Curated OER
We Can Eat Smarter
Pupils practice their reading skills. For this reading comprehension lesson, students read an article titled "We Can Eat Smarter," and then use the reading strategy described to note confusing passages and revisit them.
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Will It Sink or Float?
Learners conduct a science experiment to determine whether a variety of objects will sink or float. They discuss the concept of density, and then make predictions about whether the objects will sink or float. They then conduct the...
Novelinks
The Devil’s Arithmetic: Concept Analysis
A helpful guide to Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic for your literature unit. Use the sections on point-of-view, dramatic irony, and background knowledge, among others, to frame your lessons in an engaging and educational way.
Curated OER
Fluency is Fantastic
Students, through teacher modeling and guided activities, practice their word decoding and blending skills in order to become more fluent readers. Reading aloud to a partner, they practice reading smoothly and with expression.
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Active Reading: Finding a Conversation Voice
Students practice reading for comprehension and understanding. In groups, students read, out loud, using a conversation voice. They predict and discuss the story as it unfolds.
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The Piano
Second graders read The Piano and become familiar with racial discrimination. For this racial discrimination book lesson, 2nd graders answer comprehension question to focus on the importance of the book. Students discuss the...
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Get Everyone Reading and Talking About Books
You can promote the love of reading with creative projects.
Spark Notes
I and Thou Study Guide: Quick Quiz
In this online interactive philosophy quiz worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple-choice questions about Martin Buber's I and Thou. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Reading Freedom on the Menu
Young scholars apply specific reading strategies to answer questions about the selection Freedom on the Menu. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read a selection called Freedom on the Menu and use specific reading strategies...
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter Three
For this reading and study guide for Lord of the Flies, students must define vocabulary words found in the reading, complete a plot diagram and answer reading comprehension questions.
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter 8
In this reading and study guide for The Lord of the Flies, students must define vocabulary from the reading, define literary terms, and answer reading comprehension questions.
Curated OER
Reading: The Food Pyramid
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one page text about the food pyramid. Students then complete 8 sentences with the correct words from 2 choices.
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What Are We Reading for Again?
Students work to develop comprehension strategies. Through modeling and guided practice they develop a series of questions as they read Where the Wild Things Are. They apply these questions to find answers about the text and make...
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Here Ye! Here Ye! Read All About It!
Fourth graders explore the internet to find articles to read. In this reading comprehension lesson, 4th graders take notes on articles found on the internet. Students use the writing process to summarize the selected articles.
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Meta-Cognitive Reading
Students define the term "meta-cognitive" and explain its significance to reading strategy. They speak aloud the thoughts that pass through their minds as they are reading and write down thoughts that come to their minds while reading.
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The Crucible Study Guide
In this literature study guide for The Crucible worksheet, students respond to 62 reading comprehension questions regarding Acts I-IV of the Arthur Miller play.
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The Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Reading
Students work to develop comprehension strategies. They focus on the five 'w' questions for summarizing: who, what, when, where, and why? Through modeling and guided practice, they apply these questions to summarize several passages.
State Bar of Texas
Engel v. Vitale
Can you bow your head and pray in school? Scholars investigate the issue of school prayer with the Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale. A short video clip along with paired group work helps viewers form opinions on the matter. They answer...
Curated OER
Request
Students play a game of questioning with the teacher after reading silently a beginning passage of text. They and teacher request specific information from each other until students are able to summarize and predict the outcome of the...
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Fifth-Grade Text-Based Intervention
Look no further—here's a resource packed with focused intervention materials for special education teachers. A unique unit plan provides 10 days of structured text-based intervention strategies for fifth-grade learners. Each 30-minute...
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
Poetry Aloud/Poetry Out Loud
To appreciate the value of seeing and hearing a poetry performance, groups prepare readings of selected poems and then compare and critique their interpretations and videotaped versions of the same poem. Included in the resource are...
Virginia Repertory Theatre
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Accompany the story, Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett with an assortment of activities designed to reinforce concepts covering story structure, comprehension, grammar, and social studies. Here, scholars identify the difference...
Penguin Books
Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald
A reading of Tanya Lee Stones' biography of Ella Fitzgerald lets middle schoolers get up close and personal with the First Lady of Jazz. Stone recounts details of Fitzgerald's life from her early days through her experiences as a teenage...
K12 Reader
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving's description of Ichabod Crane provides young readers with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea of a passage.