Unit Plan

Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Unit Plan

8 x lessons | Suitable for grades: 2 - 6

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.

It consists of 8 lessons of approximately 60 minutes duration.

These lessons may be taught as a complete unit of work, or they must be taught individually as stand-alone lessons.

The sequence of lessons and suggested time frames should be regarded as a guide only; teachers should pace lessons in accordance with the individual learning needs of their class.

Teachers are encouraged to collect samples of students’ work throughout the unit to reflect their learning journey.

Curriculum

ELAR 2.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 2.6(C)

Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
ELAR 2.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 2.6(E)

Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
ELAR 2.6(F)

Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
ELAR 2.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 2.7(A)

Describe personal connections to a variety of sources;
ELAR 3.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 3.6(C)

Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
ELAR 3.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 3.6(E)

Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
ELAR 3.6(F)

Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
ELAR 3.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 3.7(A)

Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;
ELAR 4.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 4.6(C)

Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
ELAR 4.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 4.6(E)

Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
ELAR 4.6(F)

Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
ELAR 4.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 4.7(A)

Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;
ELAR 4.7(D)

Retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;
ELAR 5.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 5.6(C)

Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
ELAR 5.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 5.6(E)

Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
ELAR 5.6(F)

Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
ELAR 5.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 5.7(A)

Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;
ELAR 5.7(D)

Retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;

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Caleb Von · 4 years ago

What book or books would you suggest to use inline with this lesson?
- Trish (Teach Starter) · 4 years ago
  
  Hi Caleb, we don't have a specific book to recommend for this, but having a variety of texts available is a good starting point! You can find some of our favourite texts in our blogs at https://www.teachstarter.com/search/?query=books&refinementList%5BpostTypeTitle%5D%5B0%5D=Blog
ELD678 · 5 years ago

Found it!
- Kristian · 5 years ago
  
  Ahh, great to hear. If there is anything else I can assist you with, please don't hesitate to contact me.

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