Sort by: Alphabetical Most Viewed Newest

1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Active Reading through Self-Assessment: The Student-Made Quiz
   This recurring lesson encourages students to comprehend their reading through inquiry and collaboration. They choose important quotations from the text and work in groups to formulate "quiz" questions that their peers will answer.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   A Daily DEAR Program: Drop Everything, and Read!
   The teacher shouts, "Drop Everything and Read!" and students settle into their seats to read books they've selected. This independent reading program helps students build a lifelong reading habit.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers
   Students make purposeful choices for their reading materials, thinking about their reasons for reading a book and using strategies to match books to their abilities.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Guided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing With the Bio-Cube
   Students learn the ins and outs of writing biographies by researching a contemporary or historical figure and writing a summary.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Guided Comprehension: Monitoring Using the INSERT Technique
   Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the comprehension strategy of monitoring.
6. 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.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Literature Response in Primary Classrooms
   This step-by-step literature response template for use with read-alouds asks students to use drawing and writing to respond to increasingly-complex prompts which address literary elements as well as personal connections.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   No Teachers Allowed: Student-Led Book Clubs Using QAR
   Students are introduced to the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy through a read-aloud and question sort. Students then use the strategy to develop questions for a peer-led book discussion.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Shared Experiences, Individual Impressions: Buddies Create PowerPoint Stories
   Stories and snapshots of school-related experiences are the perfect sources of inspiration for students as they create PowerPoint presentations with the help of an older student.
   
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Show-Me Sentences
    This lesson teaches students how to revise dull "telling" sentences into vivid, descriptive "showing" sentences.

page |  1 2