Students will participate in a picture walk through the expository text "Seasons and Weather". The purpose of the picture walk is to prepare the students for reading the story and gives them practice in using picture clues to make meaning. It gives them a sense of the text and an idea of what they will be reading about.

The students will develop independent reading skills by using the illustrations. The teacher will read a selection of books and ask students to tell what they see in the book. Comments will lead to the conclusion that pictures tell us what was happening in the story. A video of the lesson in action is provided along with book suggestions.

The class will read the informational text "Together They Were Better". As the teacher reads the book aloud, she/he will use the illustrations from each page to give students clues as to the text on the page, helping them to see the relationship between the pictures and the words. The powerpoint of the book is included, as long as extension activities.

Sequencing is an important skill for kindergarten students. This lesson uses nonfiction texts to allow students to make a real-life connection to the skill of sequencing and learn about the plant cycle at the same time! Included are bulletin board ideas, links to videos, a plant cycle poster, and printable worksheets.

This lesson uses the book Explorers of North America - A True Book by Brendan January to teach students how to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph informational text and specific paragraphs within the text. Students are guided in how to create a timeline of historical events and they learn about text features. The lesson is done using print materials and a whiteboard with markers, but could be adapted to use with an interactive whiteboard. Worksheets, samples of student work, and videos of them discussing their work are provided.

This lesson uses the story Corduroy by Don Freeman to teach the main idea and supporting details of a story, as well as what we mean by the character's point of view. The lesson is done using print materials and a whiteboard with markers, but could easily be adapted to use with an interactive whiteboard. Worksheets, samples of student work, and videos of them discussing their work are provided.

In this lesson, students will use a double bubble map to compare and contrast two characters from the story "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" by Bill Martin, Jr.

In this lesson, students play a compare and contrast game and Pictionary to practice their science vocabulary.

A teacher created lesson plan to help students conquer how to make connections between directions in an effort to create something. This activity will have students sharing recipes and understanding why recipes should be followed in sequence.

In this lesson, students will experience different types of publishing in order to strengthen their motivation and cultivate pride in their work. After utilizing the writing process, students will type out their writing on a computer. Included is a tool to help students have success using the computer, and pictures of final drafts created by the students.

Students will be able to compare and contrast two non-fiction books with a similar theme - in this case, plant life cycles. Extensive resources included such as worksheets, samples of student work, assessment ideas, extension activities, and videos of the lesson in action.

Students have a tough time differentiating between punctuation marks when writing and especially when reading. It is important that we give students explicit instruction on punctuation to allow them to become more fluent in using them correctly. In this short lesson, students will determine which punctuation should be used in certain scenarios. Included in this lesson are a punctuation practice chart, a punctuation practice lesson video, and s sample of student work.

Once students realize they are able to gain more information and expand their learning by asking questions, they love to use their question words. In the end, the more students ask, the more they will have to answer; therefore, the more they learn! In this lesson, students will understand and use question words, like who, what, where, when, why, how, over time.

Creating a product and illustrations make this lesson great for teaching about questioning. Students will ask and answer questions about a text via the assistance of a graphic organizer.

Creating a product and illustrations make this lesson great for teaching about questioning.

This landing page offers different lessons related to the standard RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

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