What Do You See? (Web World Wonders)

What are you doing over the weekend? Pair up your class members for a speaking opportunity. First, they decide what they're going to do over the weekend, and then they share these things with a partner. Have them share their plans with...

Making inferences is a skill that goes beyond the comprehension of written text. In this simple exercise, young learners are provided with a photograph and asked to answer a series of inference questions using only on the information...

To reinforce vocabulary in Eileen Christelow's book about the writing process, What Do Authors Do?, use a learning exercise that focuses on six multi-syllabic words from the text. Your readers select the correct word from a bank to fill...

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but feel free to find the silver lining in a worksheet about common proverbs and adages. Learners read six popular adages and write their literal definitions on the lines provided.

Send this "About Me" PowerPoint template home with your students to bring and present to class during the first week of school. Step-by-step instructions to create a simple autobiography is laid out withing six slides. Tip: If you would...

Upper graders make inferences about what is implied. They will view a video called "Animal Shelter." Then they work with a partner to complete a handout (included) that address inferences.

Learners practice visualizing elements from a poem or story. While reading a poem aloud, the instructor models what they see as they read the passage. Students draw a picture of the main character of the story "Because of Winn-Dixie"...

"How can a few good words save a pig's life?" Posed with this question, your ELD students explore E.B. White's Charlotte's Web in a meaningful, valuable way. By analyzing specific word choice from the book, especially the excerpts...

What do papayas, peanuts, pineapples, and potatoes have in common? Why, they are foods explorers brought back to the Old World. Young researchers use the Internet to investigate how New World explorers helped change the Old World's diet....

Students, through teacher modeling and guided practice, explore the concept of visualization and how it works to help them comprehend what they read. They read the first chapter of the book, 'Sarah, Plain and Tall' and visualize what...