ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Digging Up Details on Worms: Using Science in an Inquiry Study
A lesson plan based on a study unit of earthworms, using the inquiry model to integrate scientific processes with literacy practices. Instruction plans, related resources, and standards are included.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Comprehension Strategies With Elie Wiesel's Night
Working in small groups, young scholars read and discuss Elie Wiesel's memoir Night and then take turns assuming the "teacher" role, as the class works with four different comprehension strategies.RI.11-12.4 Word meaning, RI.11-12.10b...
Other
Education Galaxy: Topic, Illustrations and Predictions
Practice making predictions about an informational text by looking at the title and pictures. Play in study or game mode.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Time Travel
Use this NOVA lesson to discuss the nature of time and the grandfather paradox. Examine time from different perspectives by plotting ages on a timeline, estimating how long a minute is and imagining going back in time to change something...
Read Works
Read Works: Catch That Ball
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text that asks the reader to make predictions about a girl who made a beautiful sandcastle and two boys playing football nearby. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Earthquake Machine 3 Earthquake Prediction: Adi Style Activity
Young scholars work in small groups to use a physical model, the earthquake machine, to examine the occurrence of earthquakes and the inputs and outputs of fault systems.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Plenty of Predictions [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students read a text stopping to make predictions and then determine if those predictions were correct. Materials are included.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sponge Bob Round Pants? What's the Chance?
What are the chances of SpongeBob having kids with round pants? Working in cooperative learning groups, young scholars explore the concept of probability. Using interactive websites, students explore the possibilities of an organism...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Customizable Graphic Organizers
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers for reading students. Forms are provided for plot, character analysis, reading logs, and reading responses.
Other
Hubbard's Cupboard: The Enormous "Kinder" Garden
In this unit from Hubbard's Cupboard, an elementary class will read several books together, each having a strong connection to the next. There are ideas for cross-curricular lessons, so this could be a site that shapes the next several...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Southwest Literacy Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a literacy unit based around a Southwest / Westward Expansion Theme. Native Americans, pioneers, and the old west is covered. 8 different literacy strategies are taught with FULL...
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Ncrel Anticipation: Reaction Guide
A model of a quick survey to give students to help them activate their prior knowledge of subject matter. Alter this survey to suit your particular subject.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Curious George: Ramp N Roll Experiment
Identify simple principles of physical science and engineering by exploring ramps and things that roll. Predict which items will slide or roll down a ramp and test your predictions.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Lesson Plan: Scientific Method "The Big Ahah"
This lesson plan helps students understand and use the scientific method. It also helps helps students understand the importance of good scientific experimentation to the scientific method.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Daredevil Ball Jump Ii Experiment
Make alterations in the variables of the original ZOOM Daredevil Ball Jump activity by heating or cooling the balls in the experiment. Predict how the balls' bounces will be affected by hot and cold, test the predictions and record the...
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Nsw Dept. Of Ed.: Predicting [Pdf]
PDF page from the New South Wales, Australia, Department of Education and Training that contains suggestions for helping students predict the outcome of something they are about to read. It includes some suggestions for how to achieve...