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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkZines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create multigenre "zines," or fan magazines, that focus on prominent figures from popula...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVIPs: Very Important Points
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Professional Development, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from the Journey North Web site, contains information on using a chart with key points from a reading selection as an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Historical Fiction to Learn About the Civil War
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceStudents in grades 4 and 5 discuss inferential comprehension and visualization as they use a think-aloud questioning strategy to...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraveling Terrain: Comprehending Nonfiction Text on the Web
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Science, Life SciencesThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, teaches specific skills to students in order to improve their comprehension of nonfiction text...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTimelines/Circle or Pie Charts
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis page, from the Journey North Web site, contains information on using timelines, charts, and graphs to teach students about ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching Voice with Anthony Browne’s <i>Voices in the Park</i>
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionStudents analyze Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne to determine how an author keeps an audience interested by creating voice ...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 / HyperLinkResearch Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / 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 / HyperLinkReading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Ecology & Ecosystems, Writing Strategies, Science, 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 / 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 / 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 / HyperLinkPatricia Polacco
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, 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 / HyperLinkNarrative Script Formatting
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.The main focus of this lesson is the technical formatting of the written script. Students will learn about the five elements of ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNapster Faces the Music: Debating the Copyright and Sale of Music on the Internet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Technology, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students react to the Napster case by stating their personal opini...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: Independence Day
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading Comprehension 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 / HyperLinkMultimedia Responses to Content Area Topics Using Fact-"Faction"-Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Science, Technology, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, supports students natural curiosity about spiders and builds upon their prior knowledge. Stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMark Up the Text/Comprehension Codes
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Professional Development, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from the Journey North Web site, features a teaching strategy in which students make notes about text and then code e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLooking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Science, Reading Comprehension 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