Daily Lessons for Teaching From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: The students will be able to demonstrate appropriate oral reading fluency skills.

1) Possible Activities:
* Have the students pair and read aloud sections of the chapter. Have the students use a reading fluency rubric to critique each other.
* Call on the students to read a small 100 word portion of the chapter to the teacher orally. Critique them using an...
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