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- Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Reading and Writing Workshop: Freak the Mighty
Students use a variety of reading and writing strategies as they read Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty.
- Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season
After listening to haiku poetry, students use seasonal descriptive words to write their own haiku, following the traditional format. They then publish their poems by mounting them on illustrated backgrounds. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences
Students learn about sentences by listing verbs, nouns, and adjectives. They use word cards to create descriptive sentences and work in groups to create the longest sentences they can. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
STAR Search: How Do I Find the Book I Need?
Students become familiar with STAR Search, which provides a set of steps and thinking processes for intermediate students to use in finding library resources relevant to a specific information need. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Teaching Language Skills Using the Phone Book
Through a series of activities using the phone book, students learn to use text aids, collect information relevant to a topic, organize information, synthesize information and use key words. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Teaching Science Through Picture Books: A Rainforest Lesson
Students read Welcome to the Green House, use note-taking strategies, find patterns in text structure, learn vocabulary in context, and write efferent and affective responses to the text. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Text Talk: Julius, the Baby of the World
Students are asked to "talk" with Kevin Henkes' Julius, the Baby of the World by using open-ended questions to help them interpret the language, plot, and characters of the story. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Big Bad Wolf: Analyzing Point of View in Texts
Was the Big Bad Wolf really all that bad? This lesson encourages students to analyze multiple viewpoints, view texts from different angles, and recognize gaps in narrative. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts
Frogs often appear as the main character in fiction stories, but what do students really know about frogs? Students find out in this lesson in which they research real-life frogs. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation
Students discuss prosody, gain a new appreciation for literature intended for oral performance, and participate in activities that instill the value of technology in shaping their appreciation of literature.