Fall Read Aloud Activities and Lessons for October - Fall Reading Comprehension

Are you looking for fall read aloud lesson plans and activities that are easy to prep? Supercharge your reading comprehension lessons with these print and teach activities! These interactive reading lesson plans for Knuffle Bunny, Otis, Pumpkin Jack, and Bat Loves the Night, will guide you through your daily instruction in reading comprehension, responding to literature, sentence studies with mentor sentences, crafts and more!

These No Prep Print and Go Lesson Plans will save your teaching life! SERIOUSLY!!!

WHY TEACHERS LOVE THESE READ ALOUD LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES

• These book lessons are so easy to use.  Our scripted lessons take the guesswork out of your interactive read alouds planning!
• Reading Comprehension skills are taught spirally all year.  This research-based approach helps make practice permanent and ensures students will revisit various reading comprehension skills in REAL WORLD literature.
• Tier 2 Vocabulary is introduced and studied each week with lessons that stick!
• Sentence and grammar study is incorporated into each read aloud.
• A variety of comprehension assessments that include scoring rubrics, multiple choice, and true/false tests. 
• Common Core State Standards and TEKS standards aligned for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.
• Teaching Slides Each day, use the teaching slides to guide students in discussion. Sentence stems are included to support oral language and boost text comprehension.

HOW DO THE ENGAGING READERS READ ALOUD LESSONS WORK?

The teacher does the reading work while the students do the thinking work. These lessons are grounded in research. It is said that the person doing the most talking is the person who is doing the most learning. SO these lessons scaffold instruction to get students talking. Side-by-side, students learn comprehension strategies such as Predicting, Visualizing, Retelling, Text Details, Connecting, Inferring, Character Analysis, Opinion Writing and so much more. You won’t believe how quickly students fall in love with your read-aloud time. 

Brain research reveals that reading comprehension starts with listening comprehension.  Since kindergarten, first grade students, and second grade students have listening skills that far surpass their ability to decode words, it is imperative that they participate in daily deep conversations surrounding books that allow them to strengthen their thinking! Don’t wait! Start building pathways to deeper thinking today!

These units can be used on their own or as a supplement to your current reading curriculum. They are simply the easiest and most enjoyable way to drive up student engagement. Join the thousands of teachers who have transformed their ELA block.

EACH BOOK INCLUDES DAILY:

• 5 Day Interactive read aloud discussion lesson plans
• Reading comprehension strategies to help all students deepen their connections and engagement to books.  A variety of response page options are available so you can select the one that works best for your students.
• Full color pictorial retelling cards that can be printed or used as a PowerPoint pictorial retelling file for your whiteboard.  This sets students up for success! The pictures support students as they strengthen their oral language.
• Interactive writing to support your students where they are.
• Anchor chart ideas for comprehension strategies for each book
• Sentence study and activities for each day of the week.
• Grammar study for each day of the week
• Phonics for Kindergarten and first grade
• Phonics for 2nd grade
• A craft for each book
• Rubrics for each response activity
• True/False comprehension assessment
• Multiple choice comprehension assessment
• Common Core Standards and TEKS standards checklist
• Additionally, reading and phonics assessments have been added to ESGI which you can access for FREE with your ESGI subscription.
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THE BOOKS NEEDED FOR THIS SET OF READ ALOUD LESSON PLANS:

• Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
• Otis by Loren Long
• Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
• Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies

NOTE: This isn't a packet of worksheets. These Engaging Readers read aloud lessons and activities actually guide you through the process of using quality read-aloud books to teach the standards for reading comprehension.

This interactive read aloud unit will save you hours of work because EVERYTHING is all planned out with easy to follow lesson plans.  Just add the book!

Just PRINT and TEACH! Each week focuses on one book and takes you through a variety of lessons to get your kids reading like never before.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q:  Are these research based lessons?

A:  Yes!   We have extensively researched the best practices surrounding reading instruction.  You will find the resources that guided our thinking in the preview.

Q:  Will these work with my current reading program?

A:  Absolutely! Use the components that work best for your students.

FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS JUST LIKE YOU!

Michelle H. says, "I have been purchasing the monthly Engaging Readers sets throughout the school year. They have given me a refreshing change to a 24 year career and my students are more eager than ever to participate and learn. Each Monday they can't wait to find out our new story for the week!"

Caylee A. says, "I love these units! There is minimal prep and I don't have to worry if I have a sub... everything is there and ready!"

Kathleen S. says, "These units have made planning and teaching reading mini-lessons SO simple, and they have had a huge impact on my students' writing and reading comprehension! Almost every student in my class scored "Excellent" comprehension on end-of-year reading assessments. Thank you so much for your hard work!"

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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE SEESAW AND GOOGLE SLIDES VERSIONS OF THE READING COMPREHENSION?

We have converted the reading comprehension portion of many of the ENGAGING READERS books. These converted files are not included in this unit. If you would prefer, you are welcome to convert this file to a digital version. However, if you want it all done for you, you can find the listing of these resources by clicking HERE.

ADDITIONAL ENGAGING READERS BOOK TITLES CAN BE FOUND IN THESE BUNDLES:

· ENGAGING READERS READING COMPREHENSION SET 1

· ENGAGING READERS READING COMPREHENSION SET 2

· ENGAGING READERS READING COMPREHENSION SET 3

• African Animals Nonfiction Reading BUNDLE

• Black History Month Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Unit

• Presidents Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Unit

RELATED LITERATURE BASED STEM AND CENTER ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND:

• SCIENCE MATH AND MORE SET 1
• SCIENCE MATH AND MORE SET 2

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