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Lesson Plans
We have hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices. Find the perfect one for your classroom.
Standard Lessons 
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These lessons are designed to offer three to five classroom sessions with step-by-step instructions.
Grades K – 1 | Lesson Plan
Phonics Through Literature: Learning About the Letter M
Students learn about phonics by focusing on the letter m and participating in an integrated array of activities, including reading, writing, mathematics, music, art, and technology.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Dancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry
Students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems by Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and Langston Hughes and then brainstorm nouns and verbs to create personification in their own poems.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
From "once upon a time" to "happily ever after," students learn to recognize story structure in fairy tales and create a logical sequence of events when writing original stories.
Minilessons
Teach students the fundamentals by using these quick minilessons.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
Using Children’s Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing
Units
Explore a unit of study through these engaging multiweek lessons.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Censorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
Recurring Lessons
Some lessons bear repeating; use these lessons daily, weekly, or monthly.
Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan
Guided Comprehension: Previewing Using an Anticipation Guide
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Blacksburg, Virginia
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Brookhaven, Mississippi
Standards
Every lesson plan on ReadWriteThink has been aligned not only to the IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts but to individual state standards as well.
