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

Type

  • Classroom Resources
  • Professional Development

Grades

  • 1 (92)
  • 2 (98)
  • 3 (171)
  • 4 (180)
  • 5 (208)
  • 6 (231)
  • 7 (250)
  • 8 (253)
  • 9 (274)
  • 10 (268)
  • 11 (262)
  • 12 (261)
  • K (86)

Learning Objectives

  • (-) oral communication (224)
  • (-) writing genres (382)
  • collaboration (458)
  • Comprehension (508)
  • critical thinking (649)
  • digital literacy (154)
  • Grammar (57)
  • inquiry / research (350)
  • listening (182)
  • literary analysis (367)
  • Media literacy (205)
  • metacognition (302)
  • multicultural awareness (113)
  • multimodal literacy (260)
  • phonological awareness (61)
  • print awareness (89)
  • reading fluency (67)
  • reading genres (290)
  • Spelling (51)
  • text structure / story structure (242)
  • Vocabulary (191)
  • writing process (421)

Topics

  • arts
  • careers
  • community
  • drama
  • ELL
  • Family
  • fiction
  • Mathematics
  • Mobile Learning
  • nonfiction
  • poetry
  • science
  • seasons / holidays
  • social action
  • social studies / history
  • Sports
  • STEM
Grades
9 - 12
|
Blog About Courage Using Photos

Engage teens in this activity in which they use photographs to examine and write about courage on a blog.

Grades
7 - 12
|
MyTube: Make a Video Public Service Announcement

Invite teens to explore issues that are important to them, and then write a script and film a video public service announcement.

Grades
7 - 12
|
Music in Movies: You Pick the Soundtrack

Explore how music can have an emotional impact on a scene in a movie, then help teens write and film a scene of their own.

Grades
7 - 12
|
Create a Career Blog

This activity invites children and teens to explore various careers and then write about what they might want to be when they grow up in a blog.

Grades
5 - 8
|
Explore Point of View in Fairy Tales

Explore fairy tales told in both old and new ways and use an online tool to help children create their own "fractured" version of a fairy tale.

Grades
5 - 8
|
Make a Mystery Puzzle

Have children explore the different parts of mystery writing by making a puzzle about a favorite book. They can then invent and write their own mysteries using the online Mystery Cube tool.

Grades
K - 2
|
We're Going on a Shape Hunt!

From dishes to doors, find shapes all around you while strengthening important reading and math skills.

Grades
3 - 6
|
Books Will Take You There!

While enjoying a book that features a journey, children write postcards from the perspective of the main character for each stop along the trip.

Grades
K - 2
|
Cooking and Creating in the Kitchen

After reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin, have a "Muffin Party"! Children will write invitations, follow a recipe, and enjoy sharing their homemade muffins.

Grades
K - 2
|
Take a Closer Look: Write Around the Room

With a piece of paper and a pen, kids can learn anywhere! This activity gets kids writing, looking closely at letters, and learning some new words in any room of the house.

Grades
3 - 8
|
Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World

After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.

Grades
7 - 12
|
It's Raining Cats and Dogs! Make a Children's Book about the Weather

Kids learn about weather sayings throughout history while writing and illustrating a book for younger children.

Grades
4 - 8
|
Unveiling Idioms: A Game of Concentration

Brainstorm popular expressions with friends and family, then explore their meanings through game play and writing/drawing/cut-and-paste activities.

Grades
3 - 8
|
Follow the Word Trail: Organize a Treasure Hunt

Create a treasure hunt out of word-puzzle clues hidden around the home or yard.

Grades
9 - 12
|
Special Memories & Significant Moments: Making an Electronic Scrapbook

Using a variety of artifacts, mementos, and technologies, teens can create an electronic scrapbook of their most important moments in high school.

<em>Where the Sidewalk Ends</em> by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.
Grades
1 - 12
|
Calendar Activity
|
Author & Text
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.
Students are introduced to a Silverstein verse and asked for their impressions. They then draw that they imagine when they read one of his lines and then write a line or two to continue the passage.
Grades
K - 12
|
Calendar Activity
|
Holiday & School Celebration
Today is the International Day of Peace.
Students brainstorm a list of current conflicts and why people fight. Groups discuss and present possible solutions and create posters that promote their particular solution.
Mickey Mouse appeared in his first animated feature.
Grades
3 - 8
|
Calendar Activity
|
Historical Figure & Event
Mickey Mouse appeared in his first animated feature.

Students create a short, humorous story with at least one action character, and then use online tools to make a flipbook.

Latinx Heritage Month begins today.
Grades
5 - 12
|
Calendar Activity
|
Holiday & School Celebration
Hispanic Heritage Month begins today.

Students brainstorm all the various aspects of Latinx culture and compile topics to research. Groups then research topics and present their information to the class.

Library Card Sign-up Month begins today.
Grades
K - 6
|
Calendar Activity
|
Holiday & School Celebration
Library Card Sign-up Month begins today.
A school or public library librarian is invited to visit the classroom to talk to the students about the advantages of having a library card. Students then take a library tour to acquaint them with the general features and resources available.

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Page 20
  • Page 21
  • Page 22
  • Page 23
  • Page 24
  • Page 25
  • Page 26
  • Page 27
  • Page 28
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

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