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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNew Takes on Old Tales
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn 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 / HyperLinkTrade and Transportation in the United States
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Economics, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn 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 / HyperLinkEyewitness to History
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..Families connect us to our own history and to the history of the world around us. In this lesson from EDSITEment, students explo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShadows
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, Science, English-Language Arts, Earth & Space 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 / HyperLinkFamily and Friendship in Quilts
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of three EDSITEment lessons, students recognize how people of different cultures and time periods have used cloth-b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterature Circles with Primary Students Using Self-Selected Reading
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkDraw a Story: Stepping from Pictures to Writing
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students draw a series of pictures that tell a simple story that includes character action, probl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Children's Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsInspired 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 / HyperLinkGet Writing with "Weekend News!"
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkBook Buddy Biographies: Intermediate and Primary Students Working Together
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, Humanities, Technology and 3 additional..In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy, and each child is the aut...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCollaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students engage in prewriting activities that include writing the beginning of a story and b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerica, A Home for Every Culture
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Geography, United States History, Visual Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students explore how various cultures have contributed to making the Uni...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkWriting Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkPacking the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, 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 / HyperLinkTelling a Story About Me: Young Children Write Autobiographies
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn to develop ideas collaboratively, plan writing projects before executing them, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Does My Garden Grow? Writing in Science Field Journals
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, 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 / HyperLinkTeaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, 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 / HyperLinkBarbara Park
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Barbara Park, author of children's books including the "Junie B. Jones" books and "My Mo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMary Hoffman
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, 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