Middle School Resource How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download Robert Williams Wood’s How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers as an audiobook in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.4.2, SL.4.5, SL.5.2, and more! Be sure […]

Elementary School Resource Flower Fables by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download Louisa May Alcott’s Flower Fables as an audiobook in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.1.2, SL.2.2, and SL.3.2! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response […]

High School Resource Writing Whimsical Dialogues In this activity, students will write dialogues in the subject areas and demonstrate knowledge in various subject areas in relation to a specific topic. Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.C.2.1.B, CDOS.C.3a.TS.2.A, CDOS.C.3a.MI.6.A, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response […]

Middle School Resource Writing Example Paragraphs by ECSDM This lesson will teach students to write example paragraphs. The term “example paragraph” refers to a paragraph where the supporting sentences provide examples of the subject/idea described in the topic sentence. Related NY State Academic Standards: W.6.1.b, W.6.2, W.6.2.a, and more! Be sure to check out our […]

Elementary School Resource Celebration of Writing In this activity, students will experience the roles of being a published author and illustrator. Related NY State Academic Standards: W.2.3, W.2.5, W.2.11, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

High School Resource The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab as an audiobook in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.5, SL.11-12.2, and SL.11-12.5! Be sure to check out our Educational […]

Middle School Resource Genre Lesson: What is a Mystery? by ReadWorks In this lesson, students will identify the elements of a mystery. Related NY State Academic Standards: RL.6.1, RL.6.3, and RL.6.5! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

High School Resource Word Skills Board Game for ESL by Lanternfish Words Skills is a fun game that is easy to play and can be used to review word skills such as indicating the beginning sound of a word, the ending sound of a word, the middle sound of a word, rhymes, synonyms, and antonyms. […]

Elementary School Resource Drawing Conclusions by ECSDM In this lesson, students will view and discuss images as well as short paragraphs to demonstrate an understanding of the necessary steps needed to formulate and draw valid conclusions. Through repeated practice, students will define the skill of “Drawing Conclusions” as well as create their own short paragraph […]

This week’s Featured Content is all about writing. These great resources will help your students discover that  the pen – or the keyboard –  is mightier than the sword.