CommonLit
Common Lit: "Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster" by President Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan delivered this speech to the grieving nation on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, leading to the death of its seven crew members. A specific purpose for reading...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Othello: Slideshow the Challenges of Staging the Play
These activities encourage young people to join the debate about how to stage and cast Othello. They will debate the pros and cons of different productions and plan how they would stage the play if they could do so themselves. Included...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Othello: The Challenges of Staging the Play
These activities encourage young people to join the debate about how to stage and cast Othello. They will debate the pros and cons of different productions and plan how they would stage the play if they could do so themselves. Included...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How to Read and Analyze a Poem (English Iii Reading)
This lesson focuses on strategies for reading and analyzing a poetry. Reading poetry creates some interesting challenges because a poem uses lines and stanzas rather than paragraphs in order to create emotions and experiences. Figurative...
Other
Best Evidence Encyclopedia: Reading for English Language Learners
How many classrooms have the challenge today of non-English speaking students? More and more educators are looking for resources, programs to help these students learn. At BEE researchers have tested programs available for these students...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Challenge [Pdf]
"The Challenge" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a boy who is careless and loses or breaks things. When he broke his drum by using knives on it, his mother gave him a challenge to learn responsibility. It is followed by...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 7: Becoming Bilingual
Acclaimed actress Rita Moreno hosts Becoming Bilingual, a 30-minute PBS program that examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language. The show visits six cities across the country to learn about the different ways...
Read Works
Read Works: A Club for Explorers
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists who explore the ocean. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Crisis in Africa
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the devastating problems in several African countries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
Read Works
Read Works: Making Your Mark
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about piercings and tattoos as body art. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Challenges of Making Peace: The Great War
In this interactive lesson, students watch videos from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Great War, read primary source documents and video transcripts, and analyze data to better understand how and why the U.S. and European leaders differed in...
Other
Geoscience Australia: Map Reading Guide: How to Use Topographic Maps [Pdf]
A topographic map can be challenging to read. This guide explains how to decipher one and how to use a magnetic compass to orient yourself to the landscape. It also explains how to use GPS coordinates.
Other
Mo Dept. Of Ed.: Give and Read Multi Step Directions
Lesson plan designed for eleventh graders. Students discuss giving and reading multi-step directions while drawing simple pictures of dogs and cats. Includes student handouts and a scoring guide. It comes from a thematic unit on challenge.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Challenge" by Gary Soto
In this short story, a boy tries to impress the new girl at his school. As you read, take notes on how Jose feels about Estela. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Challenging Problems About Capacity in Liters Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are presented with word problems involving metric capacity that they must read carefully in order to answer the questions. An...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Hello, America by Livia Bitton Jackson
Eighteen-year-old Elli has a number tattooed onto her arm. It is an indelible remnant of a terrifying past a life lived, for many years, in the death camp of Auschwitz. When Elli arrives in New York City, she can not speak English, and...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Read the Oscilloscope Challenge
Practice reading an oscilloscope. Students must achieve a score or 10 or more. At the end students should be able to get frequency, period, voltage and peak to peak voltage.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Read the Thermometer Challenge
Checks your ability to read thermometers.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today Challenge New Color of Money
In this activity, students will read about the changes in the "new money" and then create a graph to represent various combinations of currency produced. This activity provides an excellent example of discrete, real-world data.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Challenging Pre Conceptions
Learners carry into class pre-conceptions based on stories they've heard, articles they've read and experiences they've had. One of the best opportunities to teach metacognition is at a 'gotcha' moment when they come to realize their...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graduated Cylinder Challenge
Check your ability to read a few different sized graduated cylinders.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Triple Beam Balance Challenge (0.1 G)
Practice reading a triple-beam balance to the nearest 0.1 g.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Triple Beam Balance Challenge (0.01 G)
Practice reading a triple-beam balance to the nearest 0.01 g.