LESSON PLANS
Present this lesson plan for the strategy of asking questions before, during, and after reading using the book…
BOOK GUIDES
Use Ezra Jack Keats's book Whistle for Willie to enhance children's reading abilities. Discussion prompts, activities,…
ACTIVITIES
A wealth of resources, lesson plans, and activities that can be used with the story Teammates by Peter Golenbock.
The Keeping Quilt is a multi-generational story that follows a beloved quilt from one family member to another. The…
REFERENCE
Use a teaching guide that includes a synopsis of Sense and Sensibility, great discussion questions, and Web links.
Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a demanding mouse and the child who…
WORKSHEETS
Which animal is flying, roaring, splashing and jumping? In this early learning printable, kids match each animal with…
Strengthen students' understanding of cause and effect by asking them to figure out what will occur next in the cartoon…
DAILY WARM-UPS
In this printable reading warm-up, students learn about Colonial times through a historical fiction passage about the…
Use this fun activity with your students with your students with a character they will love! In this printable activity,…
Extend students' enjoyment of the Judy Moody series with a word search, a "Me collage," a Crazy Strip art activity, and…
Create your own silly story with this Mad-Lib type activity for The Witches by Roald Dahl. Review the parts of speech…
Let this printable help you find online, classroom, or library resources for works by Shel Silverstein. This is an…
Keep children involved in learning about nutrition with these activities for Good Enough to Eat by Lizzy Rockwell. This…
Find everything you need to teach lessons on mysteries, character development, vocabulary and story writing with this…
Transform sugar cookie dough into peppermint candy cane treats for Christmas. This recipe is easy for children to…
TEACHING RESOURCE
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith discusses discipline and how punishments should fit…
Use this literature printable to explore the theme of friendship as it relates to books.
Students read a fictional passage and answer comprehension questions in this printable daily warm-up.
MAPS
Young children will develop their mapping skills as they help Dora find her way to the blueberry patch, in this…
Create a summer reading list students will look forward to with book recommendations by grade, reading level, and theme.…
Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills…
Ideas and activities for reading Miss Nelson is Missing.
The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to explore the…