Mind Bogglers Students will use their reasoning skills with words and spelling to figure out these word...		The Red Pony Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Steinbeck's The Red Pony provides...
African Folk Tales: Background Information Distribute an article that details the various types of African folk tales and gives examples...		Aesop's "The Donkey and the Dog" Students read the classic Aesop fable, "The Donkey and the Dog," and then complete a vocabulary...
Activities for African Folk Tales Get the most out of reading African folk tales by using these worksheets. This is a great...		The Snow Kids This puppet play is about four snow kids who want to see more of the world.
Of Mice and Men Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men contains...		A Play about Sacagawea Sacagawea is one of the most famous Native American women of the 19th century. Her life story...
The Pearl Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Steinbeck's The Pearl provides...		Harriet Brent Jacobs Harriet Brent Jacobs was a slave who wrote an autobiography. Students read an excerpt and react...
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Tests & Project Ideas Check your students' comprehension of the classic book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever...
Dreidel Games Print a worksheet that explains the meanings of the Hebrew letters on dreidels and describes...		Hibernation Report Outline This outline will help students to organize a research project on animals that hibernate.
To Market in Africa Use this printable to have children fill a woman's basket with items she would buy in an...		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best...
Anansi and the Frog Prince By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Project Ideas A list of project your students can complete when reading Barbara Robinson's novel The Best...
The Redwall Tales Enhance reading comprehension with a with a guide that provides synopses and activities that...		Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl The full text of the autobiography of Harriet Brent Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave...