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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYoung Writers Workshop
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesThe printable story starters on this page from Chateau Meddybemps encourage creativity in children in preschool and primary grad...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis 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 / HyperLinkUsing Children's Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesInspired 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 / HyperLinkUse Photos to Write Summer Stories
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this activity from ReadWriteThink, children tell stories about themselves by writing about favorite photos for a homemade sum...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrade and Transportation in the United States
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Economics, Geography, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students imagine what it would be like to operate a plane, train, or truck along a trade route ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students begin with a shared reading of the story "Go Away, Big Green Monster!" by Ed Ember...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTelling a Story About Me: Young Children Write Autobiographies
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn to develop ideas collaboratively, plan writing projects before executing them, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the concepts of beginning, middle, and end by reading a variety of stories and t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShared Experiences, Individual Impressions: Buddies Create PowerPoint Stories
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Technology, English-Language ArtsThis lesson from ReadWriteThink combines the Language Experience Approach with digital features of PowerPoint software. Followin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShadows
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Earth & Space Science, ScienceIn 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPacking the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn 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 / HyperLinkNew Takes on Old Tales
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Literature, 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMary 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterature Circles with Primary Students Using Self-Selected Reading
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis lesson from ReadWriteThink is a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInvolving Students and Families in Ongoing Reflection and Assessment
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis ReadWriteThink lesson creates a partnership with families by structuring student reflection and family response through dai...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Does My Garden Grow? Writing in Science Field Journals
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Science, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students observe and explore their environment. Students work together to plant a garden and stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGet Writing with "Weekend News!"
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write about their weekends, using skills they have learned in writing workshops. F...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Printed Page to Multimedia: Evolution of a Second-Grade Class Newspaper
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Professional Development, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis article, from the International Reading Association, discusses a project in which the production of a newspaper was integra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFamily Ties: Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students listen to three realistic picture books, and then participate in activities that he...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFamily and Friendship in Quilts
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this unit of three EDSITEment lessons, students recognize how people of different cultures and time periods have used cloth-b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0