Learning Objectives

• Use the navigational tools to search and browse content to find the best title for students and instruction.
• Find the instructional supports available in the resource.
• Identify best practices for using Highlights Library in the classroom.
• Consider methods for sharing Highlights Library with parents.
• Create a lesson plan to integrate Highlights Library into instruction.
• Understand the importance of using digital text, print, and other media in literacy curriculum.

Highlights Library Lesson Plan

Review this lesson plan that uses Ohio's Social Emotional Learning Standards for fourth and fifth grade and Highlights Library Ask Arizona titles. As you review, identify best practices or strategies used to integrate the resources into the standard and its desired outcome. These lesson plans also feature a take home activity for parents to complete with their child. You will notice that the lessons include many Best Practices for Digital Reading.

• Highlights Library Social Awareness Lesson Plan

Create a Lesson Plan

Download the Highlights Library Lesson Plan Template from the exercise files at the bottom of this page. Consider the discussion/reflection you have done and the materials you have learned about so far. Use the lesson plan template to create a standards-aligned lesson for your students using Highlights Library. Consider sharing the lesson you create in INFOhio's Open Space.