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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuick Get Activities for the Online NY Times Site
Grades: 4 to 9Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis is a series of reading and writing activities that are independent of the article and can be used with any publication eith...Contributor: Brian AuslandViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGo West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Geography, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-ce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring How Section Headings Support Understanding of Expository Texts
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis 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 / HyperLinkTraveling Terrain: Comprehending Nonfiction Text on the Web
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Life Sciences, Science, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, teaches specific skills to students in order to improve their comprehension of nonfiction text...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: Independence Day
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literature, United States History and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson explores all the dates and stories associated with the Declaration of Independence. Students learn ab...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 / HyperLinkCreating a Classroom Newspaper
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write authentic newspaper stories. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, incl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResearch Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ReadWriteThink, students learn the importance of finding the words in sentences an...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 / HyperLinkSequencing: A Strategy to Succeed at Reading Comprehension
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students gain a deeper understanding of a story by exploring its sequence. Students develop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLooking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: World History, English-Language Arts, Life Sciences, Science and 3 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson helps students better understand the genre of historical fiction and its uses in understanding histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuestioning: A Comprehension Strategy for Small-Group Guided Reading
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, the teacher explains the difference between thin (factual) and thick (inferential) questions and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistorical Fiction: Using Literature to Learn About the Civil War
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use a book from "The American Girls" series to learn about the characteristics of histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPatricia Polacco
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Patricia Polacco, author of stories that reflect her childhood, her struggles and triump...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 / HyperLinkExploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the nature and structure of expository texts focusing on cause and effect. After...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkZines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Visual ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create multigenre "zines," or fan magazines, that focus on prominent figures from popula...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students access prior knowledge about water pollution before exploring the topic further using re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading Strategies
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language ArtsIn this Discovery Education lesson, students will: * Learn that every story has a main idea and supporting details. *...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe American Revolution: Causes
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language ArtsIn this Discovery Education lesson, students will: 1. Taxation of the American colonists by the British led to the revoluti...Views: 0Favorites: 0