Young scholars identify sets of objects and represent them in numbers, words, and pictures. Students incorporate numerical, visual, and written descriptions in a revised and published format.

Young scholars investigate racial integration in the United States through these literature-based lessons. Students focus on pre- and post-reading strategies to increase reading comprehension.

Students choose books from the classroom library, then use their observation skills to sort them into categories while discussing the content and illustrations. The teacher guides students toward increasingly creative sorting methods.

Students have an opportunity to write addition and subtraction stories. Students first draw a series of pictures that depict adding more or taking away objects; they then write a corresponding story to go with the pictures they've drawn.

Pupils develop fluency as they participate in a choral reading of the text. After reading the story, students construct sentences using words from the predictable text. At the conclusion of the instructional activity, pupils write their...

Learners discuss the importance of a written history of humanity and how prior knowledge and life experiences influence others. They soon realize the horror of Jonas's utopian society.

Students build a greater understanding of poetry and the poet's voice. Further, the experience requires students to analyze and develop their own interpretation of a poem's meaning and representation through performance.

Young scholars make persuasive arguments both orally and in writing after participating in a variety of activities. Students play a game, analyze an argument, and model a persuasive piece of writing using an online tool.