using commonly misused verbs, such as lie/lay, sit/set, teach/learn, and rise/raise. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentences, noting the choice of verbs. Then, they underline who or what the verb is affecting, and thus identify the correct verb. Finally, they write a new sentence with the correct verb. 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 text lesson covers how to summarize informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the central idea and key details of the text and then summarize the text based on a checklist of what to include or not include.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying idioms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and underline the idiom. Then, they determine the meaning of the idiom using context clues and select the correct answer. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

These are a series of labeled pictures designed to be used before our Launch to Literacy and Link to Literacy to build a basic English vocabulary.

This is a lesson from the Link to Literacy program.