African-American History Resources Discover facts and more about African-Americans, both historically and in the present. Educate...		Prior Knowledge: The Popcorn Book Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on The...
Cause and Effect Organizer Use this graphic organizer while teaching any subject to help your students understand the...		Prior Knowledge: The Three Little Pigs Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on The...
Directed Reading Thinking Activity Guide These bookmark guides are to be used while your students are reading any kind of text. They...		Prior Knowledge: A House is a House for Me Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on A House...
Framework for Questions Before, During, and After Reading Print a worksheet that includes questions for your students to ask themselves before, during,...		Running Records A running record is a way to assess a student's reading progress by systematically evaluating a...
Reading Pledge Give this reading pledge to your students to encourage them to read aloud with younger...		Reflective Journals Reflective journals are notebooks that students use when writing about their own thoughts. This...
Reading Comprehension Sequence Chain This detail-oriented graphic organizer helps students strengthen reading comprehension by...		Spelling Multiple Syllable Words Use a lesson that teaches students a systematic approach to using phonics in order to spell...
Story Elements and Story Map Students record the different elements of a story, such as characters and setting, and then map...		Fluency Fluency is generally defined as the rate, accuracy, and expression with which students read....
Journaling Learn how to incorporate journaling in your classroom. Teachers can use journaling as a kind of...		Inferences Making an inference involves using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know, or...
Double-Entry Journals Use a double-entry journal, a graphic organizer included with this article, to encourage...		Directed Reading-Thinking Activity Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) is a teaching strategy that guides students in...
Activating Prior Knowledge Help your students be good readers: those who constantly try to make sense out of what they...		Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading...