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1 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
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3 | Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
4 | Grades 3 – 5 | Printout | Assessment Tool
Editing Checklist for Self- and Peer Editing
5 | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
1 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
2 | Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
3 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry
4 | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
5 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
1 | Grades K – 5 | Student Interactive | Learning About Language
2 | Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
3 | Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | September 21
Today is the International Day of Peace.
4 | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
5 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry
Lesson Plans
Cyberspace Explorer: Getting to Know Christopher Columbus
Students explore multiple online sources to gather information about the life of Christopher Columbus, complete a cyber scavenger hunt, and use their notes to prepare a timeline and summary report.
Student Interactives
Bio Cube is a useful summarizing tool that helps students identify and list key elements about a person for a biography or autobiography.
Spelling Cheerleading: Integrating Movement and Spelling Generalizations
"2-4-6-8, students will be spelling great" in this lesson that teaches the y rule for adding suffixes through cheering the spelling of words aloud, word sorts, and writing stories.
The Fractured Fairy Tale tool encourages students to create their own fractured fairy tales.
Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections
Students create poetry collections with the theme of "getting to know each other." They study and then write a variety of forms of poetry to include in their collections.
Formerly known as Shape Poems, this online tool allows elementary students to write poems in various shapes.
Working in small groups, students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.
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Acting Out: Literature, Drama, and Connecting With History
The article includes recommendations for teachers interested in integrating literature, drama, and history.
Using Paired Reading to Increase Fluency and Peer Cooperation
In this strategy, students read aloud to each other, pairing more fluent readers with less fluent readers. This strategy can also be used to pair older students with younger students to create “reading buddies.”
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ReadWriteThink: A Framework for Success
Tiffany Clark | 3rd/4th Grade Teacher | Urbana, IL
Many teachers feel like there’s just not enough time in the day to craft profound lessons, answer all the questions, squeeze in all the state standards, and differentiate the curriculum for every student’s needs