BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Dictionaries and Indexes
This Skillswise site focuses on using dictionaries and indexes. Included are a video about why using these tools is important, fact sheets and worksheets about using them, quizzes on the information presented, and a dictionary game. The...
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans on Summary Writing Skills
This article focuses on how to help teachers write lesson plans that will aid young scholars in learning to write clear, concise summaries of movies and literary works.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular
A learning module that begins with "Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular" by Shankar Vedantam, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Dictionary
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a lesson plan in which students learn to use a dictionary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson plan utilizes the book The Mitten by Jan Brett and includes...
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Four Lesson Unit: Vocabulary in Context
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of four lesson plans designed to develop students' vocabulary skills including understanding prefixes, using context clues, and using a glossary and a dictionary. Lessons are based on the books...
CommonLit
Common Lit: How Resilience Works
A learning module that begins with "How Resilience Works" by Diane Coutu, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Life's Work of Susan B. Anthony
A learning module that begins with "The Life's Work of Susan B. Anthony" with excerpts from various sources, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
CommonLit
Common Lit: On the Cultivation of Virtue, Woman's Work, and Politeness
A learning module that begins with the poem "On the Cultivation of Virtue, Woman's Work, and Politeness" by Zhao Ban, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
CommonLit
Common Lit: How the News Media Works
A learning module that begins with "How the News Media Works" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The War Works Hard
A learning module that begins with the poem "The War Works Hard" by Dunya Mikhail, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Glossary
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which learners learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and Bobbie Kalman and...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Use and Teach Content Vocabulary Daily
Copying definitions from the dictionary and memorizing words for tests is not sufficient work for students to master and retain new vocabulary. This article helps teachers choose which words are most important to teach and suggests...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Strength in Numbers" by Bird Brain Science
A learning module that begins with "Strength in Numbers," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Sea Fever
A learning module that begins with the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
A learning module that begins with the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...