Lesson+Plans+and+Literacy+Approaches

The following websites provide examples of comprehension strategies lesson plans to use in the classroom. Some can be adapted to fit a different grade level, and others can be adapted to go along with a different text.

Self-Monitoring Unit Plan:
This is a link for a unit plan that involves scaffolding struggling readers and trying to push advanced readers to think more critically about their reading. There are seven lessons that use self-monitoring strategies. Lesson 1: [|Read, Relate, Respond] Lesson 2: [|What Do I See? What Do I Know? (Visual Literacy)] Lesson 3: [|Connection Stems] Lesson 4: [|What I Think] Lesson 5: [|In the Driver's Seat] Lesson 6: [|Build a Connection] Lesson 7: [|Tic-Tac-Connect] http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/making-connectionsself-monitoring-differentiated-learning-centers-unit-plan

Guided Reading Questioning Lesson:
//Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant// Image retrieved from: http://books.simonandschuster.com/Henry-and-Mudge-and-the-Starry-Night/Cynthia-Rylant/Henry-Mudge/9780689811753/print
 * 1st Grade**

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/guided-reading-strategies-with-30510.html?tab=1#tabs

**Summarizing Lessons:**
Shel Silverstein's Poem //Sick// This lesson plan instructs students on how to narrow summaries down to a one word main idea. Image retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Sidewalk_Ends_(book)
 * Second Grade**

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/choosing-word-summarizing-shel-893.html?tab=4#tabs

//Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs// by Judi Barrett Using a story map, the students will be guided to create a summary. Image retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Meatballs

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading-comprehension/lesson-plan/48786.html

Visualizing Lessons:
= = //**Visualizing: Follow the Drinking Gourd**//


 * Grade Levels:K - 3**

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading-comprehension/lesson-plan/48792.html

The lesson above provides explanation, modeling, and guided practice for the comprehension strategy of visualization. Students are encouraged to draw out their images, share them with a partner, and participate in activities that let them practice this strategy. It is also tied to a text, which provides an authentic context for the students. There are suggestions for extension activities and activities for students who are struggling with this concept.

//**Visualizing: Hill of Fire**//

Grade Levels:**K - 3**

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Visualizing: Hill of Fire is a lesson that focuses on extending the strategy of visualizing. The lesson focuses on highlighting descriptive words for the students to look or listen for in order to improve their images in their heads. Students also participate in sharing and discussion about their individual visualizations building upon prior knowledge.

**Making Predictions:**

 * Grade Levels: 2-4**

Image retrieved from: http://www.worldcat.org/title/water-dance/oclc/33863757?referer=brief_results

//When I was Young in the Mountains// by Cynthia Rylant //Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine// by Janet Quin-Harkin //Water Dance// by Thomas Locker
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Additional resources:


http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/30785_mentor.html



http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/PictureBookListforModelingStrategyInstructionfromKerry.pdf

Chart retrieved from:

Wilhelm, J. D. (2004). //Reading is seeing: learning to visualize scenes, characters, ideas, and text worlds to improve comprehension and reflective reading//. New York: Scholastic.