By Emily Kissner. This packet includes everything you need to introduce students to the text structure of cause and effect. New for 2012--Common Co... ByEmily Kissner
By Emily Kissner. Revised for fall of 2010. This presentation introduces the story elements of characters, setting, conflict, plot, and theme. Pict... ByEmily Kissner
Looking for a way to keep track of independent reading? I created this system when I taught sixth grade in middle school. It's fairly simple. Stude... ByEmily Kissner
I created these scripts to help my students understand important nonfiction text structures. Each of the 4 scripts (chronological order, cause and ... ByEmily Kissner
Readers often have trouble with the text structure of compare and contrast. In this file, you'll find seven texts at multiple levels to help you su... ByEmily Kissner
By Emily Kissner. This is a unit that includes everything you need to help students write interesting personal narratives. From the writing prompt ... ByEmily Kissner
Revised for 2012! This folder includes "Text Structure Card Match", a whole class activity suitable for reviewing text structures. In addition, you... ByEmily Kissner
Understanding text structure is important for understanding nonfiction text. In this resource set you'll find 5 texts at reading levels from 3-6, ... ByEmily Kissner
This 27-page collection of activities includes student references, activities, and practice pages for students to use as they make inferences about... ByEmily Kissner
This unit includes everything you need to start teaching persuasive writing to intermediate writers! You'll find a Powerpoint that teaches the diff... ByEmily Kissner
By Emily Kissner. I created this presentation to help my fourth graders develop an understanding of figurative language, with an emphasis on simile... ByEmily Kissner
Get the tools you need to teach visualizing! This compressed folder includes the Visualizing Powerpoint, a presentation that helps readers to under... ByEmily Kissner
This 2-week unit plan helps students to understand poetic structure, speaker in poetry, and rhyme scheme. Included are 3 lesson plans, materials fo... ByEmily Kissner
This resource pack has everything you need for teaching the text structure of chronological order. You'll receive a teaching guide with helpful tip... ByEmily Kissner
This file contains everything that you need to start teaching students how to find topics and main ideas. Two Powerpoints, student-friendly workshe... ByEmily Kissner
Are you trying to help readers improve with summarizing? Here is a wide range of texts and activities that you can use to help students write polis... ByEmily Kissner
Retelling is a great tool for intermediate readers. But how is retelling different from summarizing? And how can teachers help students to bridge t... ByEmily Kissner
This presentation introduces students to the terms informational, narrative, persuasive, and poetic. Easy text samples and review help readers to m... ByEmily Kissner
by Emily Kissner. Written for third and fourth grade readers, this packet includes a story and activities. Your readers will learn about visualizin... ByEmily Kissner
Teaching students about purposes for reading can be--well, a little dull. I tried to liven things up a bit with these three scripts. Each short pla... ByEmily Kissner