Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...

Lesson that teaches students how to find important and significant information while reading text. After locating information through strategies, students learn how to summarize content-area text. A downloadable fishbone template is linked.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students study two 17th-century maps of Virginia and think...

Maths Maps is a collaborative project where participants use Google maps to choose a location within one of the cities highlighted, then create a Math problem about the site. The problems are marked on the map with various colors...

This lesson plan examines the changes and developments in characters which appear in a series. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

This instructional activity unit has students research a local, state, national, or international issue of personal interest and create and share a two-minute persuasive podcast presenting their research-based opinions on the topic. It...

Contains plans for four lessons that use the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry to teach about characterization using word maps. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...

A fillable essay map in PDF format with boxes for an introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are...

Comic frames are traditionally used to illustrate a story in a short, concise format. In this lesson, learners use a six-paneled comic strip frame to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they have read. Each panel retells...

This graphic organizer focuses on conflict: identifying the conflict, listing possible resolutions, and determining the cause of the conflict. It can be used as a reading tool, a writing organizer, or solving a real-life conflict.

The bridge from algorithms to programming can be a short one if students understand the difference between planning out a sequence and encoding that sequence into the appropriate language. This activity will help students gain experience...

Middle schoolers get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.

A printable graphic organizer for students to use when writing on opinion or persuasive essay. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas, lesson plans, and other resources are also...

This lesson, which can be adapted to fit with any picture you choose, works for middle schoolers of all levels.

Use this graphic organizer to compare or contrast ideas, things, or texts. This is a great cross-curricular tool to use for both reading strategies and prewriting.

This concept map is a way for you to show relationships between words and concepts. An arrow connecting two words shows that those words are related in some way. When you're finished, you can group words that go together with a circle or...

Help students analyze a particular character with this character map that helps them examine character appearance, actions, and how others respond to them. Ideas for its use are provided.

A lesson plan celebrating Irish Folk Tales in commemoration of St. Patrick's Day. Includes student activities, questioning, story maps, and a bibliography. From March 17, 2007.

Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to analyze the characters in Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis in order to prepare for a press conference. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans...

Explore more than twenty math concepts such a perimeter, rounding, exponents, decimals, sign numbers, and more using this interactive basketball game. A Spanish version is also offered. Students results are tabulated daily.

This Teaching With Historic Places lesson plan about Thomas Edison's laboratories is filled with maps, readings, critical thinking questions, and photographs related to Edison's labs and inventions. This site explains and details the...

Students practice with words and develop both denotative and contextual knowledge through two agents-purposeful sequencing of steps and collaboration with peers.

Students will complete a double bubble thinking map by sorting facts that go with Washington, Lincoln or both. Also included in this plan is an art project, worksheets, and video of the lesson in action. Great activity to use after...

Designed to help teachers and students make effective use of primary documents. There are well written section on how to make sense of numbers, ads, music, diaries, and more. included are interactive activities for students to help them...