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Discover ideas and strategies that support literacy learning, specially curated for this grade band.

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Featured Resources, Grades 3-4

Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters

Grades 2 - 5

Lesson Plan Type: Minilesson

Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters

Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters

Grades 3 - 5

Lesson Plan Type: Standard Lesson

Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters

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Grades K - 12

Story Map

Student Interactive

Editing Checklist for Self- and Peer Editing

Printout

Grades 1 - 12

Plot Diagram

Student Interactive

Grades K - 5

Word Family Sort

Student Interactive

Grades 3 - 12

Trading Card Creator

Student Interactive

Grades K - 12

Printing Press

Student Interactive

Grades 3 - 12

Trading Card Creator

Student Interactive

Grades K - 12

Timeline

Student Interactive

Grades 3 - 5

Artistic Elements: Exploring Art Through Descriptive Writing

Lesson Plan

Grades K - 12

Timeline

Student Interactive

Grades 3 - 12

Trading Card Creator

Student Interactive

Grades K - 12

Comic Creator

Student Interactive

Grades 1 - 12

Plot Diagram

Student Interactive

Lesson Plans

We have hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices. Find the perfect one for your grade band.

Peer Edit With Perfection: Effective Strategies

Do students' eyes glaze over when they try to edit their own writing? Give them a fresh perspective with peer editing.

Artistic Elements: Exploring Art Through Descriptive Writing

Art and literature go hand-in-hand in this integrated lesson designed to develop descriptive writing skills.

Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season

In this three-part lesson, students write and illustrate haiku depicting seasonal images.

Letter Poems Deliver: Experimenting with Line Breaks in Poetry Writing

Letter poems are a particularly apt medium for exploring a defining characteristic of poetry—line breaks.

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Student Interactives

Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals—from organizing their thoughts to learning about language—all while having fun.