Informational Text

Students from language arts and math classes team up to create one-page field guides for key mathematical concepts. nytimes.com/2023/02/22/lea…

Building background knowledge for readers and writers is critical. You have to know stuff to read and write stuff. Today, I begin a new year of posting articles of the week (AoWs). See the first one of 2022-2023 here: static1.squarespace.com/static/52eec36…

Pair with Gwendolyn Brook’s poem “We Real Cool”

Learn five new #vocabulary words and see how they have been used in The Times. #WordoftheDay vanquish: nyti.ms/3wHfwGm inscrutable: nyti.ms/3PA7FmP vulnerable: nyti.ms/3G1N1HC repugnant: nyti.ms/3wG0pyp verve: nyti.ms/3wwTIhS

In this lesson, students will learn about replacement theory, its role in the racist massacre in Buffalo and other mass shootings -- and how it manifests in mainstream politics and media. nytimes.com/2022/05/16/lea…

What do you #noticeandwonder about this graph? Add your comments to the site now or join our live-moderated discussion next Wednesday. #WGOITG nyti.ms/3PgMxBR

In this lesson, students will look at history through archival photography from The New York Times. nyti.ms/3Mf33jV

Google's "3 dots" will save your students much grief by making @lateralreading simple. Have you noticed the 3 dots to the right of each result? 🧵 1/4

We're hosting a live-moderated discussion today about this graph. Teachers from @AmstatNews are replying to students' comments on our site from 9am-2pm Eastern time. #NYTgraphchat nyti.ms/3iWuWQM

In this Lesson of the Day, students will learn about one of the largest collections of Black history in the country. nyti.ms/3IaiF5r

In this Lesson of the Day, students will learn about inflation and what the current rise in prices means for the United States. nyti.ms/3KB2MHv

What’s going on in this picture? We're hosting a live-moderated discussion today about this photo. Teachers from @VTSNational are responding to students in the site's comments section. nyti.ms/3GYhB4M

What do you #noticeandwonder about this graph? Add your comments to the site now or join our live-moderated discussion next Wednesday.  #WGOITG nyti.ms/3qQa7LG

In this Lesson of the Day, students will learn about the power of community gardens and consider the importance of nature in our lives. nyti.ms/3JEnpSu

NCTE, in partnership with the Library of Congress, invites high school teachers to apply for a fellowship in the New Perspectives on Primary Sources (NPPS) Project. A stipend is offered for this professional learning work. Deadline to apply is December 1. bit.ly/3aYYCsm

Teaching The Crucible? Here’s an essential essay by Arthur Miller to accompany the play.

How can you get students interested in reading informational texts? How can you help them make connections between unfamiliar topics and their own lives? Here are 18 warm-up activities, with dozens of examples, to help teachers with lesson planning: nyti.ms/3EYDrnc

What do you #noticeandwonder about this graph? Add your comments to the site now or join our live-moderated discussion next Wednesday. #WGOITG nyti.ms/3DfJpzG

Learn five new #vocabulary words and see how they have been used in The Times. #WordoftheDay laissez-faire: nyti.ms/3wqmCP1 facile: nyti.ms/3EN3a1P anomaly: nyti.ms/3ELer2L falter: nyti.ms/3k8QgDH conflagration: nyti.ms/2ZVZtIC