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- Helping students understand text structures: Informational problem/solution
- This exercise teaches students to understand the organizational structure of problem/solution essays by having them write "what it says" and "what it does" statements about a text. Asking students to write these statements about a text will enable students to read the text closely and will ensure that they understand the structure of a problem/solution text.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Margaret Ryan.
- Let's hunt for vivid vocabulary!
- This activity will be used to encourage students to focus on using an enriched vocabulary. During an oral reading of the book A Bad Case of Stripes, the students will search and identify various nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, dialogue tags, and transition words.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By Susan Byrd.
- Reading comprehension strategies for English language learners
- In Reading comprehension and English language learners, page 2
- Strategies like think-pair-share, think-alouds, and GIST can help English language learners, content-area learners, and all students make sense of text while they read.
- By Ellen Douglas.
- Wilmington's Children's Museum
- Younger students will enjoy exploring the Wilmington's Children's Museum with its many hands-on exhibits.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Cause and effect writing: What it looks like and who reads it
- Students examine the causes and effects presented in a brochure called “Ozone: The Good and the Bad.” They also examine the language of the brochure with regard to audience appropriateness. Students then write their own brochures examine their classmates' brochures for cause and effect and for audience appropriateness.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
- By Michelle Roberts.
- Character education: Honesty
- This lesson will focus on two character education traits - honesty and friendship. During this lesson the students will conduct a character analysis and link prior knowledge to help understand the story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By LaTina Robinson.
- Fascinate-U Children's Museum
- Through touch and play young students learn about health and science topics at this children's museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Bullington Center
- Students will receive hands-on education on plants and the environment at this 12-acre public garden.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Trial of Hamlet
- In this lesson students have the chance to research courtroom procedure to try Hamlet for the murder of Polonius. Then, with some students in the roles of characters from the play, the class will conduct the trial of Shakespeare's most famous anti-hero.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
- By Ross White.
- The five themes of me
- Students will demonstrate their understanding of the five themes of geography through literature-based integrated activities to spotlight how they are represented in each. They will also work on language/writing skills and computer competencies while enjoying a little art along the way!
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Catherine Hazelton.
- OWLS - Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter
- This wildlife shelter rehabilitates injured and orphaned native wild animals. They also educate the public on the importance of wildlife conservation.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Sticky-note discussions
- Sticky-notes discussions are fun, add variety to reading, and allow students to respond to the written text immediately. They are easy to implement in all content areas. Sticky-note discussions are effective when used individually, in a small or large group, or a combination of settings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 English Language Arts)
- By Kim Rector.
- Whole language reading: Pumpkin pie baking activity
- A whole language literature-based reading lesson that culminates in a cooking extension activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Amy Durso.
- Fun with division
- Students will learn division concepts through the use of The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins and a poem entitled "Dividing up Bugs." Students will be involved in hands on activities in order to gain an understanding of division. This lesson plan integrates communication skills, math, and technology.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Grace Blythe.
- North Carolina A&T University Farm
- Discover Agriculture provides an interactive experience for students to learn about agricultural science including farming with the environment in mind.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Science House
- Through school demonstration programs, student science camps, teacher workshops and innovative laboratory training, and support projects, the NCSU Science House partners with K-12 teachers to emphasize the use of hands-on learning activities in mathematics and science.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Predicting skills
- Students will practice predicting what will happen in different stories and understand why predicting is important while reading.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)
- By Susan Bell.
- Understanding audience
- This activity is designed to help students identify their audience and determine appropriate language use based on the audience.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Bonnie Mcmurray and Julie Joslin.
- English language learners and special education testing
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.4
- English language learners are often incorrectly labeled with learning disabilities because of inffective diagnostic tests. A more effective model of testing and instruction would be based upon the educational concepts of scaffolding instruction and the Zone of Proximal Development.
- Format: article
- By Mary Faith Mount-Cors.
- A road map to reading
- Students struggle with informational texts and websites. Understanding the structure of these texts is essential to efficient information gathering. The "Road Map" is a pre-reading strategy. Like the road map in your atlas, this mapping activity will help students visualize the layout of the text before they start reading so they will have an idea of where they are going (or where to find the information they are looking for) when they start reading. This lesson will also address active-reading strategies students can use to find information for research in print and electronic sources.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
- By Elizabeth Hubbe and Melissa Thibault.
