Grades: 3-12

Lexile Level: 520L

Standard: 5.2.R.3 Students will summarize and sequence the important events of a story.

Book Units Teacher Teaching Ideas: https://bookunitsteacher.com/reading-flora-ulysses/Flora-and-Ulysses-Teaching-Ideas.pdf

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=34890

Flora & Ulysses (Fantasy)

Lexile Level: 980L

Standard: 2.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., tell a story, provide information).

Rouge Reads Discussion Guide: https://jcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/JCLS_The_Day_You_Begin_Discussion_Guide.pdf

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rLlyFs8eIM

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=58927

Lexile Level: 710L

Standard: 1.2.R.3 Students will sequence the plot (i.e., beginning, middle, and end) of a story.

Penguin Classroom Discussion Guide: https://media.btsb.com/TitleLessonPlans/3065.pdf

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cni5JGu0p0

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=3127

Grades: Pre-K - 3

Lexile: 340L

Standard: K.3.R.2 Students will ask and answer basic questions (e.g., who, what, where, and when) about texts, photographs, or illustrations during shared reading or other text experiences with prompting.

Teaching Ideas: https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/books/this-is-not-my-hat/

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=31415

Lexile Level: 830L

Standard: 4.2.R.4 Students will summarize facts and details from an informational text.

Intercambio Uniting Communities: https://intercambio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Teacher-Guide-I-Am-Malala.pdf

TeachingBooks: Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a True Story)

Standard: 1.3.R.2 Students will describe who is telling a story with prompting

Chalk Drawing Activity: http://billthomson.com/pdf/Games%20Guides%20Chalk%20Connect%20The%20Dots.pdf

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=20032

Lexile Level: 1000L

Standard: 7.3.R.5 Students will identify literary elements and devices that impact a text’s theme and mood.

Novel-Ties Study Guide: https://mrschircop.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/boy-in-the-striped-pajamas.pdf

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=957

Grade Levels: 1-6

Lexile Level: 560L

Standard: 3.2.R.3 Students will summarize and sequence the important events of a story.

TeachingBooks Story Map: file:///Users/clairehess/Downloads/Story_Map_Multi-Leveled_Lesson_A_Path_of_Stars.pdf

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=29339#Award

Lexile Level: 1350L

Standard: 8.3.R.1 Students will analyze works written on the same topic from a variety of historical, cultural, ethnic, and global perspectives and analyze the methods the authors use to achieve their purposes.

TED Audio Collective Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ-QTsZ_Tyc

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=52576

Grade Levels: 7-12

Lexile Level: 590L

Standard: 8.1.S.2 Students will engage in collaborative discussions about what they are reading and writing, expressing their own ideas clearly while building on the ideas of others in pairs, diverse groups, and whole-class settings.

Learning To Give Literature Guide: https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/hate-you-give-literature-guide

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=53310

Lexile Level: 740L

Standard: 5.3.R.3 Students will determine how literary elements contribute to the meaning of a literary text: ● setting ● plot ● characters (i.e., protagonist, antagonist) ● characterization ● conflict ● theme

Bloomsbury Education Teaching Notes: https://www.bloomsbury.com/media/5wujc2k4/coraline-teaching-notes.pdf

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=1520

Lexile Level: 320L

Standard: 5.1.S.2 Students will engage in collaborative discussions about what they are reading and writing, expressing their own ideas clearly in pairs, diverse groups, and whole-class settings.

Scholastic Discussion Questions: https://www.scholastic.com/motherdaughterbookclub/pdf/Scholastic_MDBC_DramaDG.pdf

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=31524

Lexile Level: 700L

Standard: 4.3.R.3 Students will find textual evidence of literary elements: ● setting ● plot ● characters (i.e., protagonist, antagonist) ● characterization ● conflict

Storyboard That: https://www.storyboardthat.com/lesson-plans/out-of-my-mind-by-sharon-draper

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=18265

Grades: Pre K - 4

Lexile Level: 330L

Standard: 2.3.R.3 Students will find examples of literary elements: ● setting (i.e., time and place) ● plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end) ● characters and their traits

StoryMakers Interview: https://www.google.com/search?q=bright+star+yuyi+morales+interview&sca_esv=9dbcedb0407ac63c&sxsrf=AE3TifP1s13g2iWYCB5p2wytR627FJuK_g%3A1757703943792&ei=B2_EaLuRL-qyqtsP2IingQk&oq=bright+star+yuyi+morales+in&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiG2JyaWdodCBzdGFyIHl1eWkgbW9yYWxlcyBpbioCCAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYqwJIihdQpAFYpg1wAXgAkAEAmAFcoAGAAqoBATO4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgSgApACwgIHECMYsAMYJ8ICCBAuGIAEGLADwgIHEAAYsAMYHsICCBAAGLADGO8FwgIEECMYJ8ICBhAAGBYYHsICBRAAGO8FmAMAiAYBkAYGkgcBNKAHjhGyBwEzuAeOAsIHBTAuMy4xyAcL&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5fa12d0a,vid:qbmlQSV_5Cs,st:0

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=77662

Grades: 3-8

Lexile Level: 570L

Standard: 4.1.S.2 Students will engage in collaborative discussions about what they are reading and writing, expressing their own ideas clearly in pairs, diverse groups, and whole-class settings.

Elite Texas Small Group Lesson Plan: https://www.elitetexas.org/files/downloads/TT-The-One-and-Only-Ivan.pdf

TeachingBooks: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=28618