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Education.com: Sl.3.1.d Worksheets: Explain Their Own Ideas and Understanding
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 4 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard SL.3.1.D: Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.3.1: Engage Effectively in a Range of Collaborative Discussions
Links to 175 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.4.5: Add Audio Recordings and Visual Displays to Presentations
Links to 31 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.5: Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance to development of main ideas or themes.
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New South Wales Educational Resources: Talking and Listening in K 6
Lists developmental characteristics of speech and listening of K-6 children. Excellent educational site from New South Wales.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Lafs.2.sl.2.5
Choose from a variety of courses, lesson plans, and resources aligned to the Common Core standard of creating audio recordings of stories or poems.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: "Sticky Note Reading" the Art of Questioning While Reading
Third graders will learn the importance questioning has on comprehension of a text. Students will use sticky notes and an interactive reading notebook while working with an informational text.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Finding Theme
The students will be able to determine the theme of a story by recalling key details that support the theme.
PBS
Pbs: Let's Go Luna!: Greetings From Around the World: Language Cards
Learn how to greet a friend in eight different languages
Scholastic
Scholastic: The Lookout Mountain Tunnel
Reproducible activity about drawing conclusions that provides a reading passage and comprehension questions. Also includes a link to a key at the bottom of the page.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Subject
Clear information about sentence subject, including definition, explanation of how to find subject, distinction between complete subject and simple subject, and other helpful points.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Developing Inferential Comprehension
This lesson plan uses the text "Granddaddy's Gift" in order to develop and improve comprehension, prediction, and discussion skills. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Quia
Quia: Main Ideas!
Read a short text and determine the main idea in this Battleship style learning game.
EL Education
El Education: Testing the Waters
Students tested water at several sites in a local creek and write a scientific paper showing their testing and results. Scientific papers include an abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion including recommendations...
TES Global
Blendspace: Main Idea
A learning module that includes six links to videos, images, and websites that reinforce the reading skill of finding the main idea.
TES Global
Blendspace: Main Idea
A learning module with six links to images and videos on finding the main idea of a text.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: The Legend of the Bluebonnet
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "The Legend of the Bluebonnet" by Tomie dePaola. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Missing Manatee
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Missing Manatee" by Cynthia C. DeFelice. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Notes From a Liar and Her Dog
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Notes from a Liar and her Dog" by Gennifer Choldenko. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Perloo the Bold
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Perloo the Bold" by Avi. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Remember the Ladies
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Remember the Ladies" by Cheryl Harness. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Well Wished
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Well Wished" by Franny Billingsley. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Who Are You Calling a Woolly Mammoth?
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Who Are You Calling a Woolly Mammoth?" by Elizabeth Levy. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Other
Project Happy Child: Mind Mapping
This British web site gives a basic overview, answers questions about mindmapping, and offers suggestions on this topic. Several books are recommended. Explore the links for more information.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cause and Effect
[Free Registration/Login Required] This elementary flipchart explains cause and effect within the context of literature discussion. Activotes provide student interaction and assessment.