Unit 1

READING/LITERATURE: APPLY A WIDE RANGE OF STRATEGIES TO COMPREHEND, INTERPRET, EVALUATE, APPRECIATE, AND RESPOND TO A WIDE VARIETY OF TEXTS

1.1 Vocabulary: Develop and expand knowledge of words and word meanings to increase vocabulary: Words in context: Use context clues (the meaning of multiple meaning words as well as other unfamiliar words)

Reading Upgrade

Excellent movie lesson and interactive practice

Context Is The Key

Multiple choice lesson and practice

Say It Another Way

Fill in the blank lesson and practice

Using Multiple Meanings

Multiple Choice Lesson and practice

Guessing Vocabulary In Context

Guessing Vocabulary In Context II

Basic Drill

Context Clues

Interactive Lesson

Context Clues Teaching Aids

 

Direct Definition Context Clues Tutorial

Interactive Lesson

Using Context Clues

Three online quizzes

What Are Context Clues?

Lesson with a quiz

 

 

1.4b Vocabulary: Develop and expand knowledge of words and word meanings to increase vocabulary: Using resource materials: Determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words by using a glossary and/or dictionary

Ask Dr. Dictionary

Online dictionary

Free Dictionary

Online dictionary

Specialty Dictionaries

Online dictionaries that deal with specialized vocabularies (business, travel, physics, etc.)

Word Central

Merriam Webster’s Online dictionary

Your Dictionary

Online dictionary

Using A Dictionary

Lesson and online quiz

Dictionary Skills

Lesson Plan

 

 

3.1a Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Literal understanding: Use prereading strategies independently to preview, activate prior knowledge, predict content of text, formulate questions that might be answered in the text, establish and adjust purposes for reading (e.g., to find out, to understand, to enjoy, to solve problems)

Questioning Toolkit

Guide to developing questions to ask; would probably be helpful as a handout

Prediction Lesson

Lesson plan from Scholastic

Follow the Clues

Lesson Plan

Guess What Comes Next

Online Activity

Prediction Cards

Lesson plan from Scholastic

Prediction Plan

Worksheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1c Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Literal understanding: Identify and explain the differences in fiction and nonfiction text

5 – Day Plan for Introducing Non-Fiction

Scholastic Lesson Plan

Fiction Or Non-Fiction?

Online Quiz

 

 

5.1b Research and information: Conduct research and organize information: Accessing information: Select the best source for a given purpose: Identify key words to be used in searching for resources and information

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1d Research and information: Conduct research and organize information: Accessing information: Select the best source for a given purpose: Use text formats and organization as an aid in constructing meaning from nonfiction (expository) text (e.g., heading, subheading, bold print, and italics)

Read All About It

Students look a sample newspaper headlines and predict where they will find needed information

Reading Headlines

Students read a headline and decide what the article is about

What Are They Selling?

Students look at titles and make predictions about the contents of an article

 

 

5.1e Research and information: Conduct research and organize information: Accessing information: Select the best source for a given purpose: Locate information in reference texts by using organizational features, such as prefaces and appendixes

 

 

 

Unit 2

READING/LITERATURE: APPLY A WIDE RANGE OF STRATEGIES TO COMPREHEND, INTERPRET, EVALUATE, APPRECIATE, AND RESPOND TO A WIDE VARIETY OF TEXTS

3.1b Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Literal understanding: Read and comprehend poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that is appropriately designed for fourth grade

Brain Child

Online Reading Quiz, with summary of areas of  weakness and additional practice for those areas

Corral the Cows

Put the cows in the corral by answering questions about the text

Drawing Conclusions

Drawing Conclusions, Part II

Drawing Conclusions (VA)

Answer questions not directly stated in the text

Get The Main Idea

Online Lesson and Quiz

Comprehension Quiz

From the Texas State online practice test

Check It Out

What Are They Selling?

Students must pick out the factual details in ads

Bees

The Happy Monkey

Online Reading and Quizzes

Online Practice Reading Tests

Selection from Pearson Publishing

Reading Exercise

Reading Exercise, Part II

Online Tests

Brain Power

Online Reading and quiz

 

 

 

 

3.3a Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Summary and generalization: Paraphrase by recognizing main ideas, key concepts, key actions, and supporting details in fiction and nonfiction to recall, inform, or organize ideas

Summarize As You Read

BBC Online Activity

Finding the Main Idea

Online Lesson and Quiz

Main Idea Lesson

What’s the Big Idea?

What’s The Big Idea III?

Lesson with worksheets

Get The Idea

Lesson and online practice

Identify the Main Idea - Fiction

Online quiz

Identify the Main Idea – Non ficton

Online quiz

Main Idea Game

Identify the main idea to get clues to a silly riddle

 

 

 

 

3.3b Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Summary and generalization: Support ideas, arguments, and generalizations by reference to evidence in the text

How To Be A Critical Reader

How Are They Selling It?

Online lesson and quiz from the BBC

Teaching Students To Make Inferences

Teacher Strategies

 

 

3.3c Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Summary and generalization: Represent text information in different ways such as in outline, timeline, or graphic organizer

Interactive Circle Plot

Online graphic organizer for literature elements

Five Graphic Organizers

Name is deceptive, as this site provides examples and explanations for many types of organizers

Concept Maps

Examples and explanations for many types of organizers

Graphic Organizers

Printouts of many types of graphic organizers, including non-traditional designs

Excel Organizers

Tutorial on how to make a graphic organizer using Microsoft Excel

Venn Diagram

Pre-made format using Microsoft Excel

 

 

 

 

3.4a Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Analysis and evaluation: Evaluate new information and hypotheses by testing them against known information and ideas

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4c Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Analysis and evaluation: Identify fact/opinion and cause/effect in various texts

Cause and Effect Booklist

List of books for teaching examples of cause and effect

 

 

 

 

3.5b Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Monitoring and correction strategies: Predict, monitor, and cross-check using semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues

Reading Upgrade

Excellent movie lesson and interactive practice

Context Is The Key

Multiple choice lesson and practice

Say It Another Way

Fill in the blank lesson and practice

Using Multiple Meanings

Multiple Choice Lesson and practice

Guessing Vocabulary In Context

Guessing Vocabulary In Context II

Basic Drill

Context Clues

Interactive Lesson

Context Clues Teaching Aids

 

Direct Definition Context Clues Tutorial

Interactive Lesson

Using Context Clues

Three online quizzes