GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Introduce the concept of character traits in your reading comprehension instruction with this graphic organizer. This…
WORKSHEETS
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in following written directions.
This detail-oriented graphic organizer helps students strengthen reading comprehension by identifying important story…
LESSON PLANS
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a fable by Aesop.
Encourage the development of students' entrepreneurial skills with the economics and math activities in this teacher's…
Students answer questions about a character's implicit and inferred traits.
This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in three paragraphs. It's…
Following Directions Worksheet for Elementary Students This fun and fast-paced following directions worksheet helps…
ACTIVITIES
Use a variety of repeated reading activities to improve reading skills.
Students record the different elements of a story, such as characters and setting, and then map the events of the story…
Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the story of an American Indian girl stranded on an island, alone, for 18 years. This…
Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage them to read more. Use…
This choice board is a great way for your students to apply the reading strategies they are learning! They will practice…
Cover the topic of sibling rivalry with this book for younger readers, My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother.
CHOICE BOARDS
Pair your summer reading lists with this 9-activity choice board of fun summer reading activities for elementary…
Help students build their reading comprehension or prewriting skills through organizing main ideas and supporting…
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to draw conclusions using one of Aesop's enjoyable fables.…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Table of Contents: How I Teach Elementary Reading Why I Teach Elementary Reading Best Practices for Teaching…
Use this graphic organizer while teaching any subject to help your students understand the cause and effect. This…
Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a demanding mouse and the child who…
BOOK GUIDES
The Keeping Quilt is a multi-generational story that follows a beloved quilt from one family member to another. The…
Graphic novels are increasing in popularity, and students find them engaging and fun to read. A graphic novel can…
Ideas and activities for reading Miss Nelson is Missing.
Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan includes activities and resources…
