The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi Socratic Seminar Questions
Provide discussion/comprehension questions for Socratic seminars on the novel The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi, to check reading comprehension and prompt critical-thinking discussion.
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Provide discussion/comprehension questions for Socratic seminars on the novel The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi, to check reading comprehension and prompt critical-thinking discussion.
Two-level fiction reading assignment built around a short story about two friends going to the movie theater, used to build fiction reading comprehension and response skills.
Single-topic 'Chapter Slice' extract on Sustainable Living from the 'Waste Management: Prevention, Recycling & Conservation' series, teaching students about sustainable living through a reading comprehension passage and related activities.
A single-topic 'chapter slice' reading-comprehension and activity resource teaching the difference between physical changes and chemical changes, drawn from the publisher's larger 'Properties of Matter' workbook (CCP4504).
Deliver a 90-minute ELA literacy-block packet built around a short informative reading passage about Ruby Bridges and school desegregation, with comprehension, critical-thinking, vocabulary, research, and writing activities.
Teach the 'Regions' theme within the Five Themes of Geography as applied to Asia, as part of a Classroom Complete Press reading-comprehension resource.
A 15-day social studies and reading comprehension unit built around the memoir Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges, teaching main idea, supporting details, author's purpose, determining importance, and the historical context of school integration.
A single-topic 'chapter slice' reading-comprehension and activity resource teaching the physical properties used to describe matter, drawn from the publisher's larger 'Properties of Matter' workbook (CCP4504).
Deliver a 90-minute ELA literacy-block packet built around a short informative reading passage about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, with comprehension, critical-thinking, vocabulary, research, and writing activities.
A single-topic reading-comprehension chapter slice on 'Divisions of Each Branch of Government' from a Classroom Complete Press American Government unit, for grades 5-8.
Single-topic 'Chapter Slice' extract on Fresh Water Resources from the 'Waste Management: Prevention, Recycling & Conservation' series, teaching students about fresh water resources through a reading comprehension passage and related activities.
A single-topic 'chapter slice' reading-comprehension and activity resource teaching the difference between mixtures and solutions, drawn from the publisher's larger 'Properties of Matter' workbook (CCP4504).
A social studies/ELA reading comprehension passage that teaches middle-school students about underwater noise pollution and its effects on marine life, paired with multiple assessment formats.
Teach students the elements of a personal budget (income, expenditures, savings) through an informational reading passage and follow-up comprehension/vocabulary activities.
Single-topic 'Chapter Slice' extract on Conserving Fresh Water from the 'Waste Management: Prevention, Recycling & Conservation' series, teaching students about conserving fresh water through a reading comprehension passage and related activities.
A single-theme 'Chapter Slice' excerpt (Regions) from the published Grades 5-8 resource 'North America' (Classroom Complete Press, World Continents Series), teaching the geography theme of Regions through reading comprehension.
A single-topic chapter-slice teaching Grades 5-8 students how astronomers measure vast distances in the universe (e.g., light years).
Teach students the elements of a personal budget (income, expenditures, savings) through an informational reading passage and follow-up comprehension/vocabulary activities.
Reading-comprehension and activity unit on Matter and Materials for grades 1-5, part of the Classroom Complete Press 'Hands-On' science series (single-topic chapter excerpt of a larger multi-topic book).
Chapter-slice reading-comprehension teacher resource for grades 6-12 on calculating sales tax, part of the Daily Marketplace Skills life-skills series, built around a Bloom's Taxonomy critical-thinking framework.
A single-topic chapter-slice teaching Grades 5-8 students about galaxies as massive star systems within the universe.
A reading-comprehension/life-skills 'chapter slice' teaching resource on Transportation & Travel, part of the 'Practical Life Skills - Independent Living' series (CCP5806-2), built around Bloom's Taxonomy reading-comprehension skill levels.
Reading-comprehension and activity unit on Simple Machines for grades 1-5, part of the Classroom Complete Press 'Hands-On' science series (single-topic chapter excerpt of a larger multi-topic book).
A novel-study companion for 'Chasing Vermeer' by Blue Balliett providing vocabulary and comprehension questions organized by chapter groups, plus a final assessment, to build reading comprehension.