PBS
Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Printables: Sonny Days Color Book [Pdf]
Print and color Sonny Days color page.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: What's Out There? [Pdf]
This is an article about Voyager I and II including when and why they came about and what information they have provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Acrostic Poem
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer: Fishbone
[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.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Developing "Student Owned" Vocabulary
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...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Extended Writing to Learn Strategies
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....
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Guide Nonfiction Reading
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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Teaching Elements of Personal Narrative Texts
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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Complete "Red Book Series" Focused on Reading Instruction
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...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Creative Math Equations
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...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
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.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Taiwan
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....