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New Takes on Old Tales
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Literature, Geography, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this Xpeditions student activity, students revamp a classic fairy tale so that it takes place in today's world. They base the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Shadows
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Literature, Science, English-Language ArtsIn this Science NetLinks lesson, one of a four-part series on the sky, students explore making shadows. They also track the move...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fairy Tales, Then and Now
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Geography, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this Xpeditions lesson, students read an old fairy tale or story and list the geographical features and characters described ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Expository Escapade-Detective's Handbook
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students combine reading in the detective fiction genre with expository writing. Embedded in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Using Picture Books to Teach Setting Development in Writing Workshop
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students examine the craft of developing the setting of a story through focused experiences...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Guided Comprehension: Summarizing Using the QuIP Strategy
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsBased on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Creating a Classroom Newspaper
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write authentic newspaper stories. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, incl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students and teacher together create the first half of a draft of a comparison and contrast...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Demonstrating Comprehension Through Journal Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students demonstrate comprehension by responding to open-ended questions based on the 1939 ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Imagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses narrative structures to introduce students to one form of expository writing--news briefs...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students examine story elements and vocabulary associated with mystery stories. Students co...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Examining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students identify the characteristics of conflict using picture books. They complete graphi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Once Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work together to craft a list of common fairy tale elements. They then explore and analy...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Mary Hoffman
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Mary Hoffman, author of the Amazing Grace series of books. A classroom activity is featu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Let's Get Cooking With Words! Creating a Recipe Using Procedural Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students participate in read alouds of selected children's books that exemplify effective word ch...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Leading to Great Places in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine examples of leads in children's literature such as setting, action, character, r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Collecting Their Thoughts: Telling Your Story
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students tell a story from the point of view of someone who lived in a time depicted in a museum exhibition.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Memories Matter: <em>The Giver</em> and Descriptive Writing Memoirs
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsUsing The Giver, students discuss the importance recorded history. This provides context for descriptive writing of students’ ow...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Expository Escapade?Detective’s Handbook
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Grammar, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language ArtsStudents create a Detective's Handbook based on a detective mystery they have read. The handbooks include expository and descrip...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0It's Halloween!
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsStudents research information on Halloween, create masks or costumes from a text they are reading, or write a narrative essay de...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0