This lesson, using the animated story "Party Moose" from the series Molly of Denali, shows the importance of paying attention to meaning while reading and using strategies, such as rereading, when something doesn't make sense. Molly and her mother, a pilot in Alaska, must get a moose off the runway. When Molly can't understand what she is reading in her advice book, she rereads more slowly and figures out the meaning of an unfamiliar word through pictures. Students utilize these strategies in the context of their current literacy, STEM, or social studies unit.

This is a list of interactive vocabulary puzzles and activities for holidays and celebrations.

This lesson plan features the Latin roots NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU/SECU = follow. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue, and a vocabulary word list. Words: Attractive, Consequence, Contract, Executive, Good-natured, International, Nativity, Portrait, Pursuit, Retraction, Subsequent, Unnatural

This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.

This site offers definitions of the many and varied terms used to describe tides and currents.

Make your students' game play more meaningful with activities designed specifically for NewsFeed Defenders. This easy-to-use resource set means deeper learning for students and best practices around game-centered learning for you!
Extension Packs require PowerPoint and are designed for use with projectors or interactive whiteboards. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Identify markers of verification, transparency, accountability, and independence in news stories. *Define and identify problematic news items, and other news-related types of misinformation. *Explain a variety of strategies to verify images and information *Evaluate text for bias based on word choices and framing methods. *Use third party information to judge credibility of a source. *Evaluate the benefits and challenges of digital news and social media to a democratic society.

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, an early astronaut's experiences teach students that Newton's third law of motion—for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction—applies both on Earth and in outer space.

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the nutritional content of different foods and learn about the health benefits and risks associated with the food choices they make.

Students create alphabet books, which are used as an integrated assessment with science, health, social studies, and any other content area. This lesson plans looks at the theme of community.

Teach your students about sentence structure, rhyming words, sight words, vocabulary, and print concepts using a weekly poem.

A screencast introducing prefixes and their effects on the meaning of a root word. [2:00]

Examine the seven forms of propaganda found in advertising and politics. Discover the persuasive methods behind the messaging we see every day and gain skills to effectively identify and counter them. A classroom gallery walk challenges students to detect the propaganda techniques at work and evaluate their effectiveness.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Differentiate among forms of persuasive media. *Identify bias, propaganda, and symbolism in media. *Identify forms of propaganda in use.

Do you need practice learning and remembering algebra vocabulary terms? This concentration game is the web site for you! There is a link to a list of terms with definitions you can click if you want to see if you are correct.

This site is an interactive game for one or two players. Gives two definitions that fit the same word. Players have to guess and spell the target word for points.

Matching, Concentration and flashcards to practice identifying homophones which sound the same but are spelled differently.

This site has a matching game that stands up to multiple plays. This site is helpful practice for upper elementary vocabulary.

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the two basic forms of reproduction for the living things that practice them.