Grade Level: 3rd

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Determine the key details and setting Create ...

Description: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills, this fully scripted bundle of lesson plans (4 separate segments 45-60 minutes each) is perfect for your 3rd graders!  Using the fable "The Crow and the Pitcher" your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Determine the key details and setting
• Create a graphic novel that summarizes their understanding of the components of a fable

CCSS: RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4

Skills: Participate in a close reading of complex text by asking and answering text dependent questions with the support of sentence frames Use context clues to ...

Description: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills is a foundational goal for 3rd graders.  This 1 hour fully scripted lesson will help your students understand the how and why of fables.  Your students will:

• Participate in a close reading of complex text by asking and answering text dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
• Use context clues to determine word meaning
• Investigate the setting and determine the key details

CCSS: RL.3.1, RL.3.2, & RL.3.4

Skills: Participate in a collaborative and active close reading lesson by asking and answering questions text dependent questions with the support of sentence frames Determine in ...

Description: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills is a foundational goal for 3rd graders. In this 3rd grade 1 hour fully scripted close reading lesson is based on the fable "The Crow and the Pitcher" your students will:

• Participate in a collaborative and active close reading lesson by asking and answering questions text dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
• Determine in partners the key details that will support a central message (moral)
• Create a graphic novel to demonstrate their understanding of the fable structure and moral

CCSS: RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3

Skills: Participate in collaborative conversations  by asking and answer questions using sentence frames Analyze details in order to make inferences Compare & contrast the two photographs.

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this  1 hour  fully scripted “Closer Looking” lesson is based on the analysis of two photographs.  We learn to infer from pictures first! Students will:

• Participate in collaborative conversations  by asking and answer questions using sentence frames
• Analyze details in order to make inferences
• Compare & contrast the two photographs.

CCSS: RI.2.1, R.I.2.9, SL.2.1,SL.2.3, SL.2.6 & RI.31, RI.3.9, SL.3.1, SL.3.3, SL.3.6