Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...

What are the benefits of developing social awareness? Using the resource, readers learn strategies for fostering civil discourse, creating a participatory classroom, and enhancing family involvement. Scholars also take a personality...

Learn the names of some jobs that people do. Includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.

Learn about Jane Jacobs, an activist who worked to save the neighborhoods of New York City in this video segment from New York Voices. [5:38]

Orville Edwards describes how community gardens help improve the quality of life in the city in this video segment from WILD TV.

Learn about all the things a small town has to offer to people who live or visit there. Includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.

Learn how one child was able to save her money up for something special. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.

Learn how to cross the street and train tracks safely in your neighborhood. Includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.

Learn about all the things one can do at the city park. Includes audio narration in 9 additional languages with text in English.

Learn the names of the different coins, how people get money, and what they do with it. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.

Learn about some of the flags around the world and see if you can make one. Includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.

Learn about all the jobs that a tractor does on a farm. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Rentals at the Oceanside Community" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

Third graders learn about the value of companionship, the joy of finding friends in unexpected places, and the significance of building a community of different perspectives. They explore how authors develop the reader's understanding of...

Fourth graders learn that storytelling is a performance art that also transmits knowledge about cultures and life. Through reading different tales from various cultures, 4th graders are able to compare and contrast similar themes,...

This lesson will help students combine the tools of technology with language skills to communicate with non-English speaking students in the community.

This lesson focuses on the seven types of propaganda and their uses. It features a link to a Wikipedia article "Propaganda" and provides an interactive assessment of the seven types.

In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption.

Learn to re-model your lesson plans to include room for critical thought and higher levels of learning. Re-modeled lessons cite specific critical thinking strategies. Wonderful examples include " Writing Haiku," "Myths," "Sojourner...

Austin Community College provides a few paragraphs on mathematical language, the importance of learning it, and the importance of using it correctly.

NEA's annual Read Across America celebration is a great opportunity for tweens and teens to both celebrate their literacy and language skills and share them in meaningful ways.

This site is an introduction plus a series of three lesson plans that explore Franklin's portraits plus aspects of his work in science and writing.

In this learning module, students learn how to talk about Hispanic culture and the impact it has had on them, their community, and the US. They will practice using the passive voice and different verb tenses. Includes games, exercises,...

Learn why adverbs are an essential part of the English language while viewing example sentences.