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This lesson on phonological awareness may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

This supplementary lesson on phonological awareness may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

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.

See an example lesson plan sequence focusing on 1st grade phonemic awareness and phonics instruction.

Use this dialogic reading planning tool to help teachers develop questions and prompts for repeated readings of a storybook using the framework described in A Three-Level Framework for Dialogic Reading.

Use this guide to plan Tier 2 lessons that promote fluency.

This sample material includes lesson plans for two interactive read-alouds in first/second grade: one about trees for a science lesson and the other about sorting for a math lesson. Listen to the teacher describe how she conducts the read-alouds in the video, Read-Alouds Across the Curriculum.

This sample material outlines the sequence of a literature circles lesson, describes the student roles, and includes worksheets for each role. Also included here are several evaluation forms students use to reflect on the quality of their discussions. Watch the presentation, Literature Circles in Second Grade, to see the lesson in action.

This lesson on long and short letter sounds may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Use this guide to plan Tier 2 lessons that promote decoding and spelling.

Use this guide to plan Tier 2 phonics lessons.

High school English teacher Lori Manning uses these instructional materials to scaffold student text comprehension. Materials include a list of text comprehension questions; graphic organizers used to help students make connections and inferences; and a student example of a visualization activity used to demonstrate understanding of a text quote from a short story.

This lesson on affixes and suffixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

This lesson on base words and prefixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

This vocabulary lesson may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

This lesson on word features may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.