Is trickery ever justified? Is it okay to steal from someone who has stolen from you? Puss, from Puss in Boots, and Jack, from Jack and the Beanstalk, might have some ideas about these ethical questions. After listening to a series of...

Fifth graders demonstrate research techniques in addition to endeavoring to display focus and stay on topic. Using books and stories, they gather, organize, and share information about a topic. Additionally, they explain to the class...

In this pre-reading activity instructional activity, students respond to 3 questions that require them to list main ideas, generate questions, and clarify unclear items prior to reading a selection.

Pupils identify the main ideas or topics of a lesson or unit using the plus, minus and interesting graphic organizer. In this main idea or topic lesson, students examine the use of the PMI graphic organizer. They describe the item they...

Students complete several reading activities to learn about main ideas. For this main ideas lesson, students read an article and find main ideas for the story. Students then read news articles and complete main idea activities for those...