Getting Paragraphing Down P.A.T.

Get to know inventor, Granville T. Woods. Who is he? From what state did Woods come? What did he design? All questions your scholars will find the answers to with this response-to-reading worksheet. 

How do you do? Guide learners through the basics of conversational English with an extensive set of discussion questions. Class members ask partners more about themselves, including their favorite hobbies, music, and time of day, as well...

A fun twist on bingo helps your kids learn their vowel sounds. As you call out each word, kids flip the tabs on a gameboard to cover their words and be the first to cover them all.

No matter what subject you're teaching, you'll find some fun and innovative ideas for using newspapers in your classroom with a helpful resource. Based on Getting the Most Out of Teaching with Newspapers by Rebecca Olien, the series of...

"A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson is the focus text of a narrative poetry-based reading comprehension instructional activity. After reading her poem, young readers respond to seven multiple choice and three short answer...

Strengthen the structure of young scholars' writing with this series of lessons on paragraphs. Starting with a look at different the types of paragraphs including expository, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive, young scholars go on...

After reading a short passage about the digestive system, kids demonstrate their understanding by responding to a series of comprehension questions.

Students practice indenting paragraphs. In this writing lesson plan, students use the acronym, PAT, (P is for the place changes, A is for the action changes, and T is for the time changes) and identify proper places to indent. Students...

Have you ever seen a class singing with sass? Young musicians invent new lines for Raffi's beloved song "Down By the Bay" and experiment with rising and falling pitch in a collaborative activity.

Youngsters explore the importance of becoming fluent, expressive readers by changing their voice when reading a book. They read the book Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, and poems from the book For Laughing Out Loud,...