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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProfile Publisher
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionCreate a profile of a fictional character or of yourself using this online tool. In addition to general information about the su...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlanning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use character trading cards to support their literacy development in planning for writin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn 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 / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Link: A PowerPoint Adventure With Fractured Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, TechnologyStudents sometimes have trouble understanding the difference between the global issues of revision and the local ones of editing...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMister Rogers' Neighborhood
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the long-running PBS show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." A classroom activity is feature...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 / HyperLinkMartin Luther King, Jr.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, LiteratureThis 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 / HyperLinkMapping Characters Across Book Series
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn 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 / HyperLinkLeading to Great Places in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine examples of leads in children's literature such as setting, action, character, r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJunie B. Jones
Grades: TK/K to 3Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionKidsReads.com presents this synopsis of Barbara Park s Junie B. Jones series as part of its A-Z index of series book titles. I...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs Superman Really All That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students generate a list of superheroes from various types of texts. They then explore individual...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInferring How and Why Characters Change
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn 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 / HyperLinkGuy de Maupassant
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis 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 / 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 / HyperLinkFemales in the Spotlight: Strong Characters in Picture Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students practice critical thinking skills as they identify character traits displayed by the str...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 / HyperLinkExploring Friendship With "Bridge to Terabithia"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students make predictions about the book "Bridge to Terabithia" and its main characters. They com...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 / HyperLinkCreate Trading Cards for Summer Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this activity from ReadWriteThink, children use the online Character Trading Cards tool to make cards describing their favori...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