This is a cross-curricular activity that uses the story Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday to practice money and decimal skills in addition to reading and writing skills. After reading or hearing the story, students will complete the attached worksheet. (If it's read aloud, students would need a way to refer back to the story to answer the questions. The worksheet has a mixture of reading and math questions. It can be edited if you choose. It can be used for either 3rd or 4th grade. With slight modifications, it could also be used for middle school EL students to learn about currency.  

This article provides an overview of metacognition, suggestions for teaching elementary students to be metacognitive about their reading, and links to professional resources.

This resource provides ideas for how students can engage with a variety of sources that tackle controversial issues as they work to consider and support their own opinion. It provides scaffolding for the original resource from which it is remixed to help students prepare to write an argument essay on a controversial topic.

Text includes each chapter of Don Quixote with comprehension questions, difficult words are bolded and provided with synonyms on the margin. Quotes and facts are also provided. Each chapter ends with a fill in the blank summary of the reading.

In this unit, students will examine the global topic of refugees.  The students will use nonfiction articles that provide students a background knowledge of the topic.  The articles will be the resources used to support learning of nonfiction VDOE Grade 8 standards. Students will apply comprehension skills daily throughout the unit of study.   The acquired background knowledge will support the second half of the unit as students will take part in a novel study using Refugee.   The students will show mastery by completing a persuasive writing performance based assessment. 

Reading text that is challenging, thought provoking or informative, provides a challenge to young learners if connections cannot be made. This "Willbook" allows for learners to create connections by asking and answering self reflective questions.  These questions allow for the learner to identify and connect with any reading.  Learners may add or subtract and create their own connection questions as learner agency develops.  

Provide students an opportunity to read scientific literature, express understanding of scientific content and write a summary of the written work.