Awesome Audio Stories and more! - LiveBinder - 1 views
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Elisabeth Borowicz on 14 Mar 12Great for listening/reading centers, quiet moments, fill-ins
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Storyline Online - 0 views
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Celebrities reading books aloud
Read Tennessee | 2nd Grade - 0 views
Frogs Gail Gibbons - 0 views
We All Grow and Change - 0 views
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When you are a baby, you need help with many things. You learn how to walk, how to talk, and how to eat with a spoon. As you grow, you change in many ways. You become taller and stronger. You run and climb and swim. You learn to read and think big thoughts!
Using Headings to Determine the Main Idea (Nonfiction) - 0 views
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will discuss how headings in nonfiction can help us determine the main idea of that section of the book. I will choose a section in The Shark: Silent Hunter by Renée Le Bloas-Julienne. I will read the heading and think aloud about what the main idea of this section is.
Comprehension Activities - 0 views
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The FreeReading Comprehension activities are organized into three categories: Introduce, Reintroduce and Build Mastery. The following is a description of the types of activities you will find within each category: The activities below address important comprehension skills and strategies. Click on any of the blue links below to begin a comprehension lesson.
The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts - 0 views
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ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals.
Read Write Think Printing Press - 0 views
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Students can use this interactive tool to create a newspaper, brochure, booklet, or flyer.The tool is linked to several lesson plans for teaching informational writing. This resource provides an opportunity to emphasize structures and features specific to nonfiction text, as students create and print their informational pieces.
Question Starter Matching Game - 0 views
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The link is for a simple matching game that asks students to think about the "who, what, when, where, why, how, and how many" question stems. This matching game is a great group discussion starter when helping students develop their abilities to formulate questions about text.
Making Informational Text Accessible - 0 views
Informational Writing - 0 views
ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Venn Diagram - 0 views
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The Venn Diagram is an interactive tool that allows students to create Venn Diagrams that contain two overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
The Life Cycle of the Butterfly - 0 views
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly Grade Level(s): 1-2 By: Liz Capote, first grade teacher Students write a biography of a caterpillar using appropriate vocabulary and time lines.
I Have/Who Has Text Features - 0 views
Following Directions to Make a Tangram - 0 views
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Guided reading strategies are utilized to teach students how to effectively read informational text. Challenged to cut a tangram, students read how-to directions and demonstrate their understanding of geometric terms to complete the task successfully. The directions are written on a second grade level.
Expository Text Wheel - 0 views
Book Look - 0 views
Author's Purpose Sort - 1 views
A "Treasure Hunt" for Nonfiction Features - 0 views
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This lesson compares the structures of fiction and nonfiction texts, and introduces students to nonfiction text features. One of the suggested materials is this PowerPoint presentation on nonfiction text features. This lesson is a fun way to begin a discussion about the structural differences between fiction and nonfiction (using a Venn diagram).