The first part of this lesson from The Common Core Companion Booster Lessons, Grades K-2, explores reading mentor texts for parts of a letter; the second part shows how to use interactive writing to inform about and present knowledge.
Use this lesson from The Common Core Companion Booster Lessons, Grades 3-5, to explain to students how an author uses reasons and evidence in informational text.
This lesson from 30-Big Idea Lessons for Small Groups helps students practice summarizing, analyzing, illustrations, and meaning, as well as discussing biases.
In this lesson from Text Structures from the Masters, students use the mentor text A Modern Day Devil Baby by Jane Addams to create their own piece on why text goes viral.
Students learn about digital citizenship and responsibilities related to posting work online in this lesson from Research Writing Rewired.
This inquiry unit, excerpted from Uncommon Core and built around essential questions addressing Martin Luther King's A Letter from Birmingham Jail, not only develops students' reading and writing skills, but also helps students grapple with important social issues.
This close reading lesson from Lessons & Units for Closer Reading, Grades K-2, helps students better understand the text; includes Activity Cards.
In these figures from Social Skills Success for Students With Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism, you will get discussion samples and exemplars used to instruct listening without interrupting as well as an evaluation rubric.
Use this handy to-go checklist of 50 Teaching Dos and Don’ts from Serena Pariser’s Real Talk About Classroom Management to inform your teaching in your classroom.
Use these hugging and bridging methods from Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12, to promote low-road or high-road transfer based on where your students are in their learning journey.
Use these strategies from Developing Expert Learners to present misconceptions, paradoxes, metaphors, and different models to evoke dissonance in your students and test and challenge their prior knowledge.
In this exerpt from These 6 Things, you'll learn to address the common student hang-up of public speaking and find strategies for how to address and prevent fear of public speaking in the classroom.