EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry lesson plans for Grades 6-8. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and reading…
TEACHING RESOURCE
This list of recommended vacation reading for secondary students is provided by Penguin Young Readers Group and Dorling…
This gallery of middle school literature features banned or challenged books. Each slide also features a related…
ACTIVITIES
In this School Readiness Activity, children compare long and short, longer than and shorter than, and longest and…
LESSON PLANS
Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.
Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading comprehension with a strategy.…
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a fable by Aesop.
This Newbery Medal winner tells the mythical tale of a legendary hero: 12 year old Jeffrey Magee – known as Maniac…
WORKSHEETS
Use this guide to help students write a descriptive paragraph about a friend. This printable works well as part of an…
Classic kids' books for summer reading - with activities for family learning! Pick any book from this list of the best…
Learn how to easily write a bibliography by following the format outlined in this article. This resource will help your…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
An essential graphic organizer for all ELA classes! Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with…
Set up a "reading buddies" program with your students by pairing older and younger students together to read aloud to…
BOOK GUIDES
Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest, covers the serious topics of colonialism and imperialism, making this work perfect…
Explore this resource with teaching activities that will extend students' understanding and appreciation of The Color of…
Students will learn about asking questions before reading and will make predictions based on the discussion of the…
Students use their critical thinking skills to unscramble names in foreign languages and complete this challenging…
Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.
Enhance reading comprehension with an activity that is based on facts about the moon.
Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on A House is a House for Me.
DAILY WARM-UPS
In this printable reading warm-up, students read a nonfiction passage on the invention of Coca-Cola® and answer reading…
Help students identify main idea and supporting details with this printable graphic organizer. This printable is…
How to write the first draft of a research paper.
Students read a passage of fantasy fiction and answer comprehension questions in this printable daily warm-up.
