Popular Health & Physical Education Games Check out our most popular games for health & physical education. We have resources on all...		Writing Aloud Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy...
Popular Independence Day History Resources Teach your students the historical significance of the Fourth of July, with these lessons,...		Peer Response and Editing Peer response and editing are processes through which students respond to and provide feedback...
Reading Buddies Set up a "reading buddies" program with your students by pairing older and younger students...		Shared Writing In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their...
Literacy Glossary A list of terms pertaining to literacy and reading.		Writing Conferences The writing conference is a one-on-one strategy, that takes place between the student writer...
Reading Workshop This strategy gives students the opportunity to choose the books they read and to discuss their...		Classification Classification involves grouping items into one or more categories based on certain...
Sequencing Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story, such as the beginning,...		Dialogue Journals A dialogue journal is an informal written conversation between two or more people...
Story Elements The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in...		Comparison Comparison involves looking at two or more things or ideas and considering their similarities...
Summarizing Summarizing is more than retelling; it involves analyzing information, distinguishing important...		Cause and Effect A cause and effect analysis is an attempt to understand why things happen as they do. Use this...
Visualizing Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our heads based on text we read or...		Metaphors and Analogies Metaphors and analogies are comparisons between unlike things that have some particular things...
Writing Workshop A writing workshop is a block of time set aside in the school day to focus exclusively on the...		Migration Analogy Use a lesson that uses the technique of analogy to teach students about migration.