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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Big Are "Martin's Big Words"? Thinking Big about the Future
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students explore information on Dr. King throught the book "Martin's Big Words: The Life of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFigurative Language Awards Ceremony
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students use their background knowledge of figurative language. They listen to texts read a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharlotte Is Wise, Patient, and Caring: Adjectives and Character Traits
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & SpellingIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students define the purpose of adjectives and find examples in shared reading. Then students "bec...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students examine the plot and narrative structure of a story through the use of comic strip ...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 / HyperLinkFigurative Language: Teaching Idioms
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & SpellingIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore figurative language with a focus on the literal versus the metaphorical tr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBehind the Scenes with Cinderella
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, GeographyThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, begins by having students compare a version of the Cinderella folk tale from France with a ver...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, introduces the instructional strategy of Character Perspective Charting. This method is design...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMartin Luther King, Jr.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryThis 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 / HyperLinkCreating Comic Strips
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkCaldecott Medal-Winner Virginia Lee Burton
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the books of Caldecott Medal-winner Virginia Lee Burton and her use of personification. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMickey Mouse Appears in His First Animated Feature
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkLangston Hughes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and poetry of Langston Hughes. A classroom activity is featured in which studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJacob Grimm
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and works of Jacob Grimm and his brother Wilhelm--collectively known as the Bro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmelia Earhart's Solo Flight from Honolulu to Oakland
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Amelia Earhart's solo flight across the Pacific in 1935. A classroom activity is feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEzra Jack Keats
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkLouisa May Alcott
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women." A classroom activity is featured in which s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students select a character from a work of historical fiction and then help the character c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMister Rogers' Neighborhood
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, 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 / HyperLinkMapping Characters Across Book Series
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to a character from a literature series. The class critically looks at th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0