TEACHING RESOURCE
By Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was…
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…
DAILY WARM-UPS
This nonfiction reading warm-up features a short reading passage and comprehension questions about healthy foods. Use…
With this teaching strategy resource, we show you how to make the most out of KWL charts in your classroom. K-W-L stands…
Download for free! How to use one of the most effective graphic organizers A running record is a way to assess a…
LESSON PLANS
Present this Common Core-aligned lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students practice story…
GAMES AND APPS
Explore an activity that helps students to get to know one another using animal sounds.
Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on The Three Little Pigs.
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
This gallery features information on children's author Eric Carle's 10 best books. Each slide also features a related…
Sequencing the events of a text refers to the identification of the beginning, middle, and end. Learn how to teach this…
When we read aloud to students, we expand their imaginations, provide new knowledge, support language acquisition, build…
Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book Cloudy With a Chance of…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Introduce the concept of character traits in your reading comprehension instruction with this graphic organizer. This…
WORKSHEETS
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in following written directions.
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…
An essential tool for language arts classes! This graphic organizer will help students identify the main idea of a…
Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the text The Hare and the…
This detail-oriented graphic organizer helps students strengthen reading comprehension by identifying important story…
Students read a short, nonfiction passage about mountains and answer multiple-choice reading comprehension questions.…
Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.
Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading comprehension with a strategy.…
Use this guide to help students write a descriptive paragraph about a friend. This printable works well as part of an…
Classic kids' books for summer reading - with activities for family learning! Pick any book from this list of the best…
Set up a "reading buddies" program with your students by pairing older and younger students together to read aloud to…
