Curated OER
The Electric Hearth
Students examine popular media. In this media awareness lesson, students keep logs of their interactions with media and then write an essay regarding the data.
Curated OER
If At First You don't Succeed Try, Try Core Knowledge!
Students relate phrases and sayings to their life experiences. In this phrases and sayings lesson, students participate in activities and listen to stories to understand the meanings of each saying. One day is devoted to each saying.
Read Works
Read Works: Poems & Questions for National Poetry Month
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains a collection of sets of poems with comprehension questions. The poems were joined as a resource for teachers who are recognizing National Poetry Month during April of each year.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Family Ties Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students to make authentic connections to reading selections. Lessons use books such as "Bigmama?s" by Donald Crews, "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats, and "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Differentiated Reading Instruction Worksheets, Activities
A collection of differentiated reading activities are provided in this collection. Worksheets for the following reading topics are included: climax, story structure, elements of a story; fact and opinion; summarizing, narrative sequence;...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading Comprehension Across Genres: Annotate for Meaning
This lesson focuses on Annotation, a "writing-to-learn" strategy. It consists of writing explanatory notes and critical (analytical) commentary to yourself. Annotating text consists of two steps: (1) underlining, highlighting, circling,...
Read Works
Read Works: Be a Poet
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different types of poetry. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Wonderful Trees
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about trees by Arin Lapa. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: "Singing Time" by Rose Fyleman
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the poem "Singing Time" by Rose Fyleman followed by a set of reading comprehension questions using picture cues.
Read Works
Read Works: The Snowbird's Song
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about two little girls who see a chickadee through the window. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Spring
[Free Registration/Login Required] Four three-lined poems describing the spring season. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Spring
[Free Registration/Login Required] One Haiku and three additional three-lined poems about spring. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Grown Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about a child who is not so eager to grow up. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Grown Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about growing up. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: If
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem called "If" by Rudyard Kipling. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Traffic Lights Passage and Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of informational texts that discuss traffic signs and traffic lights. Photos are available to help young students build skills in reading comprehension in the areas...
Read Works
Read Works: Winter Time
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poetic description of winter time by Robert Louis Stevenson. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes in writing and poetry during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
The Atlantic Monthly Group
Atlantic Online: Poetry: "Man Listening to Disc" by Billy Collins
The text of Billy Collins's poem, "Man Listening to Disc" and a link to the audio of Collins reading his poem.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
Able Media
Reading Vergil's "Aeneid"
Comprehensive site delves into the reading and study of Vergil's master work, "The Aeneid". Begins with discussions about the genre of epic and the historical events that influenced Vergil's work. Finally, the author gives a multitude of...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Butterfly Poetry
After reading the poem, check your comprehension with the multiple choice questions. Compare your short answers to model answers. Even if you do not know how to answer, the models will help you learn and improve your writing.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Let's Read It Again: Comprehension Strategies for Ell's
Help Spanish-speaking English-language learners unlock the mysteries of their new language by using a bilingual book to recognize unfamiliar words and construct meaning from the text.