Article
TOM GARRETT

Mice to the Rescue

The true story of how an army of mice has helped solve a big problem.

By Sarah McCarry
From the May / June 2018 Issue

Learning Objective: Students will learn essential paragraph-writing skills

Lexiles: 560L, 660L
Guided Reading Level: O
DRA Level: 34
Topic: Animals,
Activities (1)
Answer Key (1)
Activities (1)
Answer Key (1)
Can't Miss Teaching Extras
Snakes in Action!

To see the brown tree snake in action, check out this short video.

 

Guam...Where Is It Exactly?

Give your students an idea of where Guam is by exploring it with Google maps. Zoom out to show students just how small Guam is, and where it is in relation to the U.S.

 

Teaching Essay Structure

Reverse engineer Paragraph Power and use it as a mentor text to show your students essay structure with this teacher’s genius idea!

 

Can't Get Enough Snakes?

snFor another story about invasive snakes, go back in the Storyworks Jr. archives and check out the nonfiction feature from our September 2016 issue: “The Snake That’s Eating Florida.

Text-to-Speech