Literature Lesson Plans Resources
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Sequencing Lesson Plan for The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Present this Common Core-aligned lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students practice story…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionTeaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar -
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"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…SubjectsReadingLiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
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March Wind Poetry Pack
Students illustrate a poem wile predicting what will happen in each stanza.Subjects:PoetryReadingLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The lesson uses the book, Why…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionCaldecott Medal Books & Illustrators -
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"Two Travelers and the Bear": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a fable by Aesop.SubjectsLiteratureAncient CivilizationsReading and Literature -
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"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to draw conclusions using one of Aesop's enjoyable fables.…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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Butterfly Garden Lesson Activity
Students see the complete life cycle of a butterfly.SubjectsTeaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry CaterpillarAnimals (Zoology)Insects -
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Create a Hogwarts Floor Plan
Students learn about the concept of scale and other mapping skills by creating a floor plan of Hogwarts School.SubjectsReading and LiteratureLiteratureTeaching Harry Potter -
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Inaugural Poetry
Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…SubjectsReading ComprehensionLiteraturePoetry -
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The Donkey and the Dog
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to compare and contrast by observing and analyzing…SubjectsLiteratureAncient CivilizationsReading and Literature -
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Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance
Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or were written during the…SubjectsReading and LiteratureLiteratureAfrican-American History -
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: Music and Children's Literature
Use children's literature to help teach music. Explore nursery rhymes with your students and make musical connections to…Subjects:LiteratureMusic Education StrategyMusic National Content Standard 1 -
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Poems, Poems, and More Poems
In this printable computer activity, students learn about different types of poetry. They practice their word processing…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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Further Expanding Questioning, Grandfather's Journey
Present this lesson plan for the strategy of asking questions before, during, and after reading using the book…SubjectsCaldecott Medal Books & IllustratorsAward and Prize WinnersLiterature -
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Write a Harry Potter Script
Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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Gatsby Art
A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great Gatsby.Subjects:Teaching The Great GatsbyMain Idea and Supporting DetailsVisual Arts -
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Matched Educator's Guide
This educator's guide to Matched by Ally Condie includes classroom lesson plans, writing prompts, research questions,…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteratureScience Fiction -
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If I Were in Charge of the World
In this computer activity, students read and discuss a poem, imagining what the world would be like if they were in…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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Acrostic Poems
In this computer activity, students review acrostic poems and compose their own poem on a PowerPoint slide. Then, they…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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Predicting: Strega Nona
Use the prediction strategy while reading aloud the book Strega Nona to your class.SubjectsReading and LiteratureReadingLiterature -
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball
Explore teaching activities to be used with The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter.Subjects:LiteratureBaseballReading and Literature -
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The Hairy Dog Poetry Pack
Read this poem about a hairy dog, then have students compare and contrast the dog in the poem with other dogs they know.Subjects:LiteraturePoetryReading and Literature -
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Little Turtle Poetry Pack
After reading a poem and a non-fiction book, students will identify whether a series of statements are true or false.Subjects:PoetryAnimals (Zoology)Reading -
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Woodpecker Poetry Pack
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.Subjects:PoetryAnimals (Zoology)Reading
