Students view pictures of government official and identify each by name and title. They compare these U. S. officials with those in the students' native countries then write a sentence about each of the officials.

First graders locate place of birth on a map. They identify their birthdays and place a graphing square with their birthday written on it under the corresponding month. They compare birthdays on the graph. They read "P.B. Bear's Birthday...

Students write a personal reading history about how reading has influenced their lives. They identify their strengths, weaknesses, and preferences as readers through a survey. Students examine what goes on in their minds while they read...

First graders, after generating a list of possible writing topics, begin the writing process and participate in peer-editing and publishing their own works.

High schoolers review the types of media from a previous lesson. In groups, they practice saying the new words in a foreign language. They complete a worksheet and review their answers as a class. They also match a picture of the...

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.

In this picture scramble worksheet, pupils place scrambled pieces of a picture in the correct place to create a full picture of different bird species. There are nine scrambled pieces for each of the three puzzles.

In this picture scramble worksheet, learners place scrambled pieces of a picture in the correct place to create a full picture of different bird species. There are nine scrambled pieces for each of the three puzzles.

Students put writing pieces into categories to show different organizational features in writing. In this writing lesson plan, students are shown examples of speeches, poems, editorials, cartoons, parodies, historical fiction, and more.

Just as the title claims, here are fifty different ways to respond to a book. Most can be adapted to all grade levels.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book ABC Rhymes by Peter G. Thomson, (1880?) an ABC picture book with rhymes using each words starting with each letter.

Text of the short story "The Schoolmaster's Letters" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Letter" by Anton Chekhov. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Letter and the Lie" by British author Arnold Bennett. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of a touching love story, "The Letters" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Miss Sally's Letter" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Old Fellow's Letter" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Our Letters" by French author Guy de Maupassant. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Everlasting ABC and Primer by Peter G. Thomson (c1885). This is a picture book of the letters of the alphabet with lists of spelling words and beginning reading...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert to teach students to use picture cues and initial word sounds to identify unknown words. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...

Finding primary sources can be difficult and confusing at times. This site provides a list of history databases, rare books and manuscripts, and research guides for those looking for primary resources such as diaries, letters,...

Text of the short story "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General" by Ambrose Bierce. The story is set up as a series of letters, diary entries, and editorials written in 1861 and 1862. (Free site registration offers some additional features,...