Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...

Are video games sports? Pupils investigate this question as well as various nonfiction selections to learn more about claims and the support that defines them. All of the selections mimic the rigor on state tests and encourage close...

The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...

How have educational standards evolved? Educators of adults examine expectations in the 10th workshop out of 15 to better determine how standards have grown. Participants respond to a variety of sample questions to determine how they...

In this 35-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virginia State reading test.

In this 35-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.

In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.

In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.

In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.

In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.

In this 25-question reading comprehension test, students read numbered passages from a story and answer questions about their reading. This is part of a Virgina State reading test.

Provides nine interactive, online practice tests for the fourth grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Each test uses a number of reading skills and uses both multiple choice questions and short written responses. It...

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

This site provides data for state, district and individual school scores for each of the content areas of the Florida proficiency tests.

This Michigan State University site suggests three question-answer relationships strategies, rather than four, leaving out "author and you." Includes examples of each relationship, steps for teaching, and assessment.

A learning module that begins with Mike Kubic's article "Cold War Rivals: Cuba and the United States" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

A learning module that begins with "To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President" by Calvin Coolidge, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

A learning module that begins with "President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address" by President Barack Obama, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...

A learning module that begins with the "The Rise of Greek City-States: Athens Versus Sparta" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

A learning module that begins with "How Haiti Saved the United States" by David White accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

Read this U.S. State Department report which finds a global confrontation between growing water demand and shrinking supplies, in addition to predictions for the next thirty years of water security.

Read four different types of texts and answer a series of multiple choice questions after each to demonstration reading comprehension skills.

A learning module that begins with "Elie Wiesel" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

A learning module that begins with "Auschwitz" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...