Displaying 1-20 of 34 resources
Resource Type: DocumentWord Art with King's Words
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 4Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, United States HistoryExamine one or more of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s letters or speeches and turn powerful words and phrases into word art using ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Is a Surrey?
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Music and 2 additional..This ARTSEDGE lesson explores the magic of the vocabulary used by Oscar Hammerstein in his lyrics. Students "translate" the lyri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentUsing the Thesaurus
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, GrammarThis reproducible, from the Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO) at the University at Buffalo, provides step-by-s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Picture Books to Teach Setting Development in Writing Workshop
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students examine the craft of developing the setting of a story through focused experiences...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwo Thumbs Up! Get Students Writing and Publishing Book Reviews
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students evaluate book reviews written by other children. Next, they discuss the effectiveness of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students and teacher together create the first half of a draft of a comparison and contrast...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTaking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use images and texts to explore a familiar character--Curious George. Students extend wh...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShadows
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Earth & Space Science, English-Language Arts, Literature, ScienceIn this Science NetLinks lesson, one of a four-part series on the sky, students explore making shadows. They also track the move...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReference Shelf: Classroom Internet Integration
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Visual ArtsThis resource, from EDSITEment, offers information to help educators integrate the Internet as a standard classroom resource. Li...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOnline Thesaurus
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, GrammarThis online thesaurus is provided by the Lexico Publishing Group. From this page users can also access an online dictionary as ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Time: Writing Stories about Reading
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students first take an inventory of their own histories as readers...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work together to craft a list of common fairy tale elements. They then explore and analy...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNew Takes on Old Tales
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, English-Language Arts, Literature, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions student activity, students revamp a classic fairy tale so that it takes place in today's world. They base the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMerriam-Webster Online
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & Spelling, GrammarMerriam-Webster Online offers access to an online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia. There is also a special kids section....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMemories Matter: <em>The Giver</em> and Descriptive Writing Memoirs
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesUsing The Giver, students discuss the importance recorded history. This provides context for descriptive writing of students’ ow...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMary Hoffman
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Mary Hoffman, author of the Amazing Grace series of books. A classroom activity is featu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLet's Get Cooking With Words! Creating a Recipe Using Procedural Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, GrammarIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students participate in read alouds of selected children's books that exemplify effective word ch...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLearning on the Web: A Content Literacy Perspective
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Professional DevelopmentThis article, from the International Reading Association, discusses how new web technologies can be applied to assist readers in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLeading to Great Places in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine examples of leads in children's literature such as setting, action, character, r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's Halloween!
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesStudents research information on Halloween, create masks or costumes from a text they are reading, or write a narrative essay de...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0