David and Phyllis Whitin offer K–6 teachers a wealth of ideas for integrating literature and mathematics.
New Visions for Linking Literature and Mathematics
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Language Learners in the English Classroom
7 - 12
Professional Library
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This book provides practical, research-based strategies that can help secondary-level English language learners meet the challenges of both language and content learning.
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Engaging Grammar: Practical Advice for Real Classrooms
7 - 12
Professional Library
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Amy Benjamin challenges the idea of "skill and drill" grammar instruction, and Tom Oliva provides a teacher's journal chronicling how the concepts in this book can work in a real classroom.
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Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom
K - 6
Professional Library
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Katie Wood Ray explains in practical terms the theoretical underpinnings of how elementary and middle school students learn to write from their reading.
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Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation
9 - 12
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Are your students easily fooled? You'll find out in this lesson in which students carefully and critically examine hoax websites to determine their validity.
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Make a Splash! Using Dramatic Experience to "Explode the Moment"
3 - 5
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Students will have a blast as they use descriptive language to write about an "explosive" and dramatic moment in their lives.
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Solving the Math Curse: Reading and Writing Math Word Problems
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Students' reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills add up as they decipher word problems and use what they've learned to solve a crossword puzzle.
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In the Style of Ernie Pyle: Reporting on World War II
9 - 12
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Students will think this lesson should make the headlines when they finish researching Ernie Pyle's work in preparation for writing their own news articles.
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Pictures Tell the Story: Improving Comprehension With Persepolis
9 - 12
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Students get the big picture of the Middle East when they read and analyze Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis.
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A Musical Prompt: Postcards From the Concert
3 - 5
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Students won't miss a beat in this musical lesson that combines listening with personal response on a postcard.
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The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
K - 2
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A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
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Creating a Classroom Newspaper
3 - 5
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Students write authentic newspaper stories, including learning about various aspects of newspapers, such as writing an article, online articles, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques.
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Teaching Audience Through Interactive Writing
K - 2
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Through interactive writing, students work together and then independently to create invitation letters for a group of their peers and their families.
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Guided Comprehension: Previewing Using an Anticipation Guide
3 - 6
Lesson Plan
| Recurring Lesson
Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the comprehension strategy of previewing.
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Magazine Redux: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
9 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
Paper and pixels get compared in this lesson in which students compare both printed and online versions of a magazine.
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Fact or Fiction: Learning About Worms Using Diary of a Worm
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
Students often believe that fiction writers make everything up, seldom realizing how research worms its way into entertaining writing. In this lesson, students read Diary of a Worm to find out how fact merges with fiction.
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Going on a Shape Hunt: Integrating Math and Literacy
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
Students participate in a scavenger hunt for shapes; reading, writing, and discussion of shapes encourage literacy and math skills.
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Q is for Duck: Using Alphabet Books With Struggling Writers
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
A is for zoo? Q is for duck? The alphabet as students know it is transformed when students create a class book that contains clever associations for each letter of the alphabet.
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Timelines and Texts: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
In an effort to help motivate students to read nonfiction, students are challenged to use a timeline to help them name the year when certain products were invented.
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Name Talk: Exploring Letter-Sound Knowledge in the Primary Classroom
K - 1
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| Standard Lesson
Students demonstrate their letter/sound knowledge by working with name cards and sharing observations about their classmates' names, giving teachers an opportunity to assess knowledge in a meaningful context.