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Science NetLinks: Patterns of Communication
various means of communication intriguing (e.g., sign language, road signs, body movements) and at a young age they know that certain shapes, symbols, and colors have special meaning in society. Students at this level should already know that information can be sent and received in many diffe...
ReadWriteThink: Celebrate National Teacher Day
Grade K | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson A Getting-Acquainted Activity Using My Teacher’s Secret Life Students build classroom community as they get to know each other and their teacher better by sharing what they like to do outside school. Grades K &ndash...
What Jamie Saw
Review Not all families are happy ones and not all adults behave in an adult or admirable manner. This is a spare, insightful story about feeling safe after being afraid and in danger. It's a story about physical abuse on the part of one parent and about the efforts made by the othe...
 Well Versed
Inspire creativity • Ask: "What do poets write about?" Have students choose a topic to explore through poetry. • Nonsense! He Yelled is a funny look at children's names. On the final page poet Roger Eschbacher invites readers to participate: "Good-bye! Good-bye...
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Inspire creativity • Ask: "What do poets write about?" Have students choose a topic to explore through poetry. • Nonsense! He Yelled is a funny look at children's names. On the final page poet Roger Eschbacher invites readers to participate: "Good-bye! Good-bye!/ We say good-bye./ It's sad we're out of time./ Before we go,/ won't you please try/ Your own name in a rhyme?" • Nikki Grimes's Bronx Masquerade is a novel with poetry at its heart. Students in a high school English class unveil once
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Inspire creativity • Ask: "What do poets write about?" Have students choose <span class="highlight">a</span> topic to explore through poetry. • Nonsense! He Yelled is <span class="highlight">a</span> funny look at children's names. On the final page poet Roger Eschbacher invites readers to participate: "Good-bye! Good-bye!/ We say good-bye./ It's sad we're out of time./ Before we go,/ won't you please try/ Your own name in <span class="highlight">a</span> rhyme?" • Nikki Grimes's Bronx Masquerade is <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">novel</span> with poetry at its heart. Students in <span class="highlight">a</span> high school English class unveil once
ReadWriteThink: Guided Comprehension: Evaluating Using the Meeting of the Minds Technique
Minds technique, a comprehension strategy that teaches them to act out the opposing views of two or more characters in an oral debate or interview format. Students begin with teacher-directed, whole-group instruction for using this strategy. As students read various versions of...
Resources for How Tia Lola Came to Stay
to keep Tia Lola a secret from his new Vermont friends proves more difficult than Miguel thinks, and teaching her English is even harder. But, Tia Lola's special friendliness and charm gives her a language of her own, "a language of understanding." She brings...
Memorial Day Resources
Lesson Plans Observing Memorial Day Activities Easy Crossword Easy Word Search Harder Crossword Includes Crossword and Word Search Memorial Day Puzzles Clipart Memorial Day Clip Art Memorial Day Graphics Memorial Day Pictures Resource History of Memorial Day Memorial Day Links Memorial Day...
ReadWriteThink: Alter Egos and More With Avi's 'Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?'
themselves as characters. After reading or listening to the novel, students chart the plot of the story and discuss how it differs from other novels they have read. They research the history of radio shows, using an online tool. After discussing the character of Frankie, students crea...
ReadWriteThink: Genre Characteristics
Genre Characteristics FANTASY: • contains elements that are not realistic o talking animals o magical powers o often set in a medieval universe o possibly involving mythical beings HISTORICAL FICTION: • stories centered around the basis of a partially historical situation...
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Genre Characteristics FANTASY: • contains elements that are not realistic o talking animals o magical powers o often set in a medieval universe o possibly involving mythical beings HISTORICAL FICTION: • stories centered around the basis of a partially historical situation • a novel set in a historical period MYSTERY: • a novel involving: o strangeness o solving a puzzling event or situation o something unknown o solving a crime o centered around a person who investigates
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson270/genre_sheet.pdf#page=1
www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson270/genre_sheet.pdf#page=1
Genre Characteristics FANTASY: • contains elements that are not realistic o talking animals o magical powers o often set in <span class="highlight">a</span> medieval universe o possibly involving mythical beings HISTORICAL FICTION: • stories centered around the basis of <span class="highlight">a</span> partially historical situation • <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">novel</span> set in <span class="highlight">a</span> historical period MYSTERY: • <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">novel</span> involving: o strangeness o solving <span class="highlight">a</span> puzzling event or situation o something unknown o solving <span class="highlight">a</span> crime o centered around <span class="highlight">a</span> person who investigates
Birchbark House, The
the death of her brother that changes Omakayas into a sad, joyless being. Old Tallow brings Omakayas her only relief and encouragement. The very last pages of the book contain the secret of Omakayas and bring the whole book full circle. As you begin sharing reactions to th...
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