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Learning English can be difficult for non-native speakers, but Education.com has the perfect lesson plan support to help these young kids learn to be comfortable speaking, reading, and writing English. Use Education.com's English learner lesson plans for ways to adapt conversations about academic topics for EL students. Our kindergarten to fifth grade EL lesson plans include suggestions to build academic language through word, sentence, and discourse activities.

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Making Predictions Lesson

Making Predictions Lesson

This lesson thoughtfully scaffolds the reading skill of predicting. Students are introduced to the concept and get to practice making predictions. They will apply what they have learned during a focused independent reading activity.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension

Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension

Use this lesson to teach students about the importance of reading fluently to support comprehension. Use as a stand alone activity or a support for the Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension lesson plan.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Addition with Regrouping

Addition with Regrouping

In this lesson, students will add three-digit numbers using expanded form addition and standard algorithm addition. They'll explain their answers and highlight the steps for each of the strategies.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Identifying Character Traits

Identifying Character Traits

What's your "it"? This lesson incorporates Tony Dungy's You Can Do It! into some hands-on activities that help students learn about different character traits.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Sight Words

Use this fun lesson plan to practice identifying common sight words and rhyming words with your el's. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Read and Retell a Classic!

Read and Retell a Classic!

Your students will enjoy reading the classic story “The Ugly Duckling,” written about a very lovable duck! This reading lesson also includes a fun partner activity to help your students practice comprehension.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Beginning, Middle, and End Mix Up

Beginning, Middle, and End Mix Up

In this lesson, students get practice with finding the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Have your students help you fix a mixed up story while they learn the parts of a story.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Compare and Contrast Short Stories

Compare and Contrast Short Stories

By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

There’s No I in Theme-work!

There’s No I in Theme-work!

That’s right! The theme applies to everyone! Use this interactive lesson to teach your students how to find the theme of a fictional text.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Close Reading: Introduction

Close Reading: Introduction

Help your students absorb the details of a text and make inferences about what they read with the strategy of close reading. By reading closely, students will become better able to understand complex themes and nuances in a text.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Your students are probably used to answering questions. Give them a chance to ask their own with this imaginative lesson on reading comprehension and the ways one can use who, what, when, where, and why.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Round Up!

Reading Round Up!

Preschoolers can have a range of reading abilities. Find out what they know about letters and reading with this lesson plan!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts

Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts

When students read nonfiction texts, they will need to make inferences using text features and quotes as evidence. Support your students using short texts as practice before diving into more complex materials like textbooks.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Fiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Improve reading comprehension with a lesson on cause and effect! In this lesson, students will use a T-chart to identify examples of cause and effect in and by the end, you’ll all be singing along to the cause and effect song!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Exploring Different Points of View

Exploring Different Points of View

The activities in this lesson will engage students in thinking about how a person’s position, needs, and concerns affect their point of view on an issue. Students will apply this to characters in "The Memory String" by Eve Bunting.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

What's in a Text Feature?

What's in a Text Feature?

Ever wondered how to explain what an index is to a 6 year old? Look no further! Use this engaging lesson to help your students become text feature experts.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events

Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events

Characters, settings, and events, oh my! In this lesson, students will dig deeper into each of these components and learn to provide specific details from their texts.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Asking and Answering Questions

Asking and Answering Questions

This lesson helps students learn about asking and answering questions about a text. It also exposes them to valuable lessons about trying to figure out their dreams and not giving up along the way.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Main Idea and Supporting Evidence

Main Idea and Supporting Evidence

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify the main idea and supporting evidence in a short fictional text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Reading Closely.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Pictures

Reading Pictures

In this lesson, students will practice "reading" pictures. They will look at the details in pictures in order to make predictions about what happens in a text. This lesson can be used alone or with the Predicting Pictures lesson plan.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Let's Read It With Expression!

Let's Read It With Expression!

Teach your students about text clues that will help them read with expression. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *Reader's Theater: Read the Script* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Vowel or Consonant?

Vowel or Consonant?

Help your class understand what makes AEIO and U so special with this lesson that helps them differentiate between vowels and consonants.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Caterpillars and the hard C sound come together in this colorful lesson. With help from the ever-popular *The Very Hungry Caterpillar* by Eric Carle, students will learn about metamorphosis while developing their phonics skills.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Sticky Reading Comprehension

Sticky Reading Comprehension

Sometimes students struggle with comprehension, and it can be difficult to pinpoint where the breakdown occurs. Help your students make visual summaries on sticky notes in this lesson!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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