In this lesson students will create a graphic organizer that uses the titles and subtitles of an informational text before they begin reading.
In this lessons students identify information from text using titles, subtitles, diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, illustrations, and captions by using a preview checklist.
In this lesson students will use the core standards and an academic vocabulary template (adapted from Janet Allen and Robert Marzano) to explicitly learn the academic language they will need to understand, not only in English Language Arts, but in all content areas.
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
Visualizing is a reading comprehension strategy that can be applied to science-themed texts, according to this article from Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle, a magazine that integrates literacy and science skills instruction. The author identifies six online resources that have activities, lesson plans, and more information.
This article discusses the reading comprehension strategy of visualization and how it can be used to enhance students' understanding of content-area text. Templates and links are provided.
Students explore a variety of sources for information about voting. They evaluate the information to determine if it is fact or opinion, and then create a graffiti wall about voting.
Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.
Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Websites.
Introduce the world of work to primary students through an exploration of careers in Kids Infobits.
This "jigsaw" activity will give students the opportunity to work in groups to summarize a 1 to 2 page informational text. It "jigsaws" down to 1 class summary and can be done in 2 or 3 days. This plan was designed for a class of 22 students but can be easily modified by varying group size.
This choice board, created from Google Slides, includes 20 different eBooks from Predator vs. Predator, Bug Wars, and Animal Battles series. Try to guess who will win before you read each eBook!
Explore the similarities and differences among words typically considered synonyms with this tool that allows middle- and secondary-level students organize groups of words by connotation on one axis and by register on another.
Bookworms will enjoy the bytes they find in this lesson as they research and share information about online library services in places around the world.
Students use the faces and places they learn about in their research to write a biography about a contemporary or historical figure.
This lesson encourages young students to see themselves as writers with a message to convey. Three types of reports are provided to show what kindergartners and emergent writers can do.
Students build upon their knowledge of biographies to write their own autobiographical incident. After going through a process of revision, they use a rubric to assess their work.
Special edition! Students use ReadWriteThink tools to create magazines about prominent figures using a variety of writing genres and styles.
Students in Grades 5 through 12 read and respond to electronic books by using e-book tools and features, including digital note-taking capabilities.
Grades K-3. Students apply and build their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they play games and interact with letters online, creating their own ABC book as a final activity.