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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students examine elements of fluent reading through oral poetry performance. They use the In...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, presents an adaptation of the oral recitation lesson: students talk in explicit terms about pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkWriting a Movie: Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students view a videotape or DVD of a film segment that has a great deal of action and litt...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, supports the use of a text set (paired fiction and nonfiction texts on a similar topic) to inc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReaders Theatre
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students develop scripts, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to depict characters ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems by Emily Dickinson, William ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory Comes Alive: Using Social Studies to Improve Fluency and Comprehension
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Theatre 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 / HyperLinkImproving Oral Reading Fluency (and Comprehension) Through the Creation of Talking Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Professional Development, English-Language ArtsThis article, from the International Reading Association, discusses an experiment in which 9- and 10-year-old girls created ele...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0