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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping a Living Definition of Reading in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / 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 / HyperLinkMultipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Science, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, introduces the study of insects in science by using poetry. Students work in cooperative group...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Two Voices of the "ow" Spelling Pattern
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students investigate the many sounds a single vowel can represent. As part of a Directed Spelling...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting a Movie: Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students view a videotape or DVD of a film segment that has a great deal of action and litt...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcquiring New Vocabulary Through Book Discussion Groups
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & SpellingThis ReadWriteThink lesson explores various ways in which the teacher can foster students' vocabulary skills through direct inst...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReaders Theatre
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students develop scripts, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to depict characters ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJames Naismith
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Physical Education, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis calendar entry, from ReadWriteThink, focuses on Dr. James Naismith, athletic director of the YMCA in Springfield, MA, and i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJudy Blume
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on author Judy Blume, who has received more than 90 awards for her books. A classroom activ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case for Reading -- Examining Challenged and Banned Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis ReadWriteThink lesson introduces students to censorship and how challenges to books occur. Students are then invited to rea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLanguage and Runaway Slave Ads
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, students use literacy strategies in approaching Virg...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImproving Oral Reading Fluency (and Comprehension) Through the Creation of Talking Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional DevelopmentThis article, from the International Reading Association, discusses an experiment in which 9- and 10-year-old girls created ele...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory Comes Alive: Using Fluency and Comprehension Using Social Studies
Grades: 2 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Theatre, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts 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