LESSON PLANS
Using pictures of book covers from around the world, students will analyze the accuracy of the art and compare it to the…
WORKSHEETS
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in illustrating a story that is read.
ASSESSMENT
Test your students' knowledge of the Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince film. This is a fun activity to combine the…
TEACHING RESOURCE
This excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire will instruct you on how to create a save haven for your…
The life of J.K. Rowling and her famous creation, Harry Potter, are presented in this timeline.
Read these fun quotes from the cast of the Harry Potter movies -- they compare themselves to their characters.
ACTIVITIES
Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident…
Students look at a picture of a farm scene. Then they identify the make-believe objects in the picture.
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Students will learn how to practice graphing skills by making a colorful graph based on data from a class survey of…
Children can neatly and easily organize information about the adventures of Curious George with this printable book…
Explore an activity that has students make a bar graph of their neighborhood pets.
Review the alphabet with a fun task featuring Curious George. In this printable, children are challenged to manipulate…
BOOK GUIDES
Get ready to go on a cosmic adventure with the crew of Galactic Hot Dogs! This online comic, published exclusively on…
Test your students' knowledge of the Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince – both the book and the movie. This quiz…
Celebrate birthdays and learn about the Earth's journey around the sun. This activity kit for A Birthday Cake is No…
GAMES AND APPS
Some of the vocabulary used in the Galactic Hot Dogs series chapters 1-4 may be new to your students. With this…
Some of the vocabulary used in the Galactic Hot Dogs series, chapters 5-8, may be new to your students. With this…
Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and…
Put Gorp's story back in order. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident prevention.
Students pretend to be the town's mayor, listing ways they would promote non-violence. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a…
Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
REFERENCE
A question and answer session with J.K. Rowling.
Incorporate a farm theme or a farm-inspired bulletin board into your lessons with this printable.
A brief article listing common household pets around the world.
