Skip to main content
ReadWriteThink - Powered by NCTE
  • About
  • Classroom Resources
    • Lesson Plans
    • Teaching Comics
    • Teaching With Primary Resources
    • Calendar
    • Printouts
    • Student Interactives
  • Collections
    • Assessment
    • Authors
    • Booklists
    • Media Literacy
    • Poetry
    • Primary Sources
    • Writing
  • Professional Development
    • Strategy Guides
    • Professional Library
    • Meetings & Events
  • Join NCTE
  • Contact Us
  • About
  • Classroom Resources
    • Lesson Plans
    • Teaching Comics
    • Teaching With Primary Resources
    • Calendar
    • Printouts
    • Student Interactives
  • Collections
    • Assessment
    • Authors
    • Booklists
    • Media Literacy
    • Poetry
    • Primary Sources
    • Writing
  • Professional Development
    • Strategy Guides
    • Professional Library
    • Meetings & Events
  • Join NCTE
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

Breadcrumb

  1. Home

Learning Objectives

  • (-) phonological awareness (0)
  • (-) reading fluency (1)
  • collaboration (17)
  • Comprehension (8)
  • critical thinking (24)
  • digital literacy (10)
  • inquiry / research (22)
  • listening (8)
  • literary analysis (7)
  • Media literacy (14)
  • metacognition (11)
  • multicultural awareness (2)
  • multimodal literacy (15)
  • oral communication (16)
  • print awareness (2)
  • reading genres (2)
  • text structure / story structure (5)
  • Vocabulary (3)
  • writing genres (15)
  • writing process (15)

Topics

  • (-) careers
  • arts
  • community
  • drama
  • ELL
  • Family
  • fiction
  • Mobile Learning
  • nonfiction
  • poetry
  • science
  • seasons / holidays
  • social action
  • social studies / history
Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Grades
3 - 5
|
Lesson Plan
|
Recurring Lesson
Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.

Explore Resources by Grade

  • KindergartenK
  • 1-2
  • 3-4
  • 5-6
  • 7-8
  • 9-10
  • 11-12

RWT-logo

Powered By NCTE

Footer 1 Menu

  • About
  • Classroom Resources
  • Professional Development
  • Collections
  • Contact Us

Footer 2 Menu

  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • Contribute to RWT
  • FAQs
  • Join NCTE

Footer 3 Menu

  • Legal Notices
  • Privacy Policy
  • Promotional Materials
  • Site Demonstrations

Want to stay in touch with RWT and NCTE? Sign up here!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

© NCTE 2026. All rights reserved