LESSON PLANS
Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…
Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical composition that reflects and…
Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is different from reading…
DAILY WARM-UPS
Students learn about mountain animals and improve their reading comprehension skills with the nonfiction reading passage…
Students learn about geology, the study of the history of Earth, through this science reading passage. Use the questions…
Students read a nonfiction passage about hurricanes and answer comprehension questions. Use this reading warm-up about…
WORKSHEETS
Get children excited about the impossible with this magician's tool kit for The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo.…
Promote discussion and critical thinking before, during, and after reading Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson…
BOOK GUIDES
Deepen students understanding of The Underneath, a National Book Award finalist, with the resources in this literature…
Use these printable activity sheets with the Timmy Failure series to encourage critical and creative thinking. Your…
Lead a serious classroom discussion about bullying, cyber-bullying, and "the bystander effect" with the discussion…
Use this worksheet to teach students how to write a script to perform in class. This activity can be used in conjunction…
ASSESSMENT
Check students' prior knowledge of St. Patrick's Day or test them following your lesson with this quick, fun quiz. The…
Use the classroom activities in this comprehensive teacher's guide to integrate Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets…
REFERENCE
Discover the prehistoric world of dinosaurs. Packed with real dinosaur fossils, this book features computer…
This pre-reading activity helps enhance focus and critical reading skills.
The organization, elements of a business letter/memo writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written piece…
Learn about the birth of America through patriotic poems and songs.
Increase students' awareness of global issues with lesson planning ideas on diversity that unite art and culture.
Activities in this guide accompany Charlesbridge picture books. Use these resources to teach your students the six…
Use this discussion guide to integrate the young adult novel Hour of the Bees into classroom learning and independent…
Further student's enjoyment of books 1-10 in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan with discussion questions,…
LESSON
Use these Literature Circle Roles to support students to take ownership over their book discussion. Each gives students…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Your child can use this graphic organizer to identify the sequence of events in a story or a sequential task. This…
