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Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Ask and answer text dependent questions ...

Description: Honing 4th grade students' skills to determine the truly "key details", summarize the information and determine the message/moral can be challenging at best!  In this engaging and interactive fully scripted 1 hour lesson, your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order to...
  • Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues
  • Collaborate with peers to determine the central message or moral
  • Write a summary

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Use context clues to determine the ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this is a 1 hour fully scripted myth lesson incorporates scaffolds and supports for student in oral language production and collaborative partner work.  Using the myth "Narcissus" your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Focus on determining key details and sequence of events
• Create a graphic novel demonstrating their understanding of main events and sequential order

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Ask and answer text dependent questions ...

Description: Building reading for meaning, this 1 hour fully scripted close reading lesson based on an informational text based on the myth "Narcissus" supports students in uncovering the central message with strategic partner work and discussion.  Your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer the central message of the myth
• Write a brief summary to demonstrate their understanding

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Ask and answer text dependent questions ...

Description: Finding the key details in order to determine the main idea is one of the most difficult reading skills to teach (and learn). In this fully scripted informational text 1 hour lesson on Native Americans your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order to...
  • Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues

CCSS: RI.4.3, RI.4.4 & RI.5.3, RI.5.4

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Ask and answer text dependent questions ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 1 hour fully scripted lesson is full of scaffolds and supports to encourage the development of strong collaborative discussion habits.  Your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order to...
  • Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues and text features
  • Write a summary
  • Demonstrate understanding of the information with a Bingo review game

CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3 & RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3