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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Journal for Corduroy: Responding to Literature
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, leads first-grade students to reflect on and respond to literature through journal writing. St...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDr. King's Dream
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, United States HistoryIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students learn about the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Students l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDraw a Story: Stepping from Pictures to Writing
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students draw a series of pictures that tell a simple story that includes character action, probl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Children's Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionInspired by the book "It Starts with an A," this ReadWriteThink lesson invites kindergarten students to turn their curiosity and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMultipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, ScienceThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, introduces the study of insects in science by using poetry. Students work in cooperative group...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Fact to Fiction: Drawing and Writing Stories
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use factual information gathered from the Internet as the basis for creating a nonfictio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLearning Centers: From Shared to Independent Practice
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink lesson provides a framework for using a shared reading experience to introduce independent literacy learning...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCollaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students engage in prewriting activities that include writing the beginning of a story and b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLet's Build a Snowman
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Science, Life SciencesThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, suggests building a snowman as one way to provide food for birds and animals during the winter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWalk in My Shoes
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, uses the story "The Brothers of the Knight" to explore materials, shoe desi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the "I Have a Dream" Foundation and Dr. Martin Luther King's famous speech of the same n...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, helps young writers bring greater focus to their writing. Students use a timeline to break a l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to acrostic poetry. They create poems using their names as a starting poi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPoetry Using the 5Ws
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis student reproducible, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, offers a model for writing a non-rhyming poem using the 5Ws (who, what,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPacking the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students investigate the Pilgrims--who they were and why they came to America. Through a se...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJunie B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, the teacher reads aloud the Junie B. Jones selection "Junie B., First Grader (at last!)." S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Connection Between Poetry and Music
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, MusicIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students listen to poems read aloud and discuss the rhythm and sound of poetry. Students th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Sets through Math-Related Book Pairs
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, Mathematics, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Number SenseThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, integrates reading, writing, viewing, and visually representing mathematical ideas while simul...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCompleting the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore the organizing structure and writer's craft of picture books. They then id...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlphabetizing With Original Stories
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write original stories using alphabetical order. The entire class can write one story, b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0