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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.
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These lessons are designed to offer three to five classroom sessions with step-by-step instructions.
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 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan
The Houdini Box: What Did Houdini Hide? Writing Creative Endings
Students are encouraged to understand a book that the teacher reads aloud to create a new ending for it using the writing process.
Grades 1 – 2 | Lesson Plan
It's Okay to Be Different: Teaching Diversity With Todd Parr
All kinds of characters will enjoy this lesson that celebrates diversity by discussing what makes everyone unique and special.
Minilessons
Teach students the fundamentals by using these quick minilessons.
Grades 7 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Playlist for Holden: Character Analysis With Music and Lyrics
Units
Explore a unit of study through these engaging multiweek lessons.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Recurring Lessons
Some lessons bear repeating; use these lessons daily, weekly, or monthly.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
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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.
