Reading Comprehension

A phonics lesson focusing on short 'i' CVC words through a structured fluency pyramid and comprehension questions.

A structured literacy lesson focused on the letter C /k/ and glued sounds -an and -am, using the decodable text 'The Cat Can'. This lesson follows a backwards planning approach to ensure students can decode and encode CVC words and nasalized vowels.

A multi-sensory literacy experience for early learners, using tactile objects, sounds, and smells to bring a story about a forest animal to life.

Students become 'Word Detectives' to identify 46 high-frequency sight words from the 'Second Sight Word Song'. The lesson involves a classroom search, air-writing during video viewing, and a text-based highlighting mission.

Students choose a short passage to practice repeatedly with the audio support. Finally, they record themselves reading independently to demonstrate their fluency and expression.

Students engage in a structured echo reading activity where they listen to a sentence, pause the audio, and repeat it back, aiming to match the speed and musicality of the narrator.

Students follow highlighted text while listening specifically for pauses at periods and pitch changes at question marks. They use physical movements to signal when they hear and see these punctuation marks in the read-along.

Using a read-along story, students pause to identify how a character feels based on the narrator's tone. They then practice mimicking that specific emotion while reading the corresponding highlighted sentence.

Students listen to two versions of a text excerpt: one robotic and one expressive. They discuss how the expressive version makes the story more interesting and easier to understand, establishing the goal for the unit.

An engaging indoor Easter activity for students to practice reading comprehension and problem-solving through rhyming riddles. The lesson includes printable clue strips designed to fit inside plastic eggs and a teacher's master key for setup.

A week-long exploration of poetry and nature, focusing on sensory language and observational skills in the library and media center. Includes differentiated worksheets and slides.

Students learn to use their 'magic lens' to see everyday objects in new ways, introducing the concepts of similes and metaphors through imaginative play.

A lesson for elementary students on oral poetry performance, focusing on how poem structure (lines and stanzas) informs mood and tone using the 'Egg Poem' as a core text.

Students bring a favorite object from home (or choose one from class) and practice describing it using sensory details rather than just its name. They create a simple 'riddle poem' for the class to guess the object.

Students explore how poems express emotions using color words and weather metaphors (e.g., 'feeling blue' or 'sunny smiles'). They identify the mood of different short poems and match them to 'mood cards' with corresponding facial expressions.

Students listen to a poem rich in visual details and draw exactly what is described. They then compare their drawings to the poet's words to check for comprehension of descriptive adjectives.

The teacher reads a descriptive poem without showing illustrations. Students are asked to close their eyes and make a 'movie in their mind,' then describe what they saw to a partner. This builds the skill of mental imagery.

A culminating activity where students hunt for sound devices in familiar poems and categorize their findings.

Students create original characters with alliterative names and traits to apply their knowledge of beginning sounds.

Students explore alliteration using tongue twisters and identify repeating beginning sounds in playful sentences.

Students perform 'Noisy Poems' by creating vocal soundscapes to accompany group readings.

Introduces students to onomatopoeia through sound identification games and reading poems with animal and city noises.

Students explore the five senses and learn how poets use sensory words to describe the world. They will sort descriptive words and identify sensory details in a simple poem.

The sequence culminates in a group performance where students use their voices and bodies to demonstrate their mastery of rhythm and expression.

By comparing 'tortoise' and 'hare' poems, students discover how word choice and line length create fast and slow tempos in verse.

Students learn that line breaks in poetry are like breath marks, signaling when to pause and how to flow through a verse.

Students use 'robot talk' and 'chin drops' to segment words into syllables within poetic lines, understanding how syllables contribute to the overall rhythm.

Students explore the 'heartbeat' of poetry by marching, stomping, and clapping to strong-beat poems. They learn to distinguish between the steady beat and the rhythm of the words.

Students learn about poetry, draft their own poems, create illustrations, and bind their work into a personalized poetry book over three 30-minute sessions.

A high-level overview of the Wild Writing Adventure curriculum, including teacher guides, scope and sequence, and implementation strategies.

Explore the rocky shore to discover sight words while meeting starfish, crabs, and sea anemones in colorful tide pools.

Venture into the mysterious world of caves to master essential sight words while meeting bats, spiders, and salamanders.

Explore the leafy woodland forest to master essential sight words while meeting graceful deer, wise owls, and busy woodpeckers.

Squelch through the marshy wetlands to master descriptive sight words while spotting alligators, frogs, and dragonflies.

Climb to the highest peaks to master directional sight words while meeting mountain goats, eagles, and black bears.

Hop through the sun-drenched Australian Outback to master new sight words while meeting kangaroos, koalas, and wombats.

Dive into the deep blue ocean to master positional sight words while discovering sea turtles, sharks, and octopuses.

Investigate the life cycle of plants and the essentials for growth while mastering sight words and scientific observation.

Launch into orbit to explore planets and stars while mastering high-frequency sight words and scientific terminology.

Dive into the invisible world of cells and microscopes to master essential sight words while discovering how scientists see tiny things.

A comprehension lesson focused on the Geodes book 'Stick with Us', exploring how animals like sardines, starlings, and sheep stay safe by staying in groups. Includes a focus on s-blends and the /ar/ sound.

A simulation where students apply their knowledge to act as meteorologists, choosing appropriate gear and activities based on text-derived weather reports.

Connects safety information from weather texts to personal experiences and school drills, emphasizing the utility of informational reading.

Students sequence the life cycle of a tree through the seasons, practicing chronological thinking and retelling based on informational narratives.

Focuses on the relationship between events in weather texts, using 'because' to explain logical outcomes of storms and other conditions.

Students identify and categorize weather vocabulary through a read-along about the four seasons, focusing on auditory discrimination and domain-specific terms.

Students learn to identify literary genres by looking for specific 'clues' in book summaries, covers, and contents. This lesson includes visual aids, hands-on sorting, and active exploration in the library.

A collection of reading passages designed to challenge students' comprehension and linguistic awareness by analyzing word counts, sentence structures, and syllable patterns.

A comprehensive lesson on distinguishing between facts and opinions using relatable topics like daily routines, sports, and animals. Includes interactive slides, differentiated practice, and formative assessments.

A week-long exploration of poetry and nature, focusing on sensory language and observational skills in the library and media center. Includes differentiated worksheets and slides.

A modified introduction to Don Quixote for students at a 1st-grade reading level, focusing on character traits and story-specific vocabulary through visual aids and simplified text.

A structured literacy lesson focusing on the 'ch' digraph at the beginning and end of words, featuring the 'Lunch at the Ranch' passage and instruction on the Heart Words 'was', 'for', and 'said'.

A comprehensive lesson designed to assess and introduce a wide variety of common inflectional and derivational suffixes.

A structured literacy lesson focusing on the suffix '-ing' and the 'Drop-e Rule', using the story of Sven's journey to the American Ninja Warrior competition. Includes comprehension questions covering vocabulary, literal, and inferential skills.

A structured literacy lesson focusing on the 'th' digraph (voiced and unvoiced), featuring the 'My Sloth Smells!' passage and instruction on the Heart Words 'think', 'with', and 'both'.

A structured literacy lesson focusing on the 'sh' digraph at the beginning and end of words, featuring the 'Fish in Trash' passage and Heart Word instruction for 'have', 'is', and 'pull'.

Students compile their research into a simple report, attribute their source by title and author, and share their findings.

Students learn note-taking strategies like sketch-noting and labeling to record information without copying full sentences.

Students practice navigating non-fiction books using text features like the table of contents and headings to locate specific facts quickly.

Students learn to turn broad curiosity into specific, answerable questions to guide their research on a class pet or animal.

Students distinguish between stories and informational texts by identifying non-fiction features like real photographs and tables of contents.

A culminating scavenger hunt where students apply their knowledge to locate and explain various text features across multiple nonfiction books.

Students learn to identify key vocabulary using bold print and definitions in a glossary. They practice using these tools to understand complex terms.

Students examine the relationship between images and text, focusing on how photos, captions, and diagrams provide supplementary information.

Students explore how authors organize sections using tables of contents and headings. They practice predicting content based on structural cues.

Students compare fiction and nonfiction books to identify visual differences and unique characteristics of informational texts. They create a class anchor chart for informational text features.

A 45-minute modeling lesson focused on using informational texts to form and support an opinion about the best pet. Students will compare the benefits of dogs and cats before drafting their own opinion pieces.

Students synthesize their learning by creating a comparative poster of two favorite stories and presenting their findings to the class.

Students compare protagonists and antagonists within a single text using physical and personality traits.

Students learn to identify the 'heart' or theme of a story, discovering how two different books can share the same underlying message.

Students explore how different settings (city vs. country) impact a story and practice identifying and labeling distinct environmental features.

Students synthesize information from two sources to create a composite informational sheet, citing their sources for each fact.

Students compare the adventures of two different bears to identify similarities and differences in plot events and character actions.

Students explore author perspective by analyzing why different authors choose to focus on different aspects of the same topic.

The class reads two texts on the same topic and creates a comparative chart to identify unique facts and overlapping information.

Students apply their knowledge of story elements to design their own version of a classic tale by changing one key variable.

Students compare the text features of two different books on the same topic, identifying how photos, illustrations, captions, and labels contribute to their learning.

Students learn to identify key facts in a nonfiction text and establish core vocabulary: information, fact, and topic. They practice extracting facts from a single source to build a foundation for later comparison.

Students use a flow-chart to visualize exactly where two story versions remain identical and where they diverge in plot.

Students compare 'Cinderella' with 'Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters' to identify how cultural settings and values influence similar plot structures.

Using 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs', students explore how point of view changes a story and conduct a mock trial for the Wolf.

Students listen to a classic version of 'The Three Little Pigs' to identify the core 'ingredients' (characters, setting, B-M-E) that form the baseline for comparison.

A culminating sorting challenge where students categorize story passages into 'Character Narrator' or 'Outside Narrator' based on pronoun evidence.

Students compare two texts side-by-side, using T-charts to organize pronoun clues and identify the narrator's point of view.

Students learn about outside narrators using third-person pronouns (he, she, they) and practice retelling events from an outsider's perspective.

Focuses on identifying first-person pronouns (I, me, my) as clues that a character is telling their own story.

An informative lesson for 5th graders exploring the history, science, and cultural impact of LEGO bricks, accompanied by a creative blueprint activity.

A phonics-focused lesson targeting the vowel-consonant-e (V-e) syllable type, featuring one-syllable words and two-syllable words that combine closed and V-e syllables.

A phonics-focused lesson for first graders targeting the glued sounds 'an', 'am', and 'all' through a narrative story and fluency exercises.

A phonics-focused lesson for first graders targeting glued sounds (all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk) through a narrative story and fluency exercises.

A phonics-focused lesson for first graders targeting r-blends (pr, tr, br, cr, str, dr, fr, gr) through a narrative story and fluency-building exercises.

A phonics-focused lesson for third graders targeting common consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ph) through a narrative adventure and fluency-building exercises.

A phonics-focused lesson for third graders targeting the long e vowel patterns ee, ea, and ey through a narrative passage and fluency-building exercises.

Cette formation pour les professeurs de TPS-PS vise à professionnaliser la conception des "traces" d'activités (cahiers de vie, affichages). En s'appuyant sur les photos de classe et les guides 2025, les enseignants apprennent à rendre les apprentissages explicites pour les élèves et les familles.

Cette formation vise à outiller les conseillers pédagogiques pour l'analyse et l'exploitation de ressources diverses (vidéos, manuels, guides) dans le cadre de la formation continue des professeurs des écoles en français, conformément aux orientations stratégiques nationales.

Cette leçon vise à introduire un projet d'écriture authentique en Grande Section : rédiger un message aux parents pour annoncer une sortie scolaire. Elle s'appuie sur l'observation de messages existants pour définir des critères de réussite et initier la planification selon les programmes 2025.

A comprehension packet and teacher resource for the Geodes book 'A Wish to Fly' (Level 1, Module 2), focusing on the life of Bessie Coleman for advanced first-grade readers.

A comprehension lesson based on the Geodes book 'Stick with Me' about the symbiotic relationship between sharks and remoras.

A 45-minute modeling lesson focused on using informational texts to form and support an opinion about the best pet. Students will compare the benefits of dogs and cats before drafting their own opinion pieces.

A collection of pet-themed literacy resources for a family literacy night, focusing on reading engagement, vocabulary building, and creative storytelling about animal companions.

A comprehensive lesson covering Chapter 1 of 'Jane Goodall and the Chimpanzees of Gombe,' focusing on reading comprehension across three distinct ability levels and specialized vocabulary development using picture-matching activities.

Students will learn about hummingbirds through a video and interactive discussion, culminating in writing a first-person diary entry as a hummingbird. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, descriptive adjectives, and identifying key facts.

Students revise sentences with homophone errors and share their corrected work, reflecting on their growth as 'word editors.'

Students apply logic and syntactic awareness to match homophones with their correct sentence contexts using a puzzle-piece format.

Using 'Amelia Bedelia' as a mentor text, students explore the humor and confusion caused by multiple-meaning words and literal interpretations.

Students practice identifying homophones within a leveled passage using annotation tools to distinguish between sound-alike words.

A comprehensive phonics and reading lesson focusing on the tricky spelling 'c' (/k/ vs /s/), various spellings for the /s/ sound, and reading comprehension for 'Mister Spencer and the Rabbits'.

A collection of reading passages designed to challenge students' comprehension and linguistic awareness by analyzing word counts, sentence structures, and syllable patterns.

A lesson combining phonics practice with digraphs and reading comprehension focused on the science and stories of hibernation across different grade levels.

Cette formation pour les professeurs de TPS-PS vise à professionnaliser la conception des "traces" d'activités (cahiers de vie, affichages). En s'appuyant sur les photos de classe et les guides 2025, les enseignants apprennent à rendre les apprentissages explicites pour les élèves et les familles.

Cette formation vise à outiller les conseillers pédagogiques pour l'analyse et l'exploitation de ressources diverses (vidéos, manuels, guides) dans le cadre de la formation continue des professeurs des écoles en français, conformément aux orientations stratégiques nationales.

Cette leçon vise à introduire un projet d'écriture authentique en Grande Section : rédiger un message aux parents pour annoncer une sortie scolaire. Elle s'appuie sur l'observation de messages existants pour définir des critères de réussite et initier la planification selon les programmes 2025.

A Wilson-aligned lesson focusing on Vowel-Consonant-e (VCE) syllables, where students learn how the 'silent e' changes the preceding vowel's sound to its long name.

A comprehension lesson focused on the Geodes book 'Stick with Us', exploring how animals like sardines, starlings, and sheep stay safe by staying in groups. Includes a focus on s-blends and the /ar/ sound.

A comprehension lesson based on the Geodes book 'Stick with Me' about the symbiotic relationship between sharks and remoras.

A 45-minute modeling lesson focused on using informational texts to form and support an opinion about the best pet. Students will compare the benefits of dogs and cats before drafting their own opinion pieces.

A lesson focused on building comparison and contrast skills by analyzing two popular video games, Roblox and Minecraft, using a Venn diagram.

A collection of pet-themed literacy resources for a family literacy night, focusing on reading engagement, vocabulary building, and creative storytelling about animal companions.

A leveled reading comprehension lesson based on Chapter 1 of 'Jane Goodall and the Chimpanzees of Gombe'. Students practice making predictions and identifying key details about Jane's arrival in the jungle across three different learning levels.

Focuses on the first book in the Roscoe Riley Rules series, covering reading comprehension, vocabulary, and creative response activities.

A set of interactive resources for the book 'Kipper's Snowy Day' by Mick Inkpen, focusing on basic comprehension and group discussion.

A 1st-grade lesson introducing the word 'both' through a catchy song, interactive games, and a partner Venn diagram activity to compare and contrast similarities.

A synthesis lesson where students transform dense informational text into their own visual models to teach a peer, demonstrating mastery of internal visualization through external creation.

Using the 'Tree of Knowledge' metaphor, students learn to visualize the hierarchy of information, distinguishing between the central trunk (main idea) and the branches (supporting details).

Students learn to visualize information as a chain of events, using the 'domino effect' metaphor to understand causality in historical and scientific contexts.

Focuses on visualizing comparisons by mentally spatializing differences and similarities. Students learn to use a 'mental workspace' to categorize information into overlapping conceptual areas.

Foundational literacy support for the Nature's Balance unit, focusing on CVC/CVCe blending, unit vocabulary, and sentence frames.

A collection of 10 short stories designed for beginning readers, focusing on CVC words and high-frequency sight words with visual comprehension support.

A reading comprehension lesson focusing on identifying and decoding common initial consonant blends through a garden-themed story.

A phonics-focused lesson exploring the African savanna using CVC, VCe, and consonant digraphs through a decodable reading passage and comprehension check.

This lesson introduces students to active reading strategies and stamina-building techniques to improve focus and comprehension during independent reading. It uses an 'explorer' theme to frame reading as a mission of discovery.

A simplified phonics lesson focused on the 'tch' spelling pattern through a short story about a farm chick.