Read Works
Read Works: Lesson 2: Using Pictures to Support the Main Idea
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will peruse the pictures of an informational text to predict the topic of the book.
NBC
Nbc Learn
NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, is dedicated to making historic stories, images, and primary source documents available on-demand to teachers, students, and parents.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Who Lives at the Poles?
In this lesson, students will be able to gather information from provided resources to answer a question. Included is a video of the introduction of this lesson, pictures of students' completed work, and examples of books on the subject...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Ew, Gross!
In this lesson, students will be able to gather information from provided resources to answer a question. Using the book "Owls", the teacher will read the book while asking guiding questions. After the book, the students will have to...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Informal Assessment
Administering informal assessments on a regular basis throughout the school year provides useful information that can help teachers to identify the individual strengths and weaknesses of each student and guide the next steps in...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Learning About Polar Bears (Or Any Topic)
Explore how to use research tools to access information.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Building Background Knowledge
The importance of background knowledge is especially salient in the age of Common Core. This article offers practical classroom strategies to build background knowledge such as using contrasts and comparisons and encouraging...
Other
Speech and Language Kids: Asking and Answering Questions
This article focuses on children with speech and language delays, but the tips can be used for any preschool student to practice asking and answering questions. It lists developmental milestones and provides links to activities for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literacy
Multiple resources such as videos and interactive games from Sesame Street that can be used to build literacy skills.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Getting Started With Guided Reading
How do you get started with guided reading? At this site one can find the answer to this question. The online lesson plans will help get students started with guided reading.
PBS
Pbs: Multiple Methods of Reading Instruction
This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Pediatrician
Listen and read along as a pediatrician describes how she takes care of children in this interactive book for early learners.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Actively Seek Out Information That Challenges Our Beliefs
Based upon a speech delivered by President Barack Obama, this activity encourages students to check out the "flip side" of issues before making up your mind.
Other
Audiblox: Foundational Reading Skills
What types of reading skills do students need to be successful? This informative site focuses on students with learning disabilities. Explore!
Kansas Historical Society
Kansas Historical Society: Who's the Boss: Kindergarten [Pdf]
This is a comprehensive lesson plan for early elementary students to research and present information (PDF format). Students will learn through primary sources the chain of command that we all must live under. Students will consider...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Literature Circles With Primary Students, Self Selected Reading
Learners respond to self-selected books in journals and talk about their books daily in small groups. The teacher guides students by offering suggestions and writing with them in dialogue journals.
Read Works
Read Works: About Your Bones
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the skeletonThis passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning....
Read Works
Read Works: How Plants Work
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different parts of a plant: the leaves, stem, roots, and flowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: How Plants Get Water and Food
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about a plant's roots and why they are important. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Save Your Paper, Help Earth
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how recycling paper can help Earth. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: How Trees Help
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about trees and the way they help people. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Parts of a Tree
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how leaves, branches, bark, and roots make up the parts of a tree. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Mayor
What's it like to be a mayor? Early learners will discover how the job gets done as they listen and read along to a Hawaiian mayor's story.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Your Daily Learning Platform
An index to the Discovery Channel. Find resources for teachers, students, and even parents, from science experiments to math help, to virtual field trips.