Part 1: Reading Overview Planning Checklist Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 1: What''s the Big Idea? Identify Main Topic and Details Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Onsets and Rimes of Single-Syllable Words Lesson Plan 2: Each One Is Different: Compare Two Books on the Same Topic Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Final E and Long Vowel Sounds Lesson Plan 3: How Do I Find What I Need? Identify and Use Text Features Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Consonant Digraphs Lesson Plan 4: Paint a Picture With Your Words! Describe a Character''s Looks, Actions, and Feelings Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Sounds of the Letter A Lesson Plan 5: Step-by-Step: Describe Connections Between Steps in a Process Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Spelling-Sound Correspondences Lesson Plan 6: The Five W''s and H: Answering Text-Based Questions Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Irregularly Spelled Words Lesson Plan 7: More Than One Way to Tell a Story: Distinguish Among Stories, Dramas, and Poems Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Introduction to Syllables Lesson Plan 8: Who Is Telling This Story? Point of View in Stories Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Prefixes and Suffixes Lesson Plan 9: Sometimes Words Aren''t Enough: Interpret Visual Elements Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Word Analysis Skills Lesson Plan 10: A Special Message from the Author: Determine Topics and Theme in a Story Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Short and Long Vowel Sounds Lesson Plan 11: The Same-but Not Really! Compare and Contrast Themes Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Syllabication Patterns Lesson Plan 12: Prove It to Me! Identify Supporting Reasons Foundational Skills Mini-Lesson: Prefixes and Suffixes Part 2: Writing Overview Planning Checklist Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 13: And What Happened Next? Write a Narrative Lesson Plan 14: Great Topics! Research to Learn More Lesson Plan 15: That''s a Fact! Write an Informative Text Lesson Plan 16: What? Why? For Whom? Consider Task, Purpose, and Audience Lesson Plan 17: Let''s Blog! Use a Classroom Blog Site Lesson Plan 18: This Is What I Think: Write an Opinion Lesson Plan 19: In a Nutshell: Summarize Information Part 3: Speaking and Listening Overview Planning Checklist Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 20: Five Senses: Describe People, Places, Things, or Events Lesson Plan 21: Talk, Talk, Talk: Participate in Collaborative Discussions Lesson Plan 22: Do You Hear What I Hear? Listen to Others Speak Lesson Plan 23: Hooking ''Em In: Prepare an Oral Report on a Topic or Text Lesson Plan 24: Putting It All Together: Deliver an Oral Report on a Topic or Text Lesson Plan 25: Finding Support: Respond to a Speaker''s Information Lesson Plan 26: Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 . Create Audio Recordings Lesson Plan 27: Yo or Hello? Adapt Speech to a Variety of Contexts and Tasks Lesson Plan 28: Do You Hear What I Hear? Learning to Paraphrase Part 4: Language Overview Planning Checklist Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 29: Letters Standing Tall: Use Proper Capitalization Lesson Plan 30: Punctuation Station: How End Punctuation Functions Lesson Plan 31: Getting Down the Bare Bones: Writing Simple Sentences Lesson Plan 32: Sentence Power: Forming Compound Sentences Lesson Plan 33: Reuse and Recycle Words! Multiple-Meaning Words Lesson Plan 34: Piece by Piece, This Word Makes Sense: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Lesson Plan 35: Easy As Pie! Similes and Metaphors Reading Handouts: Comparing Books Activity Sheet Text Features Activity Sheet Character Activity Sheet Steps in a Process Activity Sheet Types of Literature Activity Sheet Point of View Activity Sheet Visual Elements Activity Sheet Author''s Point and Evidence Activity Sheet Writing Handouts: Write a Story Activity Sheet Topic Activity Sheet Note-Taking Sheet Informational Report Planning Sheet Purpose, Audience, and Task Activity Sheet Opinion Activity Sheet Opinion with Reason Activity Sheet Summary Activity Sheet Speaking and Listening Handouts: Writing Descriptions Based on the Five Senses I Have Something to Say! Prepare an Oral Report Rubric for Presenting an Oral Report Adapt Speech to Variety of Contexts and Tasks Language Handouts: Use Correct Capitalization Forming Simple Sentences Compound Sentence Activity Sheet Multiple-Meaning Words Activity Sheet Word Parts Activity Sheet Simile and Metaphor Activity Sheet Appendix: Blank Lesson Plan Template Recommended Literary and Nonfiction Sources Sample Opinion-Writing Topics References.