Subject: ELA

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: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills, this literary bundle of lesson plans (4 separate segments 45-60 minutes each) is perfect to nurture oracy, fluency and comprehension!  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
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer the purpose of the myth
• Create a graphic novel to demonstrate their understanding of the moral/lesson
• Write a brief summary to demonstrate their understanding

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, 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

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 1 hour interactive fully scripted close read of the fable "The Crow and the Pitcher", 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 purpose of this fable
• Create a graphic novel to demonstrate their understanding of the main events and defend their interpretation of the moral/lesson

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Use context clues to determine the meaning ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 4th Grade 1 hour  fully scripted “Closer Looking”  and close reading lesson is based on an analysis of photographs and text.  We learn to infer from pictures first!  Your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words and analyze for key details
• Write a "book" that demonstrates their understanding of cause & effect and key details from the text

CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4