How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.

This site gives a method, called SQRW, that can help you with your reading. It is very similar to SQ3R.

Tons of online resources for reading and language skills compiled nicely into a student-friendly SMART Notebook file.

This file will help you teach your students the "RUNNERS" reading strategy. I am a music teacher but I developed this file to help tutor some students and increase their reading scores on the EOG. Under each shape is the reading...

In this SMART Exchange lesson, students will learn the CAFE reading strategies. This lesson may be used as an instructional tool for teaching and introducing the various strategies to students.

Read an excerpt from the text of "A Night to Remember," a book about the sinking of the Titanic.

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be preparing for a move to another state. Students must work in cooperative groups as they determine which moving company will be the best for...

A well-written study guide for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes a profile of William Shakespeare and background information about the play and its historical context. There are synopses of each act, discussions of literary devices,...

This smart note book explains reading bar graphs, the parts of a bar graph, the steps to produce a bar graph and allows classes to input data a produce some bar graphs.

Students will learn the characteristics of fables by separating them from myths and legends, as well as view and read fables from Aesop within this SMART whiteboard lesson.

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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will determining the top three flavors of ice cream bars that an ice cream truck should serve. Students must work in cooperative groups as they work to...

In this interactive learning module, students read an informational text about teen concussions and identify the key individuals in the text. They then identify and use details about those individuals to make connections between them, as...

Easy to read brief biography of the man who invented the mechanical reaper, Cyrus McCormick (1808-1884). View a timeline and see pictures of the reaper and other harvesting machines.

Provides an overview of the life of Benjamin Banneker in an easy to read format. Learn why he was an accomplished mathematician, astronomer, surveyor, and almanac writer.

Read two fables from Ellen C. Babbitt's Jakata Tales, a classic of children's literature that retells stories, from sacred Buddhist literature, of the Buddha's past lives. Jakata stories, full of the quaint humor, teach many different...

This geography unit is designed to follow the 1st Grade geography skills required in Virginia. Students are expected to use cardinal directions, read map keys and understand map symbols, as well as identify our city and capital.

Reading guide for Irene Hunt's historical fiction, "Across Five Aprils," with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel...

Reading guide on Natalie Babbitt's "Tuck Everlasting" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel introduction, and...

Great study guide for Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...

Reading guide to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief biography of Shakespeare, an introduction to the text, a preview of vocabulary,...

Complete study guide for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. Prepare for the novel with an author biography, vocabulary preview, introductory article, and pre-reading questions and activities. While reading, participate in...

Great study guide for Paul Fox's "The Slave Dancer," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...

Reading guide to Virginia Hamilton's "The House of Dies Drear" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief author biography, an introduction to the text, a preview of...