TEACHING RESOURCE
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…
LESSON PLANS
A complete collection of resources for applying this critical reading strategy Help your students be good readers with…
Learn and apply this critical reading instruction strategy Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our…
With this teaching strategy resource, we show you how to make the most out of KWL charts in your classroom. K-W-L stands…
Sequencing the events of a text refers to the identification of the beginning, middle, and end. Learn how to teach this…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Most teachers reinforce students' skills and understanding with graphic organizers. This collection of our Top 10…
The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in reading comprehension,…
ACTIVITIES
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) is a teaching strategy that guides students in making predictions about a…
WORKSHEETS
Get to know your students by making a classroom giving tree. To introduce this activity, you'll read Shel Silverstein's…
Use this worksheet to teach children about conflict resolution and problem solving. Children will write about a conflict…
ASSESSMENT
This customizable rubric will help you assess your students' writing performance across your curriculum. The ten-point…
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith discusses discipline and how punishments should fit…
Supplement pupils' reading of The North Star, by Peter H. Reynolds, with fun classroom activities designed to encourage…
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith explains how to establish a sense of trust with your…
Learn how to be a good role model in this excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.
Rafe Esquith, gives advice on being dependable in your classroom, in this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.…
Foster new friendships in your classroom with this icebreaker activity from the Henry and Mudge series. This printable…
This excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire will introduce you to Rafe Esquith and his advice on being a successful…
Learn about Dyslexia, the most prevalent type of learning disability.
This excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire will instruct you on how to create a save haven for your…
Utilize these teaching tips from Diary of a Would-Be Princess to help your students become great journal writers!
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Find great ideas for your bulletin board, such as careers, ecology, seasons, and animals. All of these activities and…
Explore teaching activities to be used in collaboration with the novel Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland.
Discussion questions and cross-curricular letter-writing activities in this printable packet will extend students'…
