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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGIST Reading Lesson Plan
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, students are introduced to the GIST reading strategy. The go...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNarrative Script Formatting
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.The main focus of this lesson is the technical formatting of the written script. Students will learn about the five elements of ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkZines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create multigenre "zines," or fan magazines, that focus on prominent figures from popula...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory Comes Alive: Using Fluency and Comprehension Using Social Studies
Grades: 2 to 5Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Theatre and 3 additional..Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a “time machine” to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating a Classroom Newspaper
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write authentic newspaper stories. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, incl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the nature and structure of expository texts focusing on cause and effect. After...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuestioning: A Comprehension Strategy for Small-Group Guided Reading
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, the teacher explains the difference between thin (factual) and thick (inferential) questions and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuick Get Activities for the Online NY Times Site
Grades: 4 to 9Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis is a series of reading and writing activities that are independent of the article and can be used with any publication eith...Contributor: Brian AuslandViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Inferential Comprehension Through DL-TA and Discussion Webs
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses the narrative text "Granddaddy's Gift" by Margaree King Mitchell to help students improve...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Monitoring Using the INSERT Technique
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsBased 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 / HyperLinkTeaching Voice with Anthony Browne’s <i>Voices in the Park</i>
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsStudents analyze Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne to determine how an author keeps an audience interested by creating voice ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAuthor Study: Improving Reading Comprehension Using Inference and Comparison
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students review several texts by one illustrator/author, practice making inferences about that au...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Compare and Contrast Structure in Expository Texts
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsStudents build their understanding of the terms compare and contrast by participating in class discussions, using Internet resou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGo West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, Writing Strategies, Geography, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-ce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPatricia Polacco
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Patricia Polacco, author of stories that reflect her childhood, her struggles and triump...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring How Section Headings Support Understanding of Expository Texts
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson from ReadWriteThink provides a model, practice, and assessment in the sorting and categorizing of main concepts thro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Science, Writing Strategies, Ecology & Ecosystems, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students access prior knowledge about water pollution before exploring the topic further using re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMultimedia Responses to Content Area Topics Using Fact-"Faction"-Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Technology, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Science and 2 additional..This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, supports students natural curiosity about spiders and builds upon their prior knowledge. Stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: Independence Day
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson explores all the dates and stories associated with the Declaration of Independence. Students learn ab...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResearch Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ReadWriteThink, students learn the importance of finding the words in sentences an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0