Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...

In a scale measuring noise, an increase in 10 dB is a 10 time increase in power. Mathematicians examine the data graph of a real world exponential growth, with no logarithmic scale, and then create two equations relating the...

Learners identify parts of the brain and what each part does. In this brain anatomy instructional activity, students participate in activities that focus on the job of each part of the brain co connect the task to the brain section....

A short story about a nighttime adventure at summer camp provides readers with a chance to practice their comprehension skills. 

Middle schoolers demonstrate their ability to summarize by crafting a summary of a passage from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Oh that Dickens should be so laconic.

Students observe and demonstrate a variety of decoding strategies to read silently. Each student selects a book for silent reading, and observe the teacher modeling silent reading strategies. Students then demonstrate their silent...

Young scholars practice strategies to become more fluent readers with expression. They observe the teacher modeling fluent and expressive reading of the book, "Pig and Crow," by Kay Chorao and then model what they've observed with...

Learners, through teacher modeling and independent practice, discover the concept of silent reading. They read a selection aloud, in a whisper, silently, but with lips moving and finally silently without lips moving. They answer...

Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they follow four given steps in summarizing the beginning of a written passage. Then they continue to read the passage independently and follow the same...

Students explore how to read silently to help them read fluently. They discuss why it is important to read silently. Students read "Jane and Babe" as the teacher models how to read quietly and then silently. They write a story describing...

First graders observe as the teacher models silent reading. They select a book that looks interesting to them that they are able to read. They then read "Leftover Lily" silently as a class and practice reading silently for 20 minutes and...

Use a presentation on dialogue tags in a narrative writing unit or a literature lesson. The first two pages of the resource detail the information and examples in the following slide show, making it a good reference page for your...

Exercise phonemic awareness of the vowel /a/ to help children become successful readers. They connect spoken phonemes to written grapheme's and create a relationship between the vocal gesture of /a/ and its grapheme map in text and words.

Explore the dancing prodigy and Depression-era African-American icon Bill Robinson as scholars learn new vocabulary words in context. As you read Leo Dillon's Rap a Tap Tap they listen for six new words: clatter, greet,...

Day four of this dance lesson plan teaches the steps to a Mexican folk dance. It uses chunking and dance to aid them in memorizing the steps. Note: This lesson plan appears incomplete.

Use literacy tools to select precise vocabulary. High schoolers respond to discussion questions that require them to consider the denotation and connotation of words. They then read non-fiction passages and identify words in the passages...

Students interact with the strategy of visualization to better understand what is happening in a story. They assess the poem, "Talented Family," and the book, "Sarah Plain and Tall," to visualize and imagine in their minds pictures of...

Students discover movement and expression to music/sound through a series of teacher-led exercises and role plays. This lesson is ideal for the middle school drama class with possibilities for adaptation to any level of drama or general...

Learners complete activities with the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. In this literature lesson, students read chapter one and brainstorm adjectives for the four main characters. They make a page of vocabulary words and...

First graders develop their reading fluency during the school year. In this language arts lesson, 1st graders discover what skilled readers do when they are reading, such as chunking text or thinking about the meaning of the...

Students explore English by participating in a match game. In this sight word vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Cat's Surprise and identify the sight words which they are unfamiliar with and need to review. Students identify...

Students practice for a poetry slam. In this poetry lesson, students select borrowed poems to perform in a poetry slam in order to participate in their own poetry slam competition.

Students discuss the difference between primary and secondary sources and consider how an exhibit is researched. They design and create a montage that reflects themselves in a social and historical context.

Students summarize a selected piece of text using a a six step process. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a selected piece of nonfiction text. They write a summary paragraph using the six step process...