Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience. This site includes 5 Peg + Cat activity starters: Conversation Cards:...

There are four sources in this activity bundle. Cut out these learning cards for quick, adult-led conversation and activity starters for school and for home. In activities 3 and 4, students make Character Puppets and play Puppet Theater...

A collection of printable comics where students complete an activity, such as design a campaign bumper sticker, imagine a conversation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, or make a list of ideas that would promote the rights of women.

Each of us, every day, has to contend with multiple messages or texts-in the news, over the Internet, in our workplace, in books, and in conversation. Making sense of these sometimes conflicting messages is critical. But without being...

A research based workshop by Judith Langer on bringing the joy of reading literature to your class. An excellent professional development resource, with eight videos on demand. Topics include Responding as Readers, Objectifying the Text,...

Making Conversation with the same people that put limits on your freedom can sometimes be a difficult task. It can however help you better understand where they're coming from and that they don't want to control you, just provide...

Article on the importance of small talk, based on information from Bernardo Carducci, author of "the Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk." At the end of the article you'll find "5 steps to making smart small talk." It also...

Easy Equivalent Measures is an exciting, engaging lesson that will make this unpopular, hard skill EASY for your students. We will use Input/Output charts to demonstrate our knowledge of equivalent measures. This lesson will support the...