Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Printables: Bampy Color Book [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Print and color Bampy's coloring page.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Printables: Sonny Days Color Book [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Print and color Sonny Days color page.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: What's Out There? [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an article about Voyager I and II including when and why they came about and what information they have provided.
Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Acrostic Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
With this printout, simply choose a one-word topic, write each letter of the word vertically in all capital letters, and then write words or phrases that describe the topic and begin with each letter of the word. It could be adapted for...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphic Organizer: Fishbone

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a graphic organizer that uses the fishbone technique to help students see root causes and outcomes and identify the details leading up to each.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Developing "Student Owned" Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students should learn specific vocabulary and academic language to comprehend content text, but they should also become independent in understanding and owning vocabulary. This article offers tips for developing students' "vocabulary...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Extended Writing to Learn Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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....
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Guide Nonfiction Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains 17 nonfiction articles that are appropriate for students with a 6th grade reading level, as measured by the Fry Formula. Questions for each passage are provided. These graphic organizers are copyrighted and may be used...
Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Teaching Elements of Personal Narrative Texts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents instructional writing practices that support content-area learning, with specific strategies for teaching the thinking skills, processes, and knowledge needed to effectively write personal narrative texts. Some of...
Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Complete "Red Book Series" Focused on Reading Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This binder provides copies of the original "Red Book Series" titles and links to online resources created for today's classrooms. Educators can access basic research about reading, view videos, download lesson plans, and learn how to...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Creative Math Equations

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, the mentor text called Mathematickles by Betsy Franco is used. Learners will use the language of mathematics to demonstrate their understanding of the topics about which they write. Older students should use humor...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Students will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Taiwan

For Students 9th - 10th
Grab quick facts about Taiwan (capital, total area, population, languages, literacy, religions, government, currency, industry, and more) while looking at a map, complete with cities, elevations, bodies of water, longitude, and latitude....