LESSON PLANS
Assign or suggest creative ways for students to convey their knowledge of a book they read with this resource. Using…
Learn how to identify goals, and list steps necessary to achieve them.
In this poetry activity, students identify the characters in the poem, the setting, and the main events; and predict…
DAILY WARM-UPS
Improve students' reading skills and increase their knowledge of space sciences. This printable warm-up includes a…
Give students reading practice with this printable warm-up. Students will read a passage about cat myths and answer…
Improve your students' nonfiction reading skills with an informational text about ladybugs and related comprehension…
Improve students' reading skills with a passage about sloths and related comprehension questions, in this printable…
BOOK GUIDES
Ask pupils these questions to guide classroom discussion about The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo.
WORKSHEETS
Bring The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane to life by having pupils practice dramatizing and reading aloud from this…
Build on pupils' enthusiasm for the first two books in Dan Gutman's My Weird School series–Miss Daisy Is Crazy! and Mr.…
Nurture children's imagination with these resources for the Julie Andrews Edwards collection. This teacher's guide…
Extend pupils' enjoyment of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events with the resources in this activity kit.…
Spark debate about symbolism, good versus evil, relationships, and more with these discussion questions for The…
Print out this creative writing activity that instructs pupils to answer several questions as they plan a holiday for…
REFERENCE
Pupils will learn about Spoonerisms, instances in speech when the initial letters or syllables of words are switched,…
This printable explains the five essential elements of a story. Give students this printable to use as a reference.
TEACHING RESOURCE
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith explains how to establish a sense of trust with your…
Have your students unscramble these poetry vocabulary words. Then, ask them to define each term.
Use the children's book Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass to teach students about…
Connect math and literature through supplementary activities for Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens, a fun book that…
In this matching activity, kids match each animal with the continent where it lives. They will consider the weather, the…
Our teacher discussion guide for the first twelve books in the Dork Diaries series, a series following Nikki Maxwell as…
ACTIVITIES
The literature guide for Pedro's Journal, a story about Columbus' travels, includes enrichment activities and Internet…
This teaching guide for A Child of Books includes activities, projects, discussion questions, printables and games that…
