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Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 9: Noodles Around the World [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn all about noodles or pasta including their history, materials used, names, and how it is eaten.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 10: Beavers and the Environment [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn how beavers both help and hurt the environment they live it.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 12: Stringing Along [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn about string instruments such as the violin including how it is made, how it is played, and how it works.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 9: Pianos:the Loud and the Soft [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn about the piano including what the word means and how it works.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 7: The Art of Recycling [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn how recycled materials can be turned into works of art and the statement the artist is making.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Stained Glass: Painting With Sunlight [Pdf]
This magazine article discusses stained glass including its history, how it is made, and materials used to make it.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 8: Guitars:the Kings of Rock [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn about guitars including the history of guitars, kinds of guitars, and how they work.
iCivics
I Civics: Win the White House
In this virtual simulation game, student will run their own Presidential campaign. Students will raise compaign funds, poll voters, launch media campaigns, making personal appearances, and monitor electoral medeals
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Use Details and Examples
Review how to use text evidence, details, examples, and personal experiences to make inferences then read a passage to practice on your own.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Patterns of Organization for Academic Texts
A list of six different ways to organize a text with links to more information for each.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Improve an Argument [Pdf]
This resource provides a downloadable worksheet. Students will read a nonfiction article and then answer scaffolded questions that will help them determine the strength of evidence presented in the argument. Then students will provide...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Read to Learn, Share What You Learn [Pdf]
Several tips for reading to learn are provided on this page. Students will explore the BIG idea presented in a nonfiction piece.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: K Plus (Spanish) [Pdf]
Translated into Spanish, this graphic organizer can be used by student to collect facts about a topic. Students will collect information but record the "gold standard" of facts only.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Constructing a Working Thesis
Students will find a thorough definition of a thesis. Non-examples of thesis statements are also provided.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Nature Changer
As an extension to the PBS Kids' series Plum Landing, students will choose among several animals and simulate their attempt to forage for food to survive.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Popular Poplars
After watching the "Popular Poplars" episode of PBS Kids' Plum Landing, students will draw a picture of poplar trees and publish them online. Students will include butterflies alongs their trees.
InterLink Language Centers
Interlink Language Centers: Reading Exercises Science
An interactive exercise for students to use while developing an understanding of how to read scientific informational texts. The text is presented one paragraph at a time and difficult vocabulary words are defined as footnotes. Then...
Other
Cable News Network, Inc.: Learning Resources: Story Archives
Links to various new stories sorted alphabetically by title and by category. Each story is available in full story, abridged story, or story outline format.
Other
Text Help: Middle Grades Informational Text [Pdf]
A useful resource with ideas for teachers to meet the Common Core Standard 8.3 for informational text. The ideas are designed for use with the program Read and Write Gold, but could be implemented on paper.
Other
Read Works: New York Buildings "Going Green" [Pdf]
An informational text about eco-friendly buildings in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Read Works: Japan: Your Japanese Counterparts [Pdf]
An informational text about students in Japan. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Read Works: How Glaciers Change the World [Pdf]
Students read about how glaciers created land forms such as mountains and lakes during and after the Ice Age. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Read Works: Explorers [Pdf]
Students read about explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew as they attempted to circumnavigate the globe. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Read Works: The Human Body: The Human Heart [Pdf]
An informational text about the human heart, its parts, and it functions. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.