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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 See All Standard Lessons
These lessons are designed to offer three to five classroom sessions with step-by-step instructions.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Discovering a Passion for Poetry With Langston Hughes
Through a study of Langston Hughes’ poetry, students connect his writing to his place in history.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
Students learn haiku
write descriptive poems
and share with the class.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Q is for Duck: Using Alphabet Books With Struggling Writers
A is for zoo? Q is for duck? The alphabet as students know it is transformed when students create a class book that contains clever associations for each letter of the alphabet.
Minilessons
Teach students the fundamentals by using these quick minilessons.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Units
Explore a unit of study through these engaging multiweek lessons.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan
That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court
Recurring Lessons
Some lessons bear repeating; use these lessons daily, weekly, or monthly.
Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan
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Susan Ruckdeschel
Director of Reading and Language Arts for Edison Learning
New York, New York
Jennifer M. Nelson
Title 1 Reading Teacher
McDonough, Georgia
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.