Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's All about Expression

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, 1st graders read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They create a tape recording of their reading to assess their fluency and use...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What? You want me to read AND enjoy it?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners appreciate independent reading through learning about authors and genre.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Extra, Extra Write All About It!

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Pupils examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story for one of the examples. In this news writing lesson, students analyze a photograph as a class and discuss it. Pupils analyze photographs and example headlines...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Extra Extra! Read All About It!

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this newspaper reporting worksheet, learners use the three-column worksheet with blank squares for pictures to write newspaper articles. Students complete thee news reports.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Open Cloze Worksheet 10

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL cloze worksheet, students read 8 sentences that contain missing words. For each space, students choose any one word that would make sense in the sentence.
Lesson Plan
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Wall Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given practice in scan reading and in revising verb forms. They are given copies of Worksheet 2. Students are told that they should answer all the questions on the Worksheet and that it is a 'race.' They use thier short-term...
Worksheet
Curated OER

All About Bridget Jones's Diary

For Students Higher Ed
This quiz focuses on the book Bridget Jones's Diary, though there is some overlap with the film. The book and quiz have mature content; you could potentially use this resource in a college sociology course, course on feminism,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Open Cloze Worksheet- English Grammar

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL open cloze worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences. They use words related to English grammar, vocabulary words, to fill each blank.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Solar System Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this cloze activity worksheet, students read the passage about the Solar System. Students use the 14 words in the word bank to help them complete the passage.
Worksheet
Learning Station

Read The Fine Print!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this warranty reading learning exercise, students will read a warranty from a toy company and complete four short answer questions about the guarantee.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice organizing data by creating graphs.  In this statistics lesson, students survey the class about favorite colors and create a bar graph using the data.  Students complete a test based on pet and animal statistics.
Worksheet
Read Works

Halloween Leftovers

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Halloween isn't fun for everyone — but playing together is! Read about Esme and her space pirate friend with a short reading passage, accompanied by ten short answer questions.
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Schools Linking Network & Lifeworlds Learning

How Do We All Live Together?

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Explore the concepts of community and point of view with these activities complementing the children's book Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Following a class reading of the story, ask students to either draw a map of the...
Lesson Plan
Harper Collins

The World of Ramona

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Bring the fun and whimsy of Beverly Cleary into your classroom with a teaching guide created to accompany the Ramona series. The guide offers several ideas for classroom use, including independent reading, reading aloud, and literature...
Printables
1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

I Can Read! Sight Words Set #7

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Your kindergartners will be reading before you know it after practicing their sight words! Work on and with an array of fun reading activities, such as bingo, connect-the-dots, and matching games.
Organizer
English Worksheets Land

A Tale of Two Gardens

For Students 5th Standards
Gardening is fun, no matter what you're growing. A reading comprehension activity encourages learners to compare and contrast two gardens that grow different items.
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K5 Learning

A Big, White Hen

For Students 2nd Standards
Why wouldn't the chickens cross the brook? Find out in a short reading passage about a mother hen and her babies' daily walk. Second graders answer four comprehension questions after they finish reading the story.
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Storytelling and Folklore

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Stories are passed down orally in many cultures. Learn about the ways that storytelling can shape a society with a reading passage about Native American folklore and myths. After they finish reading, kids complete five reading...
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The Lightning Thief: During Reading Strategy

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
After reading up to page 371 of Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, get insight into how Percy felt making a major decision through active discussion strategies that enable both academic...
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Novelinks

Words By Heart: K-W-H-L Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How can we heal our hearts through forgiveness?  The third activity in a series of six prompts readers to answer questions about Words by Heart by Ouida Sebestyen. Not only does it activate background knowledge on the...
Activity
Jumpstarting Journeys

Vowel Digraph Activities for au and aw

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
It can be awfully hard teaching young children how to read, but this phonics resource will make the job a little easier. Focusing on the au and aw vowel digraphs, this collection of engaging activities teaches beginning...
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Museum of Disability

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Help to create the next generation of friends with a lesson about accepting people who are different. As kids read Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, they answer a series of discussion questions and activities about making friends...
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A World of Animals: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)

For Teachers K Standards
Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high...
Activity
Novelinks

The Tempest: List-Group-Label (After Reading)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Collaborate with your class after reading William Shakespeare's The Tempest with a group labeling activity. As you note key concepts or words from the play on the board, class members suggest associations and connections...