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     Lesson Plans
ABC Pop-Up Books  K-2
Practice the ABC’s by making pop-up books!

Books Are Wild  K-23-5
This fun reproducible based on Wild About Books will have students deciding the sequence of events in the book.

Cereal Creativity  Early Childhood
Children will have a brand new answer to the question, "What's for breakfast?"

Class Newspaper  Early ChildhoodK-2
Children's skills will soar and "make headlines" as they investigate newspapers.

Fairy Tale Homes  Early Childhood
Children will let their imaginations fly as they create homes for fairy tale characters.

It’s Full of Beans!  3-5
Check student’s understanding of vocabulary words drawn from the book The Thief and the Beanstalk by P.W. Catanese.

Light the Spark  6-8
Resources to help encourage kids with learning difficulties succeed in school and life.

Money in Motion: What Teens Should Know About Managing Finances  6-8
This program includes lessons and reproducibles that help teens learn about money while building mathematics, social studies, and economics skills.

Our Yearbook!  Early Childhood
Children will enjoy recollecting their favorite experiences with this "make a book" activity.

Reading Our Neighborhood  Early Childhood
Children will enjoy this "reading 'round the neighborhood" activity.

Unit Plan: A Beary Good Beginning  Early ChildhoodK-2
Students will use something familiar to them, bears, to learn classroom rules and procedures as well as to develop writing and counting skills.

Unit Plan: Pumpkin Time  Early ChildhoodK-2
Students observe growth and decomposition while learning about and growing pumpkins. This theme is tied to both literacy and math lessons during the pumpkin season.

Who Was It?  K-23-5, 6-8
Match the historical event with the president who was in office at the time. Based on Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times.

Word Play  Early Childhood
Read a silly poem and then encourage children to create their own.

     Online Activities Teacher Guides
Building Language for Literacy Adventures Teacher's Guide 
A Guide for these online activities that help build phonological awareness, vocabulary, and letter knowledge.

Clifford Interactive Storybooks Teachers Guide 
Use this guide for using Clifford's Interactive Storybooks in your class.

     Reproducibles
Mini-Books, Activities and Games  K-23-5
Use these book-making activities to aid language acquisition for second-language learners. Source: Easy & Engaging ESL Activities and Mini-Books for Every Classroom

Our Gg words  Early ChildhoodK-2
Use this reproducible to learn to spell and to recognize upper and lowercase G. (PDF) Source: Alphabet File-Folder Word Walls

Read-the-Message Simon Says  K-2
Play Simon Says and combine early literacy with the childhood favorite. (PDF) Source: 20 Fun-Filled Games That Build Early Reading Skills

The Busy Pond  K-2
Explore pond life with this mini-book. (PDF) Source: 25 Science Mini-Books

Who Lives in the Pond?  K-2
Explore pond life with this mini-book. (PDF) Source: 25 Science Mini-Books for Emergent Readers

Word Family Mini-Book  K-2
Use this mini-book to spark the interest and enthusiasm of your students. (PDF) Source: 25 Read & Write Mini-Books That Teach Word Families