Read and listen to stories with some words missing. Fill in the missing words, see how many words you spelled correctly, and get corrections for the ones you missed.
Join teachers and students all over the country in observing the migratory patterns of birds and butterflies and the growth changes of plants as the climate changes. "Journey North" offers a wealth of resources to use as you investigate the causes and effects of seasonal change: maps, shared data from all over the country, migratory news, FAQs from experts, videos, and slide shows. You'll also learn how to track the coming of spring with your very own tulip study.
This lesson plan will help students explore adaptation, especially as it relates to migration. Students will come to realize that adaptations can be behavioral as well as physical. Students are assigned a particular animal to investigate and they consider all the adaptations that enable it to migrate.
A comprehensive resource that contains a number of facts about robins. In addition, there are challenge questions, lessons and activities to use in the classroom. The migration pattern is also tracked.
Find a collection of lessons, activities, and informative articles on the common loon.
Impressive animated slideshow presentation on the sun's daily cycle and how the sunlight changes hour by hour over the course of a day. Includes a teacher guide with lesson plan ideas and activities.
Learn how to distinguish facts from opinions by using a list of guiding questions.
This reading resource discusses the strategy of identifying an author's viewpoint. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they analyze the author's viewpoint.
Learn how to identify the text structures of chronological/sequence, cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast, description, and directions by using a list of guiding questions.
Learn how to identify the main ideas and supporting details in an informational text by using a list of guiding questions.
Learn how to go beyond the literal meaning of a text by using a list of guiding questions to make inferences and draw conclusions.
Learn how to paraphrase a text by using a list of guiding questions.
Learn how to identify the cause and effect relationships within a text by using a list of guiding questions.
Learn what a summary is and how to write an objective summary of an informational text by using a list of guiding questions.
This student observation guide walks learners through setting up an investigation of the seasons and their causes. Students can report their actual data right there on the page.
This is an appropriate resource for investigating the impact seasonal change has on organisms. Have your students track the changes that come with spring by journaling. The online table addresses physical changes in the environment (temperature, etc.) as well as changes in plants and animals.
A 190-page reader of selected writings from the most-influential thinkers of the Western tradition on the wide-ranging subject of ethics. Essential background information for any serious student of the principles of law, good government, society, politics, religion, and ethical reasoning. Includes excerpts from Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, the bible, Aquinas, Locke, Jefferson, Bentham, and Marx, among others.
Read about the regions of the United States, find the states in those regions on maps, and play a game to locate the states. A great interactive review.
Use these interactive maps to see and read about the colonization of the New World by several European nations. When you are finished looking at the maps, test your skills with the European Colonies Challenge.