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Guided Comprehension: Previewing Using an Anticipation Guide
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| Grades | 3 – 6 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Recurring Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 60-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Avon, Massachusetts |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Knowing How Words Work Using Semantic Feature Analysis
Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the comprehension strategy of knowing how words work.
Grades 4 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Making Connections Using a Double-Entry Journal
Based on the Guided Comprehension Model by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson helps students learn three types of connections (text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world) using a double-entry journal.
Grades 4 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Monitoring Using the INSERT Technique
Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the comprehension strategy of monitoring.
Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Self-Questioning Using Question-Answer Relationships
Guided comprehension moves your students beyond decoding to become independent readers. Generating questions to guide reading helps readers make connections with the text and supports independent comprehension of new texts.
Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Summarizing Using the QuIP Strategy
Students learn to use the QuIP (questions into paragraphs) comprehension strategy to organize information and then synthesize it in writing.
Grades 4 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Visualizing Using the Sketch-to-Stretch Strategy
Guided comprehension moves your middle-grade students beyond decoding to become successful, independent readers. The sketch-to-stretch strategy encourages students to use "brain TV" to help them understand a text through visualization.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Guided Comprehension: Evaluating Using the Meeting of the Minds Technique
Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the strategy of evaluating, using the Meeting of the Minds technique.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  January 31
Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919.
Students read messages sent to the White House from Jackie Robinson and discuss his role as an athlete and a civil rights activist, as well as the role of athletes in society.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades 3 – 8 | Professional Library | Book
Guided Comprehension in Grades 3-8
This book has everything you need to use the Guided Comprehension Model effectively with students in in upper elementary and middle school.

