For alternate Leveled Reader lesson plans that teach
Fact and Opinion, Monitor and Fix Up, and Lesson Vocabulary, see pp. LR28–LR36.
America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle Group Time
Retell Leveled Reader Women Who Made a Difference
Have students use subheads and illustrations as a guide to summarize the important facts they learned from each section of the book. Prompt as needed.
What is this book mostly about?
What are the three main sections in this book?
What did you learn from reading this book?
Why do you think the author wrote this book?
for Fluency
MODEL Read aloud p. 3 of the Leveled Reader Women Who Made a Difference, emphasizing the rhythmic patterns of language. Have students note the rise and fall of your voice and the grouping of your words. Discuss how reading in phrases creates a more pleasing rhythm than word-by-word reading.
PRACTICE Have students reread passages from Women Who Made a Difference with a partner or individually. For optimal fluency, they should reread three or four times. As students read, monitor fluency and provide corrective feedback. Students in this group were assessed in Week 3.
Revisit Leveled Reader A Time of Change: Women in the Early Twentieth Century
RETELL Have students retell the Leveled Reader A Time of Change: Women in the Early Twentieth Century.
NOW TRY THIS Have students complete their projects from pp. 22–23. You may wish to review their sources and see whether they need any additional supplies or resources. Have them present their projects.
for Fluency
PRACTICE Have students reread passages from the Leveled Reader A Time of Change: Women in the Early Twentieth Century with a partner or individually. As students read, monitor fluency and provide corrective feedback. If students read fluently on the first reading, they do not need to reread three to four times. Students in this group were assessed in Week 1.
Have students use subheads
for Fluency
RETELL Have students retell
for Fluency
Fact and Opinion,