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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
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These lessons are designed to offer three to five classroom sessions with step-by-step instructions.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
"Run, run, as fast as you can." Students use this refrain from The Gingerbread Man to learn letter-sound correspondence. Students use their new skills to write an online story.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Figurative Language: Teaching Idioms
It's raining cats and dogs! Students explore figurative language through read-alouds, teacher modeling, and student-centered activities, further developing their understanding of the literal versus the metaphorical translations of idioms.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
With e-pals, students develop real-life writing and social experiences, learn the format of a friendly letter and parts of an e-mail message, and discover other cultures, languages, and geographic areas.
Minilessons
Teach students the fundamentals by using these quick minilessons.
Grades 1 – 2 | Lesson Plan
Units
Explore a unit of study through these engaging multiweek lessons.
Grades 7 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Recurring Lessons
Some lessons bear repeating; use these lessons daily, weekly, or monthly.
Grades 4 – 6 | Lesson Plan
Guided Comprehension: Visualizing Using the Sketch-to-Stretch Strategy
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Christine Joseph, Ph.D.
Instructional Staff Developer
Tampa, Florida
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Instructional Specialist and Adjunct Instructor
Denton, Texas
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.