Aligned with 8.RI.3: This lesson helps students meet 8.RI.3 in Math by focusing on understanding text features to identify key information. Understanding Text Features to Identify Key Information Objective: Students will learn to identify and explain the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text by using text features such as headings, subheadings, and…

Aligned with 8.RI.4: This lesson helps students meet 8.RI.4 in Math by focusing on identifying key details in informational texts. Identifying Key Details in Informational Texts Objective: Students will learn to identify and explain the key details in an informational text to better understand its main idea. Learning Objectives Understand what key details are and…

Aligned with 8.RI.5: This lesson helps students meet 8.RI.5 in Math by focusing on understanding key ideas in informational texts. Understanding Key Ideas in Informational Texts Objective: Students will learn how to identify and explain the relationships between ideas in an informational text by using examples and details from the text. Learning Objectives Identify key…

Aligned with 8.RI.6: This lesson helps students meet 8.RI.6 in Math by focusing on understanding key ideas and details in informational texts. Understanding Key Ideas and Details in Informational Texts Objective: Students will learn to identify the main idea of a text and explain how specific details support that main idea, meeting the Common Core…

Aligned with 8.RI.7: This lesson helps students meet 8.RI.7 in Math by focusing on understanding text features to locate information. Understanding Text Features to Locate Information Objective: Students will learn how to use text features such as headings, subheadings, captions, and diagrams to locate key information in a nonfiction text. Learning Objectives Identify different text…

Aligned with 8.RI.8: This lesson helps students meet 8.RI.8 in Math by focusing on understanding key ideas in informational texts. Understanding Key Ideas in Informational Texts Objective: Students will learn to identify and explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in an informational text. Learning Objectives Understand what an author’s…

Aligned with 8.RI.9: This lesson helps students meet 8.RI.9 in Math by focusing on understanding and comparing information from two texts. Understanding and Comparing Information from Two Texts Objective: Students will learn how to compare and contrast information presented in two different texts on the same topic, identifying similarities and differences in key details. Learning…

Aligned with 8.L.1a: This lesson helps students meet 8.L.1a in ELA by focusing on understanding and using adjectives. Understanding and Using Adjectives Objective: Students will be able to identify adjectives in sentences and use them to describe nouns clearly and accurately. Learning Objectives Recognize adjectives in sentences by identifying words that describe nouns. Use adjectives…

Aligned with 8.L.1b: This lesson helps students meet 8.L.1b in ELA by focusing on understanding and using adjectives to describe nouns. Understanding and Using Adjectives to Describe Nouns Objective: Students will learn to identify adjectives and use them to describe nouns in sentences, enhancing their descriptive writing skills in accordance with standard 8.L.1b. Learning Objectives…

Aligned with 8.L.1c: This lesson helps students meet 8.L.1c in ELA by focusing on using context clues to understand new words. Using Context Clues to Understand New Words Objective: By the end of this 45-minute lesson, the student will be able to use context clues in sentences to determine the meaning of unknown words, directly…