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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Picture Books to Teach Plot Development and Conflict Resolution
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students examine the craft of developing a story's plot and resolution of a story's conflic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPeer Edit with Perfection: Teaching Effective Peer-Editing Strategies
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use a three-step peer-editing process that consists of compliments, suggestions, and cor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's In a Mystery? Exploring and Identifying Mystery Elements
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesThis ReadWriteThink lesson teaches students about plot structure, character, and setting. Students identify the characteristics ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Cinderella" Trilogy
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Theatre, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, LiteratureIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students compare and contrast three culturally distinct variations of the "Cinderella" folktale: "Rhodo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating a Classroom Newspaper
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write authentic newspaper stories. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, incl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the nature and structure of expository texts focusing on cause and effect. After...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEducation Place: Graphic Organizers
Grades: 1 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from Houghton Mifflin s Education Place, features a collection of reproducible graphic organizers. Teachers can choos...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Picture Books to Teach Setting Development in Writing Workshop
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students examine the craft of developing the setting of a story through focused experiences...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWords with Multiple Meanings
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading strategiesVocabulary site from TV411 that provides support for understanding and using words with multiple meanings. Interactive slideshow...Contributor: Stephen PolitzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiography Writing with Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis Scholastic Writing with Writers project focuses on biographical writing. Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, winners of the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the concept of working dogs and how they help society. Students read a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMy World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses students' areas of interest both in and out of school to generate personalized vocabulary...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEngaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, groups of students investigate the historical significance of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Addres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhere I Come From
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students take research into their heritage a step beyond the construction of a family tree, tra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students build upon their knowledge of biographies to write their own autobiographical incid...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiographies: Creating Timelines of a Life
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson from ReadWriteThink supports students' exploration of sources to create a timeline about the life of a person. The e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFishing for Readers: Identifying and Writing Effective Opening "Hooks"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read introductory passages from several fiction texts and rate them for effectiveness. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuestion and Answer Books--From Genre Study to Report Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students look at question and answer books as a genre study. Through read-alouds and independent ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnimal Rights Activist Joy Adamson
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, English-Language Arts, Science, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on animal rights activist Joy Adamson and her wildlife conservation work in Africa. A class...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNature Reflections: Interactive Language Practice for English-Language Learners
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Life Sciences, English-Language Arts, Science, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students whose first language is not English reflect on nature through readings, a visit to a gre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0