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CommonLit

Common Lit: Dreams and Musical Feet

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Slick Little Robot

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Ataka

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: What Is the International Space Station

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Amphibians

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Art on an Egg

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Don't Hate on the Trait" by Bird Brain Science

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Journal Writing Ideas

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is filled with several journal writing ideas. Students and teachers can benefit from this comprehensive list of journal writing suggestions.
Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Journal Writing Exercises for Kids

For Students K - 1st Standards
This article focuses on journal writing including the benefits, goals for parents and teachers, materials needed, journal exercises, and teaching kids how to keep a journal.
Unit Plan
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Word Relationships

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn how word relationships affect the meaning of text, and then practice this skill.
Professional Doc
Other

Ncsall: Relationship Between Reading and Speaking

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The interview discusses the relationship between reading and speaking.
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Main Idea, Main Idea Flashcards

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Terms related to main idea are included in this review exercise. Interactive vocabulary flashcards are provided for the following words: main idea, central idea, interesting detail, subject, topic, support, supporting detail, theme, and...
Activity
Other

Educeri: Compare & Contrast the Overall Structure in Two or More Texts [Pdf]

For Students 5th Standards
A 10-page handout that explains clearly what text structure is and four different types, with accompanying examples. Different types are then presented along with two pieces of informational text and a modeled analysis, then two other...
Article
Other

Smekens: Integrate Information Across Diverse Media Formats

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Read about strategies to help students integrate information across diverse media formats. Includes video. [4:18]
Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Teaching Expository & Persuasive Texts: Writing Expository Essays

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In an expository essay, a type of informational text, the writer clarifies or explains something by using facts, details, and examples in a clear and concise way. To write an effective expository essay, students need a basic...
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Other

Literacy Design Collaborative: Partner Retelling of Narrative Text

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
For this lesson, the teacher reads a story aloud and learners work with a partner to retell the story using sentence starters. Includes downloadable poster.
Graphic
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Types of Texts Fact Sheets

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Six printable fact sheets on how to understand and recognize different types of text including descriptive, informative, instructive, and persuasive.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Study Zone: From Carrots to Renovations: Reading Comprehension

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
A reading passage with five multiple-choice questions to assess comprehension.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Matter of Fact or Opinion [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to write facts and opinions on different word cards. Materials are included.
Handout
Other

Dade Schools: John Ferguson: Informational Text Features

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
A table explaining different text features including graphics, visuals, and sections found in text.
Lesson Plan
Other

Morningside Center: Active Listening

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
In this instructional activity, students practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this...
Activity
Other

Jefferson County Schools: Print a Prompt

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Check out this resourceful site featuring "Print a prompt." Students can choose from several different titles and prompts and they are provided with a printed copy.
Activity
BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Writing

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
The BBC offers quick (bitesize) activities, revision options, and quizzes on a variety of writing skills, covering writing arguments, writing factual documents, and writing stories.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Does the Reader Want to Know? Creating Research Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this instructional activity, students will change a research topic into questions that they will specifically answer while doing their research.