Mr. Nussbaum
Money
Young readers test their comprehension skills with an interactive practice. Pupils read a brief informational text about money then answer five questions. A detailed page appears at the end to showcase participants' work.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Book Look [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students look through a book to identify text features and complete a graphic organizer. Materials are included.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Quick or Slow? I've Got to Know!
Earth changes can happen quickly or slowly. The students will work in teams to stake a claim about these changes and then use texts to find evidence to prove their claims. Included in this lesson are video clips of the class, a list of...
TES Global
Tes: Non Fiction Unit 4 Formal/impersonal Writing: Tourists
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will analyze tourism brochures to determine features related to nonfiction writing in this unit. Tourism websites may be used in lieu of the brochures. Cotswold and the North Leigh Roman Villa...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Semantic Feature Analysis
The Semantic Feature Analysis strategy engages students in reading assignments by asking them to relate selected vocabulary to key features of the text. This technique uses a matrix to help students discover how one set of things is...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Glossary
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which learners learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and Bobbie Kalman and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Making Measuring Meaningful!
This activity helps learners recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....
Other
Texas Beyond History: New Words
A vocabulary list for the intermediate student of words relating to the history of Texas. Includes text features such as highlighted words and pictures with captions. Could be used with a unit about the Southwest!
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: The Arctic Our Global Thermostat
Scientists believe that the climate in the Arctic is an indicator of global climatic conditions. Learn what makes the Arctic so unique and how scientists use this information to predict global changes. Informative photos accompanied by...
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "A Late Walk" by Robert Frost
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "A Late Walk" by Robert Frost.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "A Line Storm Song" by Robert Frost
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "A Line-storm Song" by Robert Frost.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "A Patch of Old Snow" by Robert Frost
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "A Patch of Old Snow" by Robert Frost.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "A Time to Talk" by Robert Frost
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "A Time to Talk" by Robert Frost.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Corfu" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Corfu" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Peru" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Peru" by Edward Lear.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital
Pictures and text describe the source and appearance of many of the stones used in the buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. Included are a geologic time chart and an illustrated map of the geologic and geographic features of the...
National Center for Families Learning
Ncfl: Wonderopolis: Wonder of the Day #1324: What Happened to the Lost Colony?
A video and article about the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Has an audio feature that highlights text as the article is read aloud. As well, individual highlighted words link to pop-up definitions and are used in a word definition game. [1:59]
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Enlightenment: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Use the text or audio of Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to consider the two learning outcomes below. Describe the major historical and cultural developments of the Enlightenment; explain key concepts. Describe the major conventions,...
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "To Fool or Knave" Ben Jonson
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "To Fool or Knave" Ben Jonson.