$5 - $10 Homeschool Reading Lesson (by date, oldest first)

Dive deep into Louis Sachar's heartwarming novel "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" with this comprehensive 9-week novel study designed for grades 5-6. This unit plan goes beyond traditional comprehension questions to focus on socio-emotional learning and character education, making it perfect for teachers looking to foster empathy, self-awareness, and personal growth in their students.

Key Features:

9-week detailed plan with daily activities and homework assignments

Strong emphasis on socio-emotional learning and character development

Engaging activities that promote self-reflection, empathy, and critical thinking

Variety of learning formats including discussions, role-plays, creative writing, and art projects

Flexible design allowing for adaptation to different class schedules and needs

Weekly Themes:

• First Impressions
• Friendship & Social Connections
• Self-Esteem & Self-Talk
• Bullying & Its Effects
• The Power of Counseling & Support
• Personal Growth & Transformation
• Empathy & Understanding Others
• Making Positive Choices
• Reflection & Application

This novel study encourages students to:

• Analyze character development and motivations
• Reflect on their own experiences and growth
• Practice empathy and perspective-taking
• Develop strategies for building self-esteem and positive relationships
• Apply lessons from the book to real-life situations

Includes:

• Detailed daily lesson plans
• Learning objectives for each week
• Printable worksheets and activity templates
• Discussion prompts and reflection questions
• Ideas for extension activities and final projects

Perfect for:

• English Language Arts classes
• Character education programs
• Social-emotional learning curriculum
• Guidance counselor support materials

Help your students connect deeply with this powerful story while developing crucial life skills. This novel study not only enhances reading comprehension but also nurtures emotional intelligence and personal growth.

Download now and transform your classroom into a space of empathy, self-discovery, and positive change!

Description

Elevate your students' reading comprehension skills with this comprehensive lesson on identifying and understanding author's purpose. This resource is designed to help students in grades 6-8 develop critical thinking skills and become more effective readers by analyzing various elements of a text, such as word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas.

The package includes:

A detailed, 40-slide presentation covering:

• The importance of understanding author's purpose

• The three main types of author's purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain

• How word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas contribute to author's purpose

• Practical tips and strategies for identifying author's purpose in various texts

• Two example passages with in-depth analysis of author's purpose, word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas

• Recap of key points and encouragement for students to practice their skills

20 carefully curated non-fiction texts from diverse genres, such as opinion pieces, advertisements, and informative essays, providing ample opportunities for students to apply their learning

A versatile worksheet that guides students through analyzing each text, focusing on:

1. Summarizing the main points
2. Identifying the main idea and author's purpose
3. Examining key writing techniques and their effects

Text Titles:

Literary Nonfiction

1. Biography of Malala Yousafzai - Explore the life of a young woman who stood up for education rights and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
2. Emma Raducanu: A Rising Star Overcoming the Odds - An account focusing on the challenges and triumphs in youth sports.
3. Personal Essay on Bullying - Reflections from someone who experienced bullying, discussing its impacts and lessons learned.
4. Travel Writing about a Trip to the Amazon Rainforest - Descriptions and adventures in one of the world's most vital and diverse ecosystems.

Journalism

1. News Article on Climate Change - Current events and scientific explanations regarding global climate shifts.
2. Feature Story on Innovations in Technology - In-depth look at how technology is changing education.
3. Investigative Reporting on Plastic Pollution - Uncovering the sources and solutions of plastic pollution in oceans.
4. Opinion Piece on the Importance of Recycling - Persuasive arguments about why recycling should be a part of daily life.

Academic Writing

1. Research Paper on Habitats of Endangered Species - Study and presentation of critical habitats that need protection.
2. Case Study on the Impact of Video Games on Youth - Analysis of positive and negative effects of gaming.
3. Review of a Science Documentary - Critical evaluation of a popular science documentary's content and presentation.

Practical Nonfiction

1. How-to Guide on Starting a Community Garden - Step-by-step instructions for school-based or community garden projects.
2. Self-help Book for Teens on Managing Stress - Practical advice and techniques for handling school and social stress.
3. Instructions for cooking lasagne - From the history, to the ingredients, to the recipe and execution.

Creative Nonfiction

1. Narrative Nonfiction on a Significant Historical Event - A compelling retelling of the moon landing, focusing on lesser-known facts and figures.
2. Historical Account of the Civil Rights Movement - A blend of factual history and personal stories from the 1960s.
3. True Crime Story about a Famous Art Heist - Examination of the theft, the investigation, and the impact on the art world.

Additional Engaging Topics

1. Exploration of the Ancient Civilization of Egypt  - Delving into their culture, technology, and contributions to modern society.

2. Science Behind Natural Disasters - Understanding earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes through a scientific lens.

3. The Evolution of Music from Classical to Modern Pop - Tracing how music has changed over the centuries and its influence on society.

By working through this lesson and completing the accompanying activities, your students will:

• Gain a deep understanding of author's purpose and its significance in reading comprehension

• Learn to identify and analyze the elements of a text that contribute to author's purpose

• Develop critical thinking skills by examining word choice, writing techniques, and main ideas

• Improve their ability to summarize and interpret various types of non-fiction texts

• Become more confident and engaged readers, equipped with strategies for tackling complex texts

This resource is perfect for English Language Arts, Reading, or Writing classes, as well as for test preparation and literacy intervention programs. The slides and activities can be easily adapted to suit your classroom's needs and can be used for whole-class instruction, small-group work, or independent practice.

Empower your students to become skilled, critical readers with this comprehensive lesson on author's purpose. Purchase now and unlock the key to improved reading comprehension!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

eer

ear

air

are

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.

Word Families included:

pl

gl

sl

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

beginning al-

al

all

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 8 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

y

igh

ie

ild and ind

*this week includes identifying syllables practice, two levels for each story, and

decoding option.

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 6 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

kn

gn

wr

mb

*this week includes verb tense practice practice.

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

CH Spelling focused Guided Reading Small groups,

made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!

Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of CH spelling focused, research and evidence-based, word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing, fluency practice, assessment, and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

ch spelling

tch spelling

th spelling

Also includes a sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade and Wonders Unit 2 Week 5 for First Grade and other ch spelling lists

Small Group Lesson Plans for Fluency practice Long A- AI AY Word Families

AI AY fluency practice for First Grade Reading Groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction! These are more than just worksheets, they are a comprehensive approach to teaching the ai ay and eigh word families and increasing students' reading fluency.

What you get:

A week's worth of AI AY fluency practice with evidence-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word fluency practice!

Word Families included:

ai

ay

eigh

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 5 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Thanks for checking out these ai ay worksheets for your fluency practice!

Ending Phonograms Word Families made EASY

CVC Words & Reading Fluency included!  Reading instruction and planning made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!

Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group guided reading instruction!

Teaching word families and practicing nonsense cvc words has a dramatic impact on reading fluency in early readers.  Year over year, my students achieve benchmark or higher in reading fluency and nonsense cvc word fluency using this amazing resource I created.

What you get with this unit:

• A week's worth of researched-based, classroom-tested word family sorts

• Labels for word family sort envelopes (These are the envelopes I use)

• Word work pages to work on segmenting, blending, and handwriting

• Reading fluency passages and assessment

• Nonsense cvc word practice and assessment

• Word family BINGO and word family coloring pages

• Sample small group schedule and tracking sheets to help plan your small groups or for use at home

Just print and teach! EASY!✔️

Word Families included:

ink

ing

ank

ang

Check out all the Short Vowel Small Group plans here:

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These resources work well with any curriculum (homeschool curriculum, reach for reading, wonders, etc)

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Keywords: Word Families, CVC Words, Reading Fluency, Reading Groups, Kindergarten, Home School, 1st grade

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

nd

nk

nt

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

sp

sl

st

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/1st-Grade-Unit-3-Week-1-Resources-Aligned-with-Reach-for-Reading-Tons-of-Pages-4969949

*Digital Activities Included* Small groups made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.

Word Families included:

og

op

ot

and mixed short o

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

-o_e

-old, ost

o

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

-u_e

-e_e, -e

-ee

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

+ble

+tle

+dle

Mixed Consonant +le

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*May be used with with Unit 8 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

-ide

-ile

-ice

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.

Word Families included:

un

ub

ug

and mixed short u

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

Small groups, made EASY!!! Consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.

Word Families included:

et

en

ed

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.

Word Families included:

-ck

-ing

-ll

and mixed short e review

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!