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Bethany L.W. Hankinson
| Name | Bethany L.W. Hankinson |
| Location | Walhonding, Ohio |
| Role | Professor and Curriculum Editor |
"The lessons from ReadWriteThink provide teachers with great resources and inspiration for their classrooms. Every semester, I look forward to sharing the site with the teachers that I work with and using the materials with my own students."
Bethany L.W. Hankinson received her bachelor's degree from Ohio University and her master's degree from Ohio State University, where she also studied to be a literacy coordinator.
Bethany has taught a variety of grade levels, from kindergarten through eighth grade. She has written book reviews for the School Library Journal and an article for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.
Bethany currently works as an instructor at both Muskingum College and Central Ohio Technical College. She is a curriculum editor for www.efantasmic.com, writes a weekly newsletter for free educational resources (http://www.aweber.com/archive/hsfreestuff), and reviews educational software (http://www.freehomeschoolsoftware.com/).
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Contributions on ReadWriteThink.org |
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Unit
A-Z: Learning About the Alphabet Book Genre
Students increase their understanding of alphabet books by participating in a variety of reading and writing activities.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Predicting and Gathering Information With Nonfiction Texts
Students take a walk on the wild side when they develop an understanding of nonfiction texts with hands-on experiences and intense analysis.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Shared Poetry Reading: Teaching Print Concepts, Rhyme, and Vocabulary
The rhyme and reason behind this lesson is that students will need to develop important reading skills to increase their reading fluency.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Teaching Audience Through Interactive Writing
Through interactive writing, students work together and then independently to create invitation letters for a group of their peers and their families.
