Popular Independence Day History Resources Teach your students the historical significance of the Fourth of July, with these lessons,...		Summarizing Summarizing is more than retelling; it involves analyzing information, distinguishing important...
Reading Buddies Set up a "reading buddies" program with your students by pairing older and younger students...		Summarizing: Nate the Great Use a lesson that is designed to establish primary students' skills in summarizing a story...
Literacy Glossary A list of terms pertaining to literacy and reading.		Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book...
Reading Workshop This strategy gives students the opportunity to choose the books they read and to discuss their...		Summarizing: Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia Use a lesson that is designed to introduce primary students to summarizing a story using a part...
Sequencing Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story, such as the beginning,...		Summarizing an O. Henry Short Story During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally and in writing,...
Sequencing: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of sequencing for primary students, using...		Visualizing Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our heads based on text we read or...
Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Present this lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students...		Summarizing a John F. Kennedy Speech During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally and in writing,...
Sequencing: The Hare and the Tortoise Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the...		Visualizing: Follow the Drinking Gourd Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using...
Story Elements The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in...		Visualizing: Hill of Fire Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of visualizing for primary students, using...
Story Elements: Danny and the Dinosaur Use a lesson that introduces primary students to the elements of a story that is read aloud....		Writing Workshop A writing workshop is a block of time set aside in the school day to focus exclusively on the...