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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacters in "Because of Winn-Dixie": Making Lists of Ten
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore characterization by creating lists of ten to summarize the features of a fiction...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInferring How and Why Characters Change
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, a think-aloud procedure is used to model how to infer character traits and recognize a character'...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn 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 / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Link: A PowerPoint Adventure With Fractured Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Technology, English-Language ArtsStudents sometimes have trouble understanding the difference between the global issues of revision and the local ones of editing...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLeading to Great Places in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine examples of leads in children's literature such as setting, action, character, r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating Comic Strips
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, 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 / HyperLinkCharlotte Is Wise, Patient, and Caring: Adjectives and Character Traits
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, LiteratureIn 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 / HyperLinkBehind the Scenes with Cinderella
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Geography, History-Social Science, LiteratureThis 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 / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work together to craft a list of common fairy tale elements. They then explore and analy...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Evaluating Using the Meeting of the Minds Technique
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, one of a series from ReadWriteThink, introduces students to the comprehension strategy of evaluating. Students lear...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs Superman Really All That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students generate a list of superheroes from various types of texts. They then explore individual...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlanning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use character trading cards to support their literacy development in planning for writin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmelia Earhart's Solo Flight from Honolulu to Oakland
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis 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 / HyperLinkProfile Publisher
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesCreate a profile of a fictional character or of yourself using this online tool. In addition to general information about the su...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCelebrate Kate DiCamillo's Birthday
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Kate DiCamillo, the award- winning author of "Because of Winn-Dixie," a 2001 Newbery Hon...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJunie B. Jones
Grades: TK/K to 3Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsKidsReads.com presents this synopsis of Barbara Park s Junie B. Jones series as part of its A-Z index of series book titles. I...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 / HyperLinkFemales in the Spotlight: Strong Characters in Picture Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students practice critical thinking skills as they identify character traits displayed by the str...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMister Rogers' Neighborhood
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the long-running PBS show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." A classroom activity is feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEzra Jack Keats
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on children's author/illustrator, Ezra Jack Keats. A classroom activity is featured in whic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0