Students will read a description of and passage from Anna Sewell's work, events, questions, vocabulary, definitions, and a writing prompt. Students will write short answers, ideas to support a main idea, and an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description of and poem by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, questions, vocabulary, definitions, and a writing prompt. Students will write sentences using vocabulary, examples to support a main idea, and an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read two passages from a book and infer the author's message about two differente settings. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners. This website offers a retelling of the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus and includes downloadable text and accompanying audio. It supports reading fluency, listening comprehension, and differentiation.

In this lesson on The Hobbit movie trailer and review article, students will learn about the novel 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien, by reading and listening to the text, watching the official trailer and working in speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

In this lesson, students combine vocabulary exploration with word play by planning their own vocabulary parade, modeled on the activities in the text after a read-aloud of the picture book, Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster. Students brainstorm a list of vocabulary terms from a recent unit of study and then design concrete ways to illustrate the terms. The presentation of terms can be in the form of a parade, or a video, which might play during parent conferences or open house.

This lesson encourages students' natural curiosity about spiders and builds on their prior knowledge. After a shared reading of Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin, students work cooperatively using a strategy called Fact–"Faction"–Fiction to identify what they know, gather information, and create their own multimedia diaries using PowerPoint. Although the topic example used here is spiders, this lesson is easily adaptable to any content area topic.

This retelling of the Greek myth "Pandora's Box" includes accompanying audio and graphic illustrations. This resource can be used as scaffolding for reading comprehension, as differentiation for a multileveled classroom, and can build listening comprehension skills and vocabulary development. This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners.

The student activites are inspired by Pablo Picasso's masterpiece entitled Guernica, which was an artistic expression resulting from the Spanish Civil War.This lesson supports third- through fifth-grade students as they apply think-aloud strategies to reading, as well as to the composition of artwork and poetry. Activities include collaborative as well as individual work. Technology tools are integrated as students research symbols of peace and as they prewrite, compose, and publish their poetry.

This is an example reading log I've used before to help students document their reading at home while practicing foundational skills.

This reading log can be used in reading centers or used for student homework.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade ELA.

This resource accompanies our Rethink 3rd Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.  

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade English Language Arts. 

This AIG extension task will be used as differentiation within a second grade dramatic literature unit. AIG students will be grouped to read an adapted version of Shakespeare's Macbeth and complete a character analysis task. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students will investigate shadows, using literature-based discussion as well as experiences with manipulating shadows.

This resource contains a 60-second listening audio file with accompanying transcript, quizzes, gap fill, and spelling and word jumble activities. Opportunities are provided for students to write, ask questions, and work with a partner. NOTE: The speaker has a British accent.

This resource contains a 60-second listening audio file with accompanying transcript, quizzes, gap fill, and spelling and word jumble activities. Opportunities are provided for students to write, ask questions, and work with a partner. NOTE: The speaker has a British accent.

This resource contains a 60-second listening audio file with accompanying transcript, quizzes, gap fill, and spelling and word jumble activities. Opportunities are provided for students to write, ask questions, and work with a partner. NOTE: The speaker has a British accent and uses British terms like "adverts."

This resource contains a 60-second listening audio file with accompanying transcript, quizzes, gap fill, and spelling and word jumble activities. Opportunities are provided for students to write, ask questions, and work with a partner. NOTE: The speaker has a British accent.