Young scholars work to develop comprehension strategies. Through modeling they discover how to summarize a written passage by deleting unnecessary information and using clustering or concept mapping for the most important items or...

Second graders listen to a planting story as read by their teacher. Using the text, they summarize the events and complete a KWL chart. They point to the vegetable after it was planted in the garden in the story. They practice using new...

Seventh graders perform research in order to appreciate stories taken from the genre of myths and fables. The examples of the stories create a context for students to create their own myths.

Fourth graders investigate the concept of fire and how it was used by the Native Americans. The instructional activity has sufficient background information for the teacher to establish historical context. Students summarize the nine...

High schoolers examine the events of Pearl Harbor through photographs, timelines and primary source documents. They research many different sources and discover the need to have more than one point of view. They write a newspaper article...

Third graders read the book Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips. In groups, 3rd graders answer questions about the story. They share their personal responses. Students write answers to some questions.

Students examine how to write article summaries of abstracts. In this writing skills lesson, students edit the noted sections of an abstract that is already written on the Old Testament Abstracts.

Students participate in a variety of activities in order to take part in a layered curriculum unit that focuses on a novel study. This allows for a student centered classroom and instructional practices.

An informative module highlights eight polynomial concepts. Learners work with polynomial functions, expressions, and equations through graphing, simplifying, and solving. 

Fourth graders study the Civil War. They examine online photos that are connected to Indiana's role in the Civil War. They choose one of these photos and in a story circle, tell a story about it. They tell who is in the picture, what...

Young scholars identify times in the Bible when God provided for the Israelites. In this God's provision lesson, students read Joshua 7-8:29 to discover the ways God provided for the Israelites in their battles with Ai.  Young...

Students watch a movie, and answer teacher created questions in order to explore the brain.

Pupils practice the skill of summarizing in writing the content of a passage or text and point out the main points in the story. They revise their skills on note-taking that they took the semester before and fine tune them more precisely...

Students explore ways to write book summaries. In this summary writing lesson plan, students discover the steps for writing summaries of fictional books.

Fifth graders identify and define in their own words the first ten amendments to the Constitution. They are assigned a CDV or amendment from the Bill of Rights and create and present a one-minute skit demonstrating it.

Students goal is to achieve summarization. They read familiar words and decode words at their reading level. They summarize articles through the use of an outline in order ot improve reading comprehension. Students complete a basic...

Students read several selections of folktales from different historic periods and different cultures. Then they incorporate a folktale theme into a modern day story, using elements that parallel those from the original version.

Twelfth graders examine two pieces by Lu Xun to show his importance as a revolutionary of 20th Century Chinese society and literature. They explain the aspects of Lu Xun's life. They summarize "Diary of a Madman" for form and content....

Students discuss the idea of 6 word memoirs. In this technology lesson, students explore how using a small number of words sometimes is the best. Students practice using 6 word memoirs writing six words for various nursery rhymes and...

Students identify the cause and symptoms for anthrax. They research information and summarize it into organized ideas. They evaluate the credability of websites as well.

Learners form cooperative groups to read, discuss, and respond to a novel. They select a novel from offered choices or by criteria given by teacher and complete a culminating project on the novel from such choices as: creating a...

Students research Egyptian hieroglyphics using print and Web resources. THey discuss Egyptian achievements in mathematics. Students explore how Egyptians used hieroglyphics to write numerals. They multiply and divide numbers using the...

Students study the work done by various scientists on Antarctica. In this biology lesson, students play the role of researchers who must justify the importance of their study. They create a multimedia presentation about a specific issue...

Learners explore world geography by completing graphic organizers and researching the Internet. In this Kalahari desert lesson, students identify the geographic location, weather and creation of the Kalahari desert. Learners define a...