Much like the adage “a rising tide lifts all boats,” displaying students’ writing about reading gives all students the opportunity to learn from—and aspire to— the ways of thinking of peers. Check out this activity from What Do I Teach Readers Tomorrow? Nonfiction, Grades 3-8 to learn how to create an effective inspiration wall for your classroom.
These text-dependent questions from Text-Dependent Questions, Grades K-5, help you get your students started on a deeper reading of Allen Say's The Sign Painter.
Use this list of alternative ways to say “good job”, from Engagement by Design, to keep your students encouraged and motivated in their learning.
Use this lesson from Developing Writers of Argument to give students a chance to practice developing an argument of their own and defending it effectively in a debate.
Watch this video of Douglas Fisher, author of Rigorous Reading, discussing methods for analyzing complex texts and the expectation for students to "read like detectives and write like reporters," enabling students to dig deeper into texts and defend their findings with evidence.
Use these tools from Feedback that Moves Writers Forward to strategically structure how you provide feedback to students in a way that supports their writing development—without diminishing their enthusiasm.
Use these think aloud sentence starters from Think Big with Think Alouds, Grades K-5, to guide students to deeper understanding and comprehension by thinking aloud.
This lesson from Text Structures from Nursery Rhymes dives into the text structure of "I'm a Little Teapot" and guides students to write their own rhymes of similar structure.
This lesson from Text Structures from Nursery Rhymes dives into the text structure of "Jack Sprat" and guides students to write their own rhymes of similar structure.
This excerpt from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades K-2, outlines and carefully explains the K-2 reading standards and provides guidance for your instruction.
This excerpt from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 3-5, outlines and carefully explains the 3-5 reading standards and provides guidance for your instruction.
This excerpt from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8, outlines and carefully explains the 6-8 reading standards and provides guidance for your instruction.