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National Love Our Children Day

For Students 6th - 10th
Have your class discuss National Love Our Children Day worksheet. Learners complete activities, such as reading a passage, matching phrases, filling in the blanks, choosing the correct word, spelling, sequencing, asking questions,...
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International Children's Book Day

For Students 5th - 10th
Celebrate International Children's Book Day using this resource. Learners complete activities, such as reading a passage, sequencing, unscrambling sentences, writing questions, conducting surveys, and writing. Students complete twelve...
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National Woman's History Museum

Defying British Rule: Women's Contributions to The American Revolution

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Primary and secondary sources are the focus of a lesson that showcases the important role women played during the American Revolution. Pairs review sources and discuss their findings. A close-reading of an informational text leads the...
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Zoom Broom

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore comprehension strategies as they listen to Zoom Broom by Margie Palatini. As the story is read, teacher and pupils will stop occasionally to make text-to-text, text-to-self, or text-to-world connections. They also...
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August House

The Archer and the Sun

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Reinforce reading comprehension with a instructional activity about The Archer and the Sun, a Chinese folktale. Kids learn some background information about Chinese culture before reading the story, and answer literacy questions as they...
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Novelinks

The Graveyard Book: Student Questioning For Learning Strategy

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Questioning a text is a very effective way for kids to develop their reading comprehension skills. Designed to engage all class members, a reading activity prompts pairs to develop and share their own questions about the ending of Neil...
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Reading Closely for Textual Details: Grade 7

For Teachers 7th Standards
Enhance the reading experience with a set of lessons designed to improve textual analysis. Seventh graders use guiding questions to read both informational text and literature closely in the first part of the unit. Next, they work on...
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Academy of American Poets

On "El Florida Room" by Richard Blanco

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Scholars of all ages examine Richard Blanco's poem, "El Florida Room." Looking closely at pictures, pupils look for details that stand out to them, then read the poem. A whole-class discussion allows learners to reflect on what they...
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Organizer
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ESL/EFL Worksheet - Kyoto Protocol Heated Bra Developed

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL/EFL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Kyoto Protocol Heated Bra Developed." They participate in discussion activities, and written ones including true or false, matching, and short...
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Breaking English News - "Terror Returns to Bali"

For Students 11th - 12th
In this ESL/ELL reading comprehension and grammar worksheet, students read or listen to an article from October 2, 2005 entitled, "Terror Returns To Bali." They complete short answer, true or false, fill in the blank, and matching...
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The Archer and the Sun

For Teachers K
Students listen to The Archer and the Sun and participate in interdisciplinary activities related to the book. In this Archer and the Sun instructional activity, students discuss sun and weather and create a graph of the weather they...
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Organizer
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Breaking News English - Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry

For Students 9th - 11th
In this ESL/ELL lesson, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry." They complete a variety of reading and discussion activities based on the article. They discuss clothing, childhood, and...
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Summarize Important Events

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover how to properly summarize important events. In this summarizing lesson, 2nd graders listen to a retelling with a lot of minor details and discuss how it could be improved. Students read a story and determine the...
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Regents High School Examination ENGLISH SESSION ONE 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response.
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The Little Children That Can: Growing Independence and Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Get ready to boost fluency in the classroom with this lesson geared toward elementary readers. Listening to the first half of The Little Engine That Could,  learners focus on how voice changes create expression. They then read the rest...
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Introduce Double-Digit Addition

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils generate a list of numbers then classify them into groups of single digit and double-digit numbers. After listening to a children's book about double-digit addition, they work with tens and ones blocks to solve double-digit...
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Are You Aware?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read several short paragraphs about farm animals and then answer five multiple questions about each paragraph.
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Monster: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How would you feel if you were on trial for murder—and you were only 16 years old? Put yourself in Steve Harmon's shoes before reading Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Kids listen to music that fits the theme of the book before listening to...
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The Bee

For Students 1st Standards
Early readers follow along as Lucy and her mother discuss why a bee is stuck in a flower then answer four reading comprehension questions. 
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Brain-Controlled Robotic Arms: Cloze activity with Article

For Students 5th - 9th
Fascinating content about current medical research on brain-controlled prosthetics comes in cloze activity form with a link to the original article. Useful for listening and reading comprehension skills development, and for any science...
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The Learning Network Fill-In: When the Food Writer Is a Ghost

For Students 9th - 12th
Introduce your class to ghostwriting while practicing comprehension. From The New York Times' The Learning Network, this article covers the topic of ghostwriting for cookbooks. There are blank spaces and a word bank. Learners can use the...
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Play: It's Not Just For Kids

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students realize that play is an important part of life and in the effort to staying healthy. They explore the role of play in society. In addition, they illustrate listening and speaking strategies for different purposes that pertain to...
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Much Ado About Nothing: Guided Imagery Exercise

For Teachers 12th
“Be glad that all things sort so well.” To make text-to-self connections to Shakespeare’s play, class members engage in a guided imagery exercise prior to reading Act IV, scene i of Much Ado About Nothing (the wedding of Claudio and...
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Reading Strategies: Those Darned Examinations

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders demonstrate how to study for exams using Reciprocal Teaching technique. They apply new reading strategies when studying for an exam. They demonstrate a variety fo strategies before, during, and after reading to increase...

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