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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Students' Critical Thinking Skills Through Whole-Class Dialogue
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students listen to a book read aloud by the teacher or read it silently by themselves. Afte...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoetry from Prose
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students compose found and parallel poems based on descriptive passages from pieces of literature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiographies: Creating Timelines of a Life
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson from ReadWriteThink supports students' exploration of sources to create a timeline about the life of a person. The e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFree Graphic Organizers
Grades: 1 to 8Subjects: Graphic organizers, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThe graphic organizers provided here are, for the most part, plain in appearance. Allow students to create their own look to the...Contributor: Deborah LawsonViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFishing for Readers: Identifying and Writing Effective Opening "Hooks"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read introductory passages from several fiction texts and rate them for effectiveness. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCause-Effect Frames
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Professional Development, English-Language ArtsThis page, from the Journey North Web site, features information for creating and using a cause-effect organizer as an instructi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students critically explore the moral issues of slavery and the perspectives held by slaves ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn This Day with Lewis and Clark
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis five-lesson unit, from EDSITEment, is designed to help students appreciate the immensity and mystery of the mission Lewis a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Evaluating Using the Meeting of the Minds Technique
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, one of a series from ReadWriteThink, introduces students to the comprehension strategy of evaluating. Students lear...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFact Fragment Frenzy
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this student interactive, used in several ReadWriteThink lessons, students are offered guidelines on selecting pertinent fact...Contributor: Craig YenViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterature as a Catalyst for Social Action: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Humanities, Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, picture books are used to invite students to engage in critical discussion of complex issues of r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKate DiCamillo
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource features the work of children s author Kate DiCamillo, who has written books including Because of Winn-Dixie, T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOur Classroom: Writing an Owner's Manual
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students develop a classroom community by collaboratively writing an owner's manual that describe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRachel Carson
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Science and 4 additional..This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the environmentalist causes championed by Rachel Carson, who educated the public about t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJ.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter Celebrate Birthdays
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on author J.K. Rowling and her literary creation, the boy wizard Harry Potter. A classroom ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJan Berenstain, Co-author of the Popular "Berenstain Bears" Series of Books
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Jan Berenstain, who co-authors the "Berenstain Bears" series of books with her husband, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping a Living Definition of Reading in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson from ReadWriteThink invites students to interact with a variety of different texts as they uncover the meaning of re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Previewing Using an Anticipation Guide
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionBased on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson--one of a series from R...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlying to Freedom: "Tar Beach and the People Could Fly"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students explore themes of liberation and racism as they examine the connections, as well as...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNational Children's Book Week
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on National Children's Book Week, which is observed each November during the week before Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0