Close Reading Demonstration

In this lesson, you will walk through the steps of close reading with your students and teach them how to complete each step.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Kristina Cassidy

Close Reading in the Google Classroom

In this lesson, Students will work within Google Classroom to read an article and complete activities based on each step of the close reading process.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Kristina Cassidy

Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story

Through a close reading of "Amelia Bedelia", students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

OETC20 Presentation Closing The Million Word Gap

This presentation was shared at OETC20, Ohio's technology conference. It provides research and resources behind the importance of building working vocabulary for all students in all subject areas preK-12. Tools include sources of high quality text sets.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Char Shryock

Choosing One Word: Summarizing Shel Silverstein's "Sick"

Students select what they believe to be the most important word in a text that they have read and justify their choice using examples from the text.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Book Clubs: Reading for Fun

This lesson describes how small groups of students can plan meetings to discuss what they've read in a "just for fun" book club they've organized - and that they control.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Catching the Bug for Reading Through Interactive Read-Alouds

Students learn about story structure, new vocabulary, and a variety of reading strategies by participating in an interactive read-aloud of "Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten" by Joseph Slate.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

e-Book Reading and Response: Innovative Ways to Engage with Texts

Students in Grades 5 through 12 read and respond to electronic books by using e-book tools and features, including digital note-taking capabilities.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Bingo! Using Environmental Print to Practice Reading

The game Bingo is transformed in this lesson in which students use symbols and images to make connections to environmental print through the use of personalized Bingo cards.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Book Report Alternative: Creating Reading Excitement with Book Trailers

In this alternative to the traditional book report, students create book trailers using Microsoft Photo Story 3, a free downloadable software program for digital storytelling.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Reading and Writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Unit of Study

Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading

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

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Daily Book Boosts

Book Boosts: one-minute raves at the end of independent reading time: are easy ways to suggest new titles to students, and they act as a way for students to have something to think about as they read.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Acquiring New Vocabulary Through Book Discussion Groups

This lesson employs direct instruction and small-group discussion to help students learn new vocabulary skills while reading Patricia Polacco's "Pink and Say".

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Bitmoji Your Bookshelf DLD2021

Get ready to add some personality to your online content! In this session, we will explore how Google Slides can be utilized in conjunction with images to create a unique and engaging way to share content and links with your students. Join us as we go through the process of changing your slide background, adding linked images, incorporating your own Bitmoji, and publishing your slide to the web. Live Q & A:

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

A Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books

Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Opening the Door for Reading: Sharing Favorite Texts to Build Community

In this lesson, students build classroom community by exploring environmental print and a teacher-created display that focuses on a favorite book. They then create and share their own presentations.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers

Students make purposeful choices for their reading materials, thinking about their reasons for reading a book and using strategies to match books to their abilities.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

INFOhio Learning Pathways Class: BookFlix

Learn more about Scholastic BookFlix, provided at no cost to Ohio schools by INFOhio. This literacy resource for students in grades PreK-3 includes over 140 pairs of fiction and nonfiction eBooks. This class will help educators learn how to use the resource and integrate BookFlix into classroom instruction. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for two contact hours.

Material Type: Full Course

Book Creator

Book Creator is a free app which provide multi-media tools to create an ebook. Discover how to apply these tools within the writing process. Templates and example books are shared and can be downloaded into your own Book Creator Library and Drive. Choice Boards are also included with examples spanning Elementary to High School.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy