University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Fcat Practice Reading Tests
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Walmart Middle School Litercy Initiative
Interactive, student-paced lessons on such literacy skills as categorizing, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, evaluating, determining cause and effect, using text features, connecting, inferring, sequencing, understanding problems...
Other
Super Teacher Worksheets: Reading Comprehension: Hurricanes [Pdf]
Read the fifth-grade reading passages and charts about hurricanes by Erin Ryan and answer the comprehension questions over the selections. PDF includes an answer key with explanations.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Reading Comprehension Passages
Read and fill in the blanks of science passages which range from easy to very hard. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Using Technology to Support Struggling Students: Vocabulary
To be scientifically literate, students must be able to express themselves appropriately. Learn how to help struggling students master specific vocabulary and be able to use it in their science writing activities.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: News Is Knowledge! [Pdf]
The project provides teachers with ideas to create literacy centers for use in their own classrooms using student-friendly newspapers from various curricular areas. We will provide plans that can be used to adapt the materials each week....
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Classify Facts and Opinions [Pdf]
Students will find three lessons about facts and opinions in this learning module. The following topics are linked in the module: contrast and evaluate fact and opinion; classify facts and opinions; and locate and classify facts.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Safety Safari
Second graders will engage in nonfiction reading and writing strategies that will help them describe and adopt safe and healthy behaviors. An anticipation guide, a song, and several high-interest trade books will engage the the readers...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Power Point Life Span Diaries
Students research an animal or other living creature and create a life-span diary similar to the one they read about in the book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. PowerPoint presentations are made for students to use while sharing their...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing Scientific "Recipes"
Adapted from a lesson plan in the book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports by Barry Lane, this lesson plan asks young scholars to read several recipes to gain an understanding of how they are written and the types of words they use. Then students...
PBS
Pbs Teacher Line: Professional Development for Educators
PBS TeacherLine offers a wide range of professional development courses and resources to help teachers acquire the skills they need. Through this site you can explore courses in your area, facilitated discussions with teachers across the...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Learners will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.