Browse results: English Language Arts
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Analyzing and Comparing Perspectives on Issues - GorillasStudents compare and contrast their perspectives on raising gorillas in captivity with their peers and with scientists. They summarize their perspectives and the perspectives of others. |
5-12 |
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Analyzing Information - Can Pigs be Pets?Students identify a main idea as well as analyze, evaluate and interpret new information, personal experiences and prior knowledge to form an opinion which they then write about. |
3-5 |
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Blue Ribbon Readers: Determining Important IdeasIn this WPSU lesson Determining Important Ideas, elementary students explore how to become better readers through the identification of main ideas, supporting details, and author’s message. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection. |
K-5 |
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Blue Ribbon Readers: Drawing InferencesIn this WPSU lesson Drawing Inferences, elementary students will practice drawing inferences or making predictions before, during and after reading, and then validating them. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection. |
K-5 |
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Blue Ribbon Readers: Making ConnectionsIn this WPSU lesson Making Connections,elementary students will move toward understanding and comprehending text more effectively by making connections with their own background knowledge. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection. |
K-5 |
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Blue Ribbon Readers: Monitoring and RepairingIn this WPSU lesson Monitoring and Repairing,elementary students will identify words that are not known to them and decode or replace them in a variety of contexts. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection. |
K-5 |
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Blue Ribbon Readers: QuestioningIn this WPSU lesson Questioning, elementary students explore how to become better readers through questioning before, during and after reading stories. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection. |
K-5 |
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Blue Ribbon Readers: SynthesisIn this WPSU lesson Synthesis, elementary students will explore how to become better readers by using contextual clues to predict an outcome, putting stories in order and assembling sentences. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection. |
K-5 |
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Blue Ribbon Readers: VisualizingIn this WPSU lesson Visualizing,elementary students will practice creating vivid sensory images, a critical key to reading comprehension. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection. |
K-5 |
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The Buzz about Fact and OpinionStudents differentiate between fact and opinion on a handout with statements about bees. |
3-5 |
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Character Development - Nanavi, A Girl from Benin, West AfricaStudents use a chart to track character development and write a statement to express the ways in which a particular character from West Africa has changed. |
5-8 |
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Compare and Contrast - City Pigeons and City ParrotsStudents take notes on similarities and differences between two types of city birds using a T-chart and then construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast them. |
4-8 |
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Compare and Contrast Information from Multiple Sources - Wolong's PandasStudents compare and contrast information from three sources to determine the reasons that contributed to panda population decline. They draw conclusions from these sources by writing their own paragraphs. |
5-7 |
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Comparing and Contrasting Information and Forming an Opinion - Santiago and MorrisStudents use a T-Chart to take notes and then write a compare/contrast paragraph about a therapy dog. |
5-7 |
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Comparing Education Around the WorldStudents compare and contrast the circumstances surrounding two boys’ experiences at schools in different countries. |
3-5 |
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Connections to Personal Experiences - Bees? Yikes!Students make connections between a video about bees and their own personal experiences through a poem written for two voices. |
5-7 |
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Creating Literary Texts - Finding Homes for PetsStudents write and illustrate a persuasive book to convince readers to adopt a pet. |
5-7 |
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Describing Characters - Cloud GrowsStudents learn about characterization by studying and taking notes on the growth of a white stallion. |
5-12 |
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Designing a Poster to Communicate Information: Yellowstone National ParkWhile watching a short video segment about Yellowstone National Park, students take notes they later use to create an interesting and infomative poster. |
3-6 |
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Determining Main Idea and Supporting Details - Wild in the CityStudents use a graphic organizer to record important details and determine the main idea of a video segment. They use the organizer to write an informational paragraph about parakeets in the city. |
4-7 |
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