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A collection of poetry for grade school students. There are poems by subject and a poetry theater. There is also a section to "read and rate" poems.

Students can create their own stories online and reread them. There are resources for homework help and games to play.

Chpt. 12: Global and Multicultural literature for Young Adults : This chapter concerns young adult literature that involves or allows for a focus on the experience of social and cultural difference and diversity, locally, nationally, and most importantly globally. In the past we might have called this multicultural literature, or possibly international or world literature, but we prefer the more inclusive and comprehensive term global literature.

Pathways to the Common Core: Videos from Inside Classrooms features almost 40 clips of Common-Core aligned teaching and learning. Captured scenes of classroom teaching in an effort to help you imagine methods of teaching that can support students in moving towards the ambitious standards set by the Common Core.

Reading Workshop is a powerful way to structure your reading class. Using this model involves encouraging your students to choose their own books as well as providing significant amounts of time for them to read independently. This site provides a variety of resources for Reading Workshop.

Interactive, multiple-modality tool for a figurative language lesson. After viewing, students may write their own rap, song, or poem integrating figurative language.

Predictive text writing assistance program. May enhance the writing skills of students with special needs.

This site has an updated list of popular nonfiction that teachers or students could browse by category. You can also search the site for nonfiction books by title or author.

This article is about teachers using technology to assist their students in learning to read.

Award-winning reading solution with thousands of leveled readers, lesson plans, worksheets and assessments to teach guided reading, reading proficiency and comprehension to K-5 students

Watch how teachers can review rhetorical devices with students in preparation for a writing assignment. Video delves into the art of persuasion and crafting an argument.