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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComposing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students learn about cinquain and write simple cinquain of their own. Cinquain (pronounced "...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMy World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingThis 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 / HyperLinkFigurative Language Awards Ceremony
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students use their background knowledge of figurative language. They listen to texts read a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGreek Mythology: Cultures and Art
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, History-Social Science, LiteratureIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students improve their ability to analyze, reorganize, critique, and create by creating and painting my...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFigurative Language: Teaching Idioms
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore figurative language with a focus on the literal versus the metaphorical tr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlip-a-Chip: Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the Flip-a-Chip activity and have an opportunity to build their own pa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlip-a-Chip
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingThis student interactive, from ReadWriteThink, offers a novel approach to word study that promotes vocabulary development. The a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLangston Hughes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and poetry of Langston Hughes. A classroom activity is featured in which studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses word webs as a tool to expose students to synonyms for common words, to help students cho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLook in the Mythic Mirror
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, Music, Writing StrategiesThis unit of eight lessons, from ARTSEDGE, focuses on Greek mythology, archetypal heroes, Classical literature, storytelling, We...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld Hello Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Humanities, Reading Comprehension, World History, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on "World Hello Day," started in 1973 to promote peace between Egypt and Israel. A classroo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, focuses on the "word demons" that can complicate spelling and vocabulary. Some of the most com...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDancing through Poetry
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, DanceIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students look at poetry as a way to express the art of dance metaphorically. Students read two differen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAs Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Science, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. Using the figur...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literature, GrammarIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems by Emily Dickinson, William ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDelicious, Tasty, Yummy: Enriching Writing With Adjectives and Synonyms
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore adjectives by learning words in related groups or webs as opposed to lists. They...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRooting out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Ups in the Primary Grades
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students engage in morphemic analysis by using their knowledge of morphemes to define words, usin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingIn 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 / HyperLinkA Race with Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the grace and beauty of motion in a variety of sports. Examining examples from t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImprove Comprehension Using a Word Card Game With Root Words and Affixes
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink lesson, which is quick, focused, and engaging, has students study common root words and affixes and learn ho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0