A Collection of Poetry Activities This collection of ideas will help students to love poetry from creation to recitation.		Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope Study the life of Barack Obama with the resources in this literature guide to Barack Obama:...
Asking Questions When Reading In this lesson, the teacher will read The Wall by Eve Bunting with the purpose of...		Official Playbook to the Books of Mike Lupica Teach children about teamwork, heroes, and friendship through discussion questions and activity...
Charlotte's Web Enrichment Activities Use these creative enrichment project ideas while reading Charlotte's Web.		Name the Part of Speech Quiz Students are quizzed on their ability to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and...
Teammates A wealth of resources, lesson plans, and activities that can be used with the story...		Problem and Solution 2 Have your students fill in this graphic organizer to identify the problem, solution attempts,...
Reading Warm-Up 131 for Gr. 3 & 4: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure Build students' reading skills while appealing to their sense of curiosity with a short mystery...		Reading Comprehension: The Moon Enhance reading comprehension with an activity that is based on facts about the moon.
Reading Warm-Up 132 for Gr. 3 & 4: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure In this printable warm-up, students read a short mystery and answer comprehension questions.		Island of the Blue Dolphins Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the story of an American Indian girl stranded on an...
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Teacher's Guide This teacher's guide to The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is chock-full of...		Discussion Questions for Any Book Use the questions on this printable sheet to discuss any book your pupils might be studying....
The Tale of Despereaux Teacher's Guide Deepen students' reading comprehension through the pre-reading questions, reading instruction,...		The Dr. Seuss Connection In this activity, students write a report on literary techniques and themes in the works of Dr....
The Legend of St. Patrick's Day Read about the legend of St. Patrick's Day and complete exercises about the story.		Comic-Strip Challenge Use comic strips to teach students that there is a beginning, middle, and end to stories.
Intermediate Question-Answer Relationships Use a lesson that introduces the Question-Answer Relationship strategy to intermediate...		"Two Travelers and the Bear": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect...