LESSON PLANS
By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show students the building blocks…
Reward students for reading by adding to the "Reading Snake".
Creative way to teach your class about Lon Po Po, there are music, reading, social studies, and art ideas.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Students review a story by filling in the title and a problem in this graphic organizer. This printable is customizable.…
Graphic organizer for a book. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the…
Help Bad Kitty write a presidential campaign speech to read at the next Neighborhood Cat Coalition. In this graphic…
WORKSHEETS
Students practice using a diagram to sort and order their ideas.
Discuss with students the differences between apes and monkeys, using the questions in this printable teacher's guide.…
Teach students about the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
In this poetry activity, students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge of cause and effect.
In this activity, students explore the possibilities for nonverbal communication and emotion.
Explore an activity that incorporates reading, drawing and critical thinking into a poetry lesson.
Teach students about story sequence by rearranging the lines of the stanzas in correct order.
Help students identify and understand historical what fiction is, what function it serves, and how it is created. This…
BOOK GUIDES
Integrate the tall tale Holler Loudly by Cynthia Leitich Smith across your second grade curricula with the activities in…
Your students will be delighted by the unique illustrations and storytelling in Chris Van Allsburg's Western, Bad Day at…
Consider the use of voice and the idea of ambiguity with your class as students read Chris Van Allsburg's The Wreck of…
Capture your students' imagination with these reading and writing activities for Chris Van Allsburg's The Widow's Broom.…
Take a journey into outer space with your class by reading Zathura, an adventure story by Chris Van Allsburg that blends…
Review the alphabet and improve students' language arts skills with the lesson planning ideas in this printable…
Guide discussion of character development and explore the elements of a mystery with the lesson planning resources…
