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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAuthor Study: Improving Reading Comprehension Using Inference and Comparison
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students review several texts by one illustrator/author, practice making inferences about that au...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGo West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn 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 / 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 / HyperLinkLooking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Life Sciences, World History, History-Social 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: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn 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: Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkExploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn 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: Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn 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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Science, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students access prior knowledge about water pollution before exploring the topic further using re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMultimedia Responses to Content Area Topics Using Fact-"Faction"-Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Life Sciences, Writing Strategies, Technology 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 / HyperLinkDouble-Entry Journals
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Professional Development, English-Language ArtsThis page, from the Journey North Web site, features a teaching strategy in which students use double-entry journals to read bet...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMark Up the Text/Comprehension Codes
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Professional Development, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkUsing Historical Fiction to Learn About the Civil War
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsStudents in grades 4 and 5 discuss inferential comprehension and visualization as they use a think-aloud questioning strategy to...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0