Curated OER
Language Arts: A "Perfect" Lesson
Learners read "Be A Perfect Person in Just three days," and participate in a host of activities. Connected to technology, they use online sources to create word searches and puzzles from vocabulary words. In addition, students create...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Second Grade Writing Lesson #1/ Narrative Prompt
This lesson engages students in working with narrative reading and writing. Students will listen to different stories and fill out story maps for them. Then students will plan a personal narrative about a "surprise" on a graphic...
Other
Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies
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...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Story Maps
Story Maps are used for teaching students to work with story structure for better comprehension. This technique uses visual representations to help students organize important elements of a story. Students learn to summarize the main...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: 10 Graphic Organizers for Download
These graphic organizers will engage students in planning strategies for writing assignments. Students will participate in planning stories and critiques via story maps and critique planning sheets.