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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharlotte Is Wise, Patient, and Caring: Adjectives and Character Traits
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary & Spelling, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students define the purpose of adjectives and find examples in shared reading. Then students "bec...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Evaluating Using the Meeting of the Minds Technique
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, one of a series from ReadWriteThink, introduces students to the comprehension strategy of evaluating. Students lear...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBehind the Scenes with Cinderella
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Geography, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, begins by having students compare a version of the Cinderella folk tale from France with a ver...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, introduces the instructional strategy of Character Perspective Charting. This method is design...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMartin Luther King, Jr.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Literature, United States History, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to the Civil Rights moveme...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating Comic Strips
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ARTSEDGE lesson looks at the way, as a society, we communicate information/ideas through various mediums (words, symbols, i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMickey Mouse Appears in His First Animated Feature
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the stories of Walt Disney and "Steamboat Willy," the first movie to feature Mickey Mous...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmelia Earhart's Solo Flight from Honolulu to Oakland
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Amelia Earhart's solo flight across the Pacific in 1935. A classroom activity is feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEzra Jack Keats
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on children's author/illustrator, Ezra Jack Keats. A classroom activity is featured in whic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students select a character from a work of historical fiction and then help the character c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMister Rogers' Neighborhood
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, United States History, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the long-running PBS show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." A classroom activity is feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMapping Characters Across Book Series
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to a character from a literature series. The class critically looks at th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work together to craft a list of common fairy tale elements. They then explore and analy...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInferring How and Why Characters Change
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, a think-aloud procedure is used to model how to infer character traits and recognize a character'...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacters in "Because of Winn-Dixie": Making Lists of Ten
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore characterization by creating lists of ten to summarize the features of a fiction...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuy de Maupassant
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on French author Guy de Maupassant, often considered to be one of the greatest French short...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCelebrate Kate DiCamillo's Birthday
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Kate DiCamillo, the award- winning author of "Because of Winn-Dixie," a 2001 Newbery Hon...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlanning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use character trading cards to support their literacy development in planning for writin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacter Trading Cards
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this student interactive, used in several ReadWriteThink lessons, students create a character trading card by answering a set...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Friendship With "Bridge to Terabithia"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students make predictions about the book "Bridge to Terabithia" and its main characters. They com...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0