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Learning the Component and Information Found in the Newspaper
Fifth graders work in a group to identify and reference the index, front page, metro page, state and local pages, as well as the sports, comics and classifieds in the newspaper 90% of the time during the game of "Identifying and...
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Heroic Images: Visualization and Media Messages
Young scholars examine media messages. In this media awareness lesson, students analyze online messages about heroism as they complete a jigsaw reading activity.
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Diaries From the Holocaust
Sixth graders find similarities and differences in two different diary entries. In this Holocaust history meets literary skills lesson, 6th graders read the diary of a soldier or prisoner from the the Auschwitz concentration camp and...
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Young scholars discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, young scholars use picture clues and one to one...
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Go Go Gumbo
Students read the book, "Go Go Gumbo." After looking the front and back cover, students predict what may happen in the story. They discuss strategies for reading unfamiliar words. Students answer questions about the story. Cross...
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Guided Reading with Hello Flower
Students are introduced to the book and vocabulary through a group discussion. They view the book cover and predict what they expect the story to be about. Students read the book orally with the class. After a discussion, they whisper...
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Mom Is A Painter
Third graders read the book entitled, "Mom Is A Painter." After surveying the book, 3rd graders predict events in the story. They discuss strategies for decoding unfamiliar words. As a class, students discuss using paint to decorate...
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Seeing Is Believing
Students research and describe the stories of Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They analyze historical sources from different points of view and present an analysis of two historical contexts.
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Beneath the News: Who's Doing What to Whom, and Who Cares?
Students investigate the differences between various forms of media (print, radio, TV, Internet). They determine the target audience for each and compare exposure around the world. They write a short story and share it with the class.
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Writing Directions for Mathematical Activities
Fifth graders reorganize comic strips to have them make sense, complete outline and organize their thoughts into outline form to explain directions,
and use that outline to complete their own directions for geometry activities.
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Postcards from the Past
Students create postcards from the past by summarizing a historical event. Then they design illustrations for their postcards and send them off to another teacher at their school.