Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for 4th Grade
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Predicting
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.
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Applying Proofreading and Editing Skills
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
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Making Connections
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of making connections.
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Constructing an Opinion Paragraph Using OREO
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use the correct paragraph structure when writing an opinion piece.
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Building an Opinion Using Rhetorical Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use persuasive devices to build a convincing opinion about an issue.
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Introducing Persuasive Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how persuasive devices can be used to strengthen a point of view.
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Exploring Modality
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how modal words are used to express degrees of certainty in an opinion piece.
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Opinion Piece - Organizational Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the organizational structure of an opinion piece.
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Developing Opinion Writing Skills Unit Plan - Grade 3 and Grade 4
This English unit addresses the genre of opinion writing; specifically, how to write a well-structured opinion piece.
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Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Unit Plan
This reading unit is designed to explicitly teach the reading comprehension strategies of activating prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, monitoring, predicting, inferring, visualizing, and summarizing to elementary students, with a focus on literary texts.
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Narrative Features - Creating a Setting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language effectively to create a narrative setting.
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Sound Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate sound devices in poetry.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60-minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text using appropriate text structure, language, and features.
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Writing an Informational Paragraph - Modeled Writing
A 60-minute lesson in which students will write an informative paragraph.
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Fact or Opinion?
A 60-minute lesson in which students will identify the difference between a fact and an opinion.
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Summarizing
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of summarizing.
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Visualizing
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of visualizing.
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Inferring
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of inferring.
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Monitoring
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.
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Questioning
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of questioning.
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Activating Prior Knowledge
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of activating prior knowledge.
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Imagery in Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore imagery in poetry.
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Word Play in Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore word play in poetry.
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Sound Play in Poetry - Onomatopoeia
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore onomatopoeia in poetry.
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Sound Play in Poetry - Alliteration
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore alliteration in poetry.
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Exploring Poetic Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the common literary devices found in poetry.
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Teachers' Favorite Fall Poems for Kids to Add to Your Classroom Poetry List
Bring autumn into the classroom with fall poems for kids from classic authors plus teacher-created activities to teach personification, onomatopoeia, and more elements of poetry.
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Text Feature Anchor Chart Ideas + Hands-on Activities Students Love
Need ideas for text feature anchor charts or hands-on text feature activities? Try these teacher-tested ideas!