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Review a daily lesson plan format that emphasizes preschool activity planning based on instructional objectives, program standards, and desired learning outcomes. Examples of phonological awareness objectives are included.
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Daily Lesson Plan for Four-Year-Olds Phonological Awareness
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Identify and Define Multiple-Meaning Words in Context
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This vocabulary lesson may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Third Grade Buddy Talk Lesson
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This buddy talk lesson plan includes objectives, materials, and teacher question prompts. Also included here are student worksheets for making text connections and teacher observation checklists for formative assessment. Watch the presentation, Buddy Talk, to hear a description of the lesson.
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Foundational Reading Skills: Instructional Routines
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The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) has developed instructional routines for teaching foundational reading skills in grades K‐3, including phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary. Included here are four routines: Kindergarten phonemic awareness, Grade 1 phonics, Grade 1 comprehension, and Grade 2 fluency.
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Word Knowledge: Semantic Feature Analysis
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on word features may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Teacher and Student Literature Discussion Cards
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This sample material includes a lesson plan and discussion cards used by a third/fourth‐grade teacher to help guide text discussions. The discussion cards provide cues to help students become critical thinkers before, during, and after reading the text. Watch the presentation, Using Peer Collaboration and Self‐Reflection to Engage With Text, to see the lesson in action.
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Phonological Awareness: First Sound Isolation
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on phonological awareness may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Vocabulary Instructional Routine: New Vocabulary
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This vocabulary lesson may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Text Structure Activities and Student Work
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This sample material includes a lesson plan, signal words, literacy cards, and graphic organizers used to help students learn about text structures. Two examples of student work are included to show how students use a Venn diagram during a classroom reading activity. View the presentation, Interactive Strategies for Teaching Nonfiction Text Structure, to see how these materials are used in the classroom.
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Phonological Awareness: First Sound Isolation Supplemental Materials
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This supplementary lesson on phonological awareness may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Generating Examples and Nonexamples of Words
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on nonsense words may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Character and Setting
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This plan was developed by a kindergarten teacher. It provides details on standards, objectives, and essential questions guiding text structure instruction, and describes lesson activities and ways to extend student learning. View the presentation Teaching Character and Setting in an Inclusion Classroom to see how the lesson was implemented.
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Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Segmentation
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on phonemic awareness may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Vocabulary Instructional Routine Third Grade: Base Words and Affixes
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on affixes and suffixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Social Studies Pair-Sharing and Discussion Guidelines
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This PowerPoint outlines a seventh‐grade social studies lesson that scaffolds text discussion strategies to help students develop an understanding of the experiences of Chernobyl survivors. The lesson plan includes student guidelines for engaging in partner and small group discussions.
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Phonological Awareness: Blending
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on blending may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs. Each standard‐aligned lesson plan includes a clear objective and embeds key instructional principles into the activities.
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Vocabulary Instructional Routine: Base Words and Prefixes
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on base words and prefixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.
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Mark It Up! Questioning and Making Connections
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The Mark It Up! strategy is used by eighth‐grade language arts teacher Kelly O'Brien to scaffold small group text discussions. The teacher's lesson plan, text discussion, Mark It Up! guidelines, and theme activities are included here to show how the teacher supports students in making text connections.
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Phonological Awareness: Syllable Isolation
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on syllable isolation may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs. Each standard‐aligned lesson plan includes a clear objective and embeds key instructional principles into the activities.
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Identify and Define Multiple-Meaning Words in Context
National Center on Intensive Interventions
This lesson on words with multiple meanings may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.