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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
   Reinforce student understanding of parts of speech through the analysis of sample cinquain poems followed by the creation of original cinquains.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring How Section Headings Support Understanding of Expository Texts
   Nonfiction may be dull for some students, but this lesson helps them focus on the main ideas. Through awareness of section headings, students learn to sort and categorize main concepts.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Guided Comprehension: Previewing Using an Anticipation Guide
   Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the comprehension strategy of previewing.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Guided Comprehension: Self-Questioning Using Question-Answer Relationships
   Guided comprehension moves your students beyond decoding to become independent readers. Generating questions to guide reading helps readers make connections with the text and supports independent comprehension of new texts.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Guided Comprehension: Summarizing Using the QuIP Strategy
   Students learn to use the QuIP (questions into paragraphs) comprehension strategy to organize information and then synthesize it in writing.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Spelling Cheerleading: Integrating Movement and Spelling Generalizations
   "2-4-6-8, students will be spelling great" in this lesson that teaches the y rule for adding suffixes through cheering the spelling of words aloud, word sorts, and writing stories.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
   Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.