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Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Rules for the Bus" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices
This lesson includes a poem in two voices and is adapted from the poem by Eric Ode in Rolling in the Aisles, published by Meadowbrook Press. Students will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem about a boy who learns a...
Other
Poetry4 Kids: Poetry Lessons
This resource offers guidance through the writing process of writing funny poetry. There are instructions on how to write a clerihew and an exaggeration poem.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Dragonfly
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story, article, or poem is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Crafting Themed Poetry Collections
Contains back-to-school poetry lesson ideas that ask students to write poems in order to get to know each other. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Little Toy Friend Poems
In this lesson students will create a poem from the viewpoint of a lost toy.
Read Works
Read Works: Implicit Effects
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners will listen to this read aloud story and listen for cause and effect relationships in order to better understand the story.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Level 200 Reading Topics
Choose a story from seven stories to read and/or listen to. Practice reading comprehension by completing the interactive quizzes and exercises. Answer the questions, then look for your score.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Powerful Writing Description in Creating Monster Trading Cards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach about descriptive writing by asking students to create their own monster trading cards with vivid descriptions. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
PBS
Pbs Parents: Creativity Haiku
Using this activity students can test their understanding of language and poetry by creating a Haiku using the word tiles in the box. Teachers and parents check out the interact, understand and expand buttons for more activities.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.3.2: Write Informative/explanatory Texts to Examine a Topic
Links to 56 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Education.com
Education.com: W.3.2 Worksheets: Write Informative/explanatory Texts
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 11 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.3.2c: Use Linking Words and Phrases to Connect Ideas
Links to 7 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.2c: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.3.2b: Develop the Topic With Facts, Definitions, and Details
Links to 12 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.2b: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
Education.com
Education.com: W.3.2.b Worksheets: Develop the Topic With Facts, Definitions,
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.2.B: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.3.2a: Introduce a Topic and Group Related Information
Links to 18 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.2a: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
Education.com
Education.com: W.3.2.a Worksheets: Introduce a Topic and Group Related Info
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 18 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.2.A: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.3.2: Determine the Main Ideas and Supporting Details of a Text
Links to 44 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,...
Read Works
Read Works: The Harmonica
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about the harmonica. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Help Beginners With Oral Reading
This helpful overview for teachers recommends strategies that aid young readers with oral reading.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup: Reading Comprehension
A reading passage with eight multiple-choice questions to assess reading comprehension.
Edutopia
Edutopia: 5 Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Questioners
The following blog gives techniques to encourage more questioning in the classroom environment.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Question Creation [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students read a text and create questions using the words provided on word cards. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Stop and Ask [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students read a text stopping to answer questions as they read. Materials are included.