Kindergarten Reading and Literature

Visualizing: Follow the Drinking Gourd

Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story Follow the…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Employ a reading activity that helps build skills in visual discrimination.

Colorful Garden

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Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Spelling

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Classroom Guide for The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

Celebrate imagination with early learning activities—including arts and crafts—for The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Children's Book

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Animals & Actions Word Match Up for Monkey See, Look At Me

Which animal is flying, roaring, splashing and jumping? In this early learning printable, kids match each animal with…

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Grammar

Language Arts and Writing

Animals (Zoology)

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Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes extension ideas and…

Stellaluna

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Reading and Literature

Reading Instruction

Animals (Zoology)

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a demanding mouse and the child who…

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Literature

Fantasy Fiction

Social Studies and History

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BOOK GUIDES

The Keeping Quilt

The Keeping Quilt is a multi-generational story that follows a beloved quilt from one family member to another. The…

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Culture and Diversity

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Pets: What Will Happen Next?

Strengthen students' understanding of cause and effect by asking them to figure out what will occur next in the cartoon…

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Teaching Not Norman: A Goldfish Story

Animals (Zoology)

Books

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Dora the Explorer: Weather Activity (English)

Use this fun activity with your students with your students with a character they will love! In this printable activity,…

Subjects:

Literature

Weather

Visual Arts

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Good Enough to Eat Activity Guide

Keep children involved in learning about nutrition with these activities for Good Enough to Eat by Lizzy Rockwell. This…

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Childhood Obesity Awareness & Prevention

School Lunch & Nutrition

Illness and Diseases

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Spanish-English Flashcards for The Story of Ferdinand

Use these Spanish to English flashcards to introduce your students to vocabulary from the children's classic, The Story…

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Language Arts and Writing

Foreign Languages

Social Studies and History

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Sequencing: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Use a lesson that is designed to establish the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the text Lyle, Lyle,…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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Summarizing: Nate the Great

Use a lesson that is designed to establish primary students' skills in summarizing a story using the book, Nate the…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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BOOK GUIDES

A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman

Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills.

Subjects:

Reading Instruction

Families

Language Arts and Writing

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Over in the Meadow illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats

Enhance reading abilities with an activity that enriches and expands children's language and emergent literacy skills…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Literature

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Discipline Must Be Logical: Teaching Advice

In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith discusses discipline and how punishments should fit…

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Resources for Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

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Literature

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Candy Cane Sugar Cookie Recipe

Transform sugar cookie dough into peppermint candy cane treats for Christmas. This recipe is easy for children to…

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Chris Van Allsburg, Author & Illustrator: Guides to His Books

Authors

Literature

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Summer Reading Suggestions & Tips

Create a summer reading list students will look forward to with book recommendations by grade, reading level, and theme.…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Literature

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Those Shoes Teaching and Book Discussion Guide

BOOK GUIDES

Those Shoes Teaching Guide

This teaching guide for the picture book Those Shoes provides read-aloud guidance, extension and writing activities, and…

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Reading and Literature

Children's Book

Children's Book Characters

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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS

Reading is Fun! Printable Book (K-5)

This printable workbook is filled with engaging reading activities, games, and lesson plans that get kids excited about…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

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MAPS

Dora the Explorer Map (English)

Young children will develop their mapping skills as they help Dora find her way to the blueberry patch, in this…

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Language Arts and Writing

Geography

Visual Arts

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Summarizing: Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia

Use a lesson that is designed to introduce primary students to summarizing a story using a part of the book Play Ball,…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Baseball

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Making Inferences, Too Many Tamales

Use a lesson that is designed to help primary students establish the skill of making inferences as a reading…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Reading and Literature

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