Student increase their reading fluency using various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies , students, working with a partner, complete an initial read of a novel text. With the instructor, they read complete a timed...

Students increase their reading fluency through one-minute drills. Working in pairs, students read a grade level appropriate text in one-minute intervals. After reading they determine their speed through a word count. Students...

Students find a partner, take a walk, and tell their partner something nice they had done or seen during the day or the week.

Students decide when people are being fair and unfair. They participate in a game in which teams find different color pieces of wool in a timed situation. They discuss the feelings of those on the winning team, and if the game is fair....

Students participate in a problem solving activity. In this conflict resolution lesson, students sit in a circle and take turns standing up, but two children cannot be standing up next to one another at the same time. Students are...

Learners increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...

Eleventh graders finish presenting their one minute novel evaluations while choosing one of the novels to read independentally. They view a variety of graphic organizers to strategically plan out their website content. In addition, they...

Fifth graders compare and contrast photographs from the 1800s to those of 2003. In groups, they create drawings of how society has changed over time and use maps to locate local streets. Individually, they practice measuring the...

Students illustrate as many nouns and verbs as they can in a limited amount of time. Students review all the words that they came up with. They help each other figure out which ones were right and wrong. Students make a new list of nouns...

Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing rereading as a fluency strategy, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...

Students review what it means to be a fluent reader. With a partner, they practice reading and rereading the same material. They mark the time and record their improvement on a chart. They also count how many words they read in the...

Students discuss energy resources. In this energy lesson, students predict which item: the plastic cup, metal soup can, or foam cup, will keep water warm for the longest time by measuring the temperature in each item every...

Young scholars summarize and make predictions about the novel, "Huckleberry Finn". They discuss their opinions with the class. They give a one-minute novel evaluation about another novel and choose a novel based on their classmate's...

Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete three timed assessments...

Students cut random pictures from magazines. In groups, students share their images with each other and explain what they liked about the picture. After creating a collage of the pictures, students tell a story about something personal...

Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...

Young scholars increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment...

Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor, they complete a timed assessment of their...

Learners participate in a group activity in which they each represent various components of a story about culture, collective human rights, and indigenous rights. As the story is read they create a life-size story web with yarn. Then...

Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner and with the instructor, they complete a...

Pupils review the cover-up and crosscheck method of reading words before practicing rereading to become more fluent readers. They listen as the teacher reads both with and without fluency to determine which is easier to understand. They...

Students study how artists tell stories using visual images by identifying and comparing elements of narrative (setting, characters, and plot) in a painting and a Greek vase.

Students examine and explore various line, color, and movement elements in artwork. They view and discuss examples of abstract artwork, and create their own original abstract design that tells the story of a road trip.

Students explore the Mexican mask-making tradition and create maks that tell stories. They desribe how art tells stories and examine early Mexican culture in California.