Electronic text of Thomas Palgrave's book, "The Golden Treasury: Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language". There are several ways to find the poem that you want to study: by author, by title, by first line, and by chronology. Excellent resource.
Learn about the lives of gorillas born in captivity in this video segment from Nature. [8:21]
This expository article, written for students in grades 4-5, explains why ice floats and how this is essential to life on earth. Modified versions are available for younger students.
Lesson that introduces students to the comprehension technique of summarizing. Students learn using the QuIP (questions into paragraphs) method which involves organizing information and putting it in writing.
This site features a guided reading lesson plan for "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie." It features a materials lists and a lesson plan.
In writing and reading organization is the key to a reader's understanding. A great site for those of you who are looking for some further explanation of organization in writing. There is instruction, an example text, and specific organization style on this page. RI.9-10.3 author unfolds, RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
The lessons in this unit are designed to help your students recognize how people of different cultures and time periods have used cloth-based art forms (quilts) to pass down their traditions and history.
Use this graphic organizer to help examine the elements of a drama.
In this lesson, students must learn to recognize the differences between fact and opinion.
This article reprints and links to informational text about the art and science of igloos. Versions are available for students in grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. Related science and literacy activities are included.
Poetic techniques, the poet's "arsenal" of techniques, and links to literary terms are features of this text-based page.
This article discusses the characteristics of fiction and the expectations that readers have.
Research article on the use of book trailers to promote reading in the classroom. The article discusses the benefits of book trailers, provides examples of effective book trailers, and offers tips for creating book trailers that engage students.
This website provides "Environmental Print Cards," which can be printed out and used in a variety of learning activities through which young readers match images, sound out words, count syllables, and categorize products.
Humor is not the first thing people associate with Poe, but this essay offers a look at the humor that Poe attempted in his writing. Good for a different look at an often-studied author. Offers a bibliography and links to online texts.
A lesson plan for using the BookNook platform to create book trailers. The lesson includes step-by-step instructions for creating a book trailer and offers tips for making the trailer engaging and effective.
This article assembles free resources from the Icebergs and Glaciers issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.
This article features children's literature about icebergs and glaciers.
Students will learn about the impact of enjambment in Gwendolyn Brooks' short but far-reaching poem "We Real Cool." One element of this lesson plan that is bound to draw students in is a compelling video of working-class Bostonian John Ulrich reciting the poem.