Subject: Literary

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 5th 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.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 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.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:  Build student engagement strategies with specific protocols to develop oracy, fluency and comprehension with your students!  Perfect for multilingual students, this 4th grade bundle of four independent lessons is based around the fable "The Crow and the 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 moral/lesson

 

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

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:  Build student engagement strategies with specific protocols to develop oracy, fluency and comprehension with your students!  Perfect for multilingual students, this 5th grade bundle of four independent lessons is based around the fable "The Crow and the 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 moral/lesson

Fifth Grade bundle of ELA lesson plans containing 4 independent lessons based around a fable. These lessons include: close reading comprehension techniques, creation of a graphic novel, writing a summary, and creating a cartoon strip.

CCSS: RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.5.4

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