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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 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Textmasters: Shaking Up Textbook Reading in Science Classrooms
Engage students in content area reading with the Textmasters strategy, which allows students to collaborate with their peers in different roles that enable better understanding of the content.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Letter Poems Deliver: Experimenting with Line Breaks in Poetry Writing
Students explore letter poems and experiment with writing letters as poems, using the placement of line breaks to enhance rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance.
Grades 8 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Analyzing and Podcasting About Images of Oscar Wilde
Students analyze images of Oscar Wilde used to publicize his 1882 American lecture tour. They then compare a caricature to another researched image, sharing this analysis in a podcast.
Minilessons
Teach students the fundamentals by using these quick minilessons.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
Units
Explore a unit of study through these engaging multiweek lessons.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Let It Grow: An Inquiry-Based Organic Gardening Research Project
Recurring Lessons
Some lessons bear repeating; use these lessons daily, weekly, or monthly.
Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan
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Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
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ReadWriteThink.org Project Manager
Urbana, Illinois
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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.


