Contains plans for three lessons to improve reading comprehension using a visualizing strategy called sketch-to-stretch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...

Writing enables students to process, organize, formulate, and extend their thinking about what they have been learning. In addition, teachers can also assign writing to help students evaluate what they know and understand about a topic....

Contains plans for a lesson that will provide students with strategies for spelling unfamiliar words. Students are asked to use phonological awareness and visual recall, analyze alternative spellings, and use a variety of resources...

Contains plans for nine lessons to help teachers start using literature circles in the classroom, including detailed explanations of all the roles and procedures. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...

Contains plans for five lessons that teach the difference between revision and editing using fractured fairy tales. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to create their own public service announcements (PSAs) using Windows Movie Maker or other similar software. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...

Contains plans for five lessons that develop research skills in primary learners by having them create their own question and answer books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...

In this lesson plan students use strategies based on place value to add and subtract within 100.

This lesson plan has students adding up to four numbers using place value strategies.

The complete text of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills...

Contains plans for seven lessons about working dogs that teach critical thinking skills and a vocabulary strategy called Word Storms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...

This resource presents text of two folk tales collected by Norwegian writer, Peter Christian Asbjornsen. The tales are "The Greedy Youngster," and "Hans, Who Made the Princess Laugh." The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or...

During this lesson, students will learn the difference between estimation and guessing. Knowing how to estimate is an essential skill that will help students determine approximate totals as well as check the reasonableness of their...