LESSON PLANS
Present this lesson plan for the strategy of asking questions before, during, and after reading using the book…
Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story Follow the…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
This KWL Chart will help students organize what they know, want to know, and will learn by following a lesson. This…
Use this graphic organizer while teaching any subject to help your students understand the cause and effect. This…
ACTIVITIES
A great way to reinforce or supplement a poetry lesson or unit! In this activity, students are asked to analyze a poem…
DAILY WARM-UPS
In this printable warm-up, students read a passage of historical fiction and answer comprehension questions.
WORKSHEETS
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…
Celebrate the works of British novelist Roald Dahl with 50 fun suggestions for Roald Dahl Day (September 13). Print the…
After reading Abe Lincoln's Dream, a children's story about the legacy of America's sixteenth president, use these…
Students dramatize a section of Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. They reenact the part about Native…
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…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Graphic novels are increasing in popularity, and students find them engaging and fun to read. A graphic novel can…
Extend students' enjoyment of the Judy Moody series with a word search, a "Me collage," a Crazy Strip art activity, and…
Keep children involved in learning about nutrition with these activities for Good Enough to Eat by Lizzy Rockwell. This…
Use these Spanish to English flashcards to introduce your students to vocabulary from the children's classic, The Story…
Use a lesson that is designed to establish primary students' skills in summarizing a story using the book, Nate the…
The object of this graphic organizer is to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text that is being read.…
This organizer will assist students in ordering the events of a story and understanding the concepts of beginning,…
Students learn about the architectural and cultural wonders of the Mayan Empire as they explore ancient Mayan cities and…
Charlotte's Web has been loved by generations of children! This is the tale of Charlotte the spider, and her efforts to…
In this printable reading warm-up, students learn about Colonial times through a historical fiction passage about the…
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith discusses discipline and how punishments should fit…
