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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBe a Reading Detective: Finding Similarities and Differences in Ideas
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, focuses on the strategy of compare and contrast in nonfiction writing. Students use graphic or...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGold Discovered in California
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the California gold rush of the mid-nineteenth century. A classroom activity is featured...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentA Century of Change Worksheet
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, History-Social ScienceThis printable activity sheet accompanies the ReadWriteThink lesson titled "QARs + Tables = Successful Comprehension of Math Wor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Visualizing Using the Sketch-to-Stretch Strategy
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionBased 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 / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Knowing How Words Work Using Semantic Feature Analysis
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, one of a series from ReadWriteThink, introduces students to the comprehension strategy of knowing how words work. S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFact / Opinion Worksheets
Grades: 3 to 4Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Structural features of textVariety of worksheetsContributor: Craig YenViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Summarizing Using the QuIP Strategy
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionBased on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBright Morning: Exploring Character Development in Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students explore characters in their reading, identifying traits and pointing to textual sup...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExamining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students identify the characteristics of conflict using picture books. They complete graphi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses traditional stories (i.e., narrative text) of native peoples of the northwest to introduc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Inferential Comprehension Through DL-TA and Discussion Webs
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis 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: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionBased 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 / HyperLinkGet the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students compare and contrast books with their movie counterparts. By both watching movies a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAuthor Laura Joffe Numeroff
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the books written by children's author Laura Joffe Numeroff. A classroom activity is fea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAuthor Study: Improving Reading Comprehension Using Inference and Comparison
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students review several texts by one illustrator/author, practice making inferences about that au...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPowerful Writing: Description in Creating Monster Trading Cards
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students create original names for monsters of their own creation while also stressing the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentCompare and Contrast Animals
Grades: 4Subjects: English-Language ArtsThis is a Powerpoint with only three slides but it is good for getting a Compare & Contrast discussion going. Project it on a wh...Contributor: Aileen CarewViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory Comes Alive: Using Social Studies to Improve Fluency and Comprehension
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, United States History and 3 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students research Benjamin Franklin's life and his inventions in order to create a play script. S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCyberspace Explorer: Getting to Know Christopher Columbus
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Technology, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, United States History and 2 additional..This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, supports third- through fifth-grade students' exploration of multiple online sources to gather...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPatterns of Organization
Grades: 4Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Graphic organizersContains short models of each pattern.Contributor: Deborah LawsonViews: 0Favorites: 0