Lesson Plans

Each unit includes a comprehensive lesson plan which uses the gradual release model of instruction.  Explicit instruction in each lesson plan supports the intervention teacher by providing:

  • Carefully designed lesson sequence to support content and comprehension development
  • Learning goals and objectives to meet rigorous standards
  • Explicit Think Alouds to model  close reading  strategies to facilitate comprehension
  • Questioning prompts to engage students in reading for a purpose
  • Collaborative activities to promote active engagement of thinking, reflection, and discussion
  • Strategies to increase academic vocabulary development