PBS
Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: The Life of a Monarch Butterfly
Students love the magic of the metamorphosis that produces a butterfly. We will listen to the story and write about our favorite part and include a picture. Examples of the student's work are included.
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Other
Common Core: Curriculum Maps: Tell a Story, 1 2 3 [Pdf]
In this second six-week unit of Kindergarten, students focus on sequence as they enjoy "Counting Books," both fiction and informational, and stories based on "three."
Other
Nclr: The Essentials of Teaching Reading
Find out what the essentials are for teaching reading. This site provides vital information for teachers in developing the most successful reading program for their students.
Read Works
Read Works: Get Well Lance
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the story of a girl who is writing a get well note to a classmate. This passage is intended as a guided passage. It contains questions regarding explicit information and drawing...
Read Works
Read Works: Cause and Effect 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on cause and effect intended to improve reading comprehension. Students learn to identify causes based on effects and effects based on causes. Students also use explicit...
Read Works
Read Works: Welcome Aboard!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares biographical information about Christopher Columbus and his landing on San Salvador. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Investigating Nonfiction Part 3: Independent and Guided Reading
This article provides tips for using nonfiction with guided reading and independent reading. The following strategies are shared: ways to help kids select "just right" nonfiction books; lessons to use with nonfiction in guided reading...
Read Works
Read Works: Read Aloud Lesson: Digging Up Dinosaurs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teachers will read "Digging Up Dinosaurs" using the close reading technique. Students will use graphic organizers to summarize the steps necessary to collect, study, and build a dinosaur skeleton.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: The Crucible
In this activity students will study Arthur Miller's The Crucible including the langugage used, the issues involved, the background information, reading the text, and planning and delivering (both live and in video) scenes from the play...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: To Kill a Mockingbird
In this unit students begin by connecting to the story To Kill A Mockingbird through quotes taken from the text; they explore the background information about the author and the Civil Rights Movement. After reading, they plan and develop...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Retelling the Story
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps to teach students how to retell main events from a story and sequence events.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Calling All Kid Presidents
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will watch a video of Kid President giving a speech and another of a student's winning speech to be vice-president of the student council. They will also read an excerpt from...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Story Elements Retelling
In this lesson, students will learn to retell a story using story elements to improve their comprehension of the story. The students will actively listen to a story and complete a graphic organizer to share and discuss with a partner.