LESSON PLANS
Present this Common Core-aligned lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students practice story…
ACTIVITIES
In this School Readiness Activity, children compare long and short, longer than and shorter than, and longest and…
WORKSHEETS
Use this guide to help students write a descriptive paragraph about a friend. This printable works well as part of an…
Review the enrichment activities and web resources created for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a bibliography of Eric…
Try a printable science activity that focuses on pet care.
Strengthen your students' visual skills with this farm animal matching activity. It's a fun early-learning printable…
Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.
Strengthen students' understanding of cause and effect by asking them to figure out what will occur next in the cartoon…
TEACHING RESOURCE
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith discusses discipline and how punishments should fit…
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Make a bulletin board for managing a class unit on friendship.
Use the overview of the key events, people, and places from 1920 to 1929 as an inspiration for projects and assignments.
Pair this sorting activity with a book about food. Students will name and describe vegetables and sort them by their…
Enhance your students' writing skills by having them write letters to their friends about their vacations.
Use this certificate to award students for their participation in a friendship unit. This printable is customizable.…
Connect music and literature with these printable lyrics to "Ten Little Monkeys". Children are sure to enjoy learning…
A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great Gatsby.
Use this worksheet to teach students how to write a script to perform in class. This activity can be used in conjunction…
Norman turns out to be one amazing fish! Color this scene after reading Not Norman: A Goldfish Story. Mark your calendar…
Use this vocabulary list and chapter-specific vocabulary quizzes to test students' knowledge of the terms used in The…
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith explains how to establish a sense of trust with your…
Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.
The Harry Potter series has been banned from some schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. Find out why some…
Learn how to be a good role model in this excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.
Rafe Esquith, gives advice on being dependable in your classroom, in this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.…
