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- Authors and Books
- Authors & Books
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Find interviews, biographies, and booklists on your favorite authors and illustrators.
- Internet Field Trips
- ABCs and the WWW
K-2
Learning the alphabet is fun and easy at these sites on the Web.
- Lesson Plans
- Ramona's World Activity Guide
K-2, 3-5
Find great activities to extend your class's reading of Ramona's World.
- All About Light
3-5,
An educational program for grades 3–5 that encourages students to practice reading and writing while learning about the science of light.
- Back-to-School Theme Unit
Early Childhood, K-2
Start the school year off smoothly by incorporating these engaging activities and ideas in your classroom.
- Celebrate National Children's Book Week
Early Childhood, K-2
This article provides both time-tested and novel suggestions for celebrating National Children's Book Week.
- Christmas Stockings
Early Childhood, K-2
After reading The Night Before Christmas, kids draw pictures of gifts they'd give if they were St. Nick.
- Clifford in the Classroom
Early Childhood, K-2
Find fun teaching ideas and extension activities across the curriculum for books in the Clifford series.
- Clifford's Good Deeds
Early Childhood, K-2,
From scenes of Clifford's story, students use a film strip activity to reinforce valuable comprehension skills, such as sequence of events and retelling a story. Source: Teaching with Favorite Clifford® Books
- Emergent Readers
K-2
This is a helpful list of characteristics of emergent readers. (PDF) Source: Guided Reading: Making It Work
- Eric Carle Author Study
Early Childhood, K-2
This article contains a biography of Eric Carle, plus great cross-curricular activities related to his books.
- Healthy Readers, Healthy Writers
K-2
Learn basic facts about good health and how to avoid colds while building language arts skills.
- Help Chris and Croc Solve Problems
K-2
After reading Chris & Croc, students create their own solutions to the characters' problems.
- I Have a Dream
6-8
After listening to Dr. King's famous speech, children will discuss what his dream was and how he it was different that life currently was like.
- Little Blue and Little Yellow
K-2
These cross-curricular activities extend the Leo Leonni book Little Blue and Little Yellow. (PDF) Source: Teaching With Favorite Leo Leonni Books
- Make Your Own
Early Childhood, K-2
After reading If You Give a Pig a Pancake, design your own "If You Give a...." book cover.
- Reading & Vocabulary
K-2
Develop vocabulary and reading comprehension skills and also learn basic facts about good health.
- Reading Clinic: A Strategy for Every Reader
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Find useful tips for learning what students know about effective reading and building on those strategies.
- Reading Clinic: Use Predictions to Help Kids Think Deeply About Books
K-2, 3-5
Encourage kids to start thinking about reading and boost that "I can't wait to find out what happens" feeling.
- Reading Clinic: Vocabulary: The Key to Improving Comprehension
3-5
Guide children toward making connections between what they need to know to understand texts with these mini-lessons.
- Ready, Read, Debate!
K-2, 3-5
Find suggestions for using debate in your classroom.
- Sort It Out With Senses
3-5
Your senses will be the key to solving this activity based on Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff.
- Steps to Freedom
K-2
Show you know the sequence of events by numbering sentences in the right order. Based on Almost Freedom.
- Strategies to Use During and After Reading
3-5, 6-8
This article describes three strategies that can be used to improve reading skills.
- Sweet Dreams, Boris
Early Childhood, K-2
After reading Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, try to describe Boris's dream through illustrations.
- Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
6-8
Use pourquoi tales to explore other cultures, integrate language arts and science, and inspire interest in myth and the natural world, as well as in great imaginative writing. Source: Instructor Magazine
- That's Just Ducky!
K-2
Students explore the world of idioms with this fun matching activity.based on There's A Frog in My Throat!
by Loreen Leedy and Pat Street.
- The Farm Octopus
K-2, 3-5
Use this clever poem and questions to reinforce reading skills. (PDF) Source: Playful Poems That Build Reading Skills
- The Keeping Quilt
K-2
Find a delightful quilt activity and writing prompts based on the Patricia Polacco book. (PDF) Source: Easy Literature-Based Quilts Around the Year
- Then What Happened?
K-2
Practicing sequencing skills while exploring the life of a lovable worm. Based on Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin.
- Unit Plan: Blast from the Past Travel Guides
6-8
Become an expert on Ancient Roman civilization by creating travel brochures.
- Unit Plan: Colors: An Integrated Literature Approach
K-2
Make each day colorful with literature, poetry, science, math, art, drama, and movement about different colors.
- Unit plan: Exploration — Widening Our Horizons
3-5
Discover the difficulties of exploration and some of the motivations for exploration.
- Unit Plan: Mentoring Book Buddies
3-5
This unit couples social interaction with literacy activities that can be used in cross grade level student partnerships.
- Unit Plan: Strategies for Active Reading
6-8
These lessons use comprehension strategies proven to be habits of good readers which not only allow teachers to check for mastery usage, but also strengthen students’ independent reading habits.
- Vocabulary & Writing
K-2
Develop vocabulary and writing skills and explore basic facts about good health and how to avoid colds.
- What is a Family?
Early Childhood
Children create a movie strip about their family to share.
- Online Activities Teacher Guides
- Clifford Interactive Storybooks Teachers Guide
Use this guide for using Clifford's Interactive Storybooks in your class.
- Flashlight Readers Teacher's Guide
Students enter the world of quality books and meet the authors through this interactive online book club.
- Scholastic News Teacher's Guide
Lesson planning suggestions for using Scholastic News in the classroom.
- Reproducibles
- "Close Encounters"
6-8
Practice paraphrasing with a story of a canoe trip.
- "Jaboti Plays His Flute"
K-2
Use this folktale of Jaboti the Turtle to learn about plot.
- 1, 2, 3
K-2
Practice sequencing skills with this reproducible activity.
- A Shark Named Rover
3-5
Students use "signal" words in this fish tale to help determine the correct sequence of events.
- A Winning Breakfast
3-5
Prepare students for standardized tests by having them read these passages and answer the multiple-choice questions . (PDF)
- Assessing Reading Growth with Running Records
K-2, 3-5
This plan will help you to use Running Records to track students' levels of reading competence. (PDF) Source: Taking Running Records: A Step-By-Step Guide
- At the Scene of the Fire
3-5
Use this fiery story to give students practice determining the order of events.
- Daydreaming
K-2
Read about a young girl's dreams and remember the sequence of events.
- Dr. Seuss Crossword Puzzle
K-2, 3-5,
Theodore Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, wrote lots of books -- how many do you know?
- Flying Eagle
3-5, 6-8
When a bully picks a fight with Flying Eagle, he's faced with a decision. Would your students do the same? (PDF) Source: Tough Issues, Good Decisions: Stories & Writing Prompts
- It's a Hit!
3-5
Test students' comprehension skills with this movie review activity.
- Llegó el Otoño
K-2
Enjoy this short Spanish play for emergent readers. (PDF) Source: 25 Spanish Plays for Emergent Readers
- Metaphorically Speaking
6-8
Develop understanding of figurative language by asking children to interpret, extend, and create metaphors. (PDF)
- Mi libro de palabras de regreso a la escuela
K-2
Learn school-related sight words in Spanish with this mini-book. (PDF) Source: Reading Success Mini-Books: Sight Words in Spanish
- Save the Wilbur
3-5, 6-8
Use these engaging stories to help students prepare for standardized tests. (PDF) Source: Ready-to-Go Reproducibles: Standardized Test Skill Builders for Reading, Grades 5–6
- Surprising Stories
3-5
This worksheet will help students figure out the theme of a story.
- The Development of the Modern Alphabet
6-8
Use reading and writing skills while learning about the history of the alphabet.
- Which One First?
K-2
Try to determine the correct sequence of events.
- Winter Walks
K-2
Use this winter activity to draw conclusions about how characters think and feel.
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