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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBe a Reading Detective: Finding Similarities and Differences in Ideas
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, focuses on the strategy of compare and contrast in nonfiction writing. Students use graphic or...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses traditional stories (i.e., narrative text) of native peoples of the northwest to introduc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAuthor Laura Joffe Numeroff
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the books written by children's author Laura Joffe Numeroff. A classroom activity is fea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentCompare and Contrast Animals
Grades: 4Subjects: English-Language ArtsThis is a Powerpoint with only three slides but it is good for getting a Compare & Contrast discussion going. Project it on a wh...Contributor: Aileen CarewViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPatterns of Organization
Grades: 4Subjects: Graphic organizers, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesContains short models of each pattern.Contributor: Deborah LawsonViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoetry from Prose
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students compose found and parallel poems based on descriptive passages from pieces of literature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFree Graphic Organizers
Grades: 1 to 8Subjects: Graphic organizers, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThe graphic organizers provided here are, for the most part, plain in appearance. Allow students to create their own look to the...Contributor: Deborah LawsonViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCause-Effect Frames
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional DevelopmentThis page, from the Journey North Web site, features information for creating and using a cause-effect organizer as an instructi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterature as a Catalyst for Social Action: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, Humanities, History-Social ScienceIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, picture books are used to invite students to engage in critical discussion of complex issues of r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlying to Freedom: "Tar Beach and the People Could Fly"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students explore themes of liberation and racism as they examine the connections, as well as...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCompare & Contrast Map
Grades: 4Subjects: Graphic organizers, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesAn interactive student tool to map out a compare and contrast essay.Contributor: Deborah LawsonViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMontgomery Ward Publishes the First Mail-Order Catalog
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Economics, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the first mail-order catalog, published by Montgomery Ward, and highlights how mail-orde...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComparison and Contrast Guide
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this student interactive, from ReadWriteThink, students explore comparison and contrast. The interactive includes a definitio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0