Six Tips for Successful Oral Reading Sam Sebesta, a specialist in Readers Theatre, gives teachers six tips for a successful oral...		"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text The classic poem, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" is given in full text. You can print the...
Pollution Vocabulary Ready to color pictures of objects that contribute to pollution with fill in the blank...		Kwanzaa Symbols & Celebration Reference an article that outlines the symbols of Kwanzaa and celebrations for each day. This...
Sorting and Classifying Students learn how to sort and classify cats.		Jan Brett's Winter Books Four books by Jan Brett – Trouble with Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, Annie and the...
Encouraging Pre-Readers: Advice for Parents Hand out this list of activities to help parents raise children ready to read.		Activities for Music in Our Schools Month Schools from around the U.S. shared their success stories for celebrating Music in Our Schools...
African Folk Tales: Background Information Distribute an article that details the various types of African folk tales and gives examples...		Explaining Assessment Accommodations to Families: Spanish Version Give this pamphlet to Spanish speaking families to help them understand assessment...
Activities for African Folk Tales Get the most out of reading African folk tales by using these worksheets. This is a great...		Title and Story Map Students review a story by filling in the title and a problem in this graphic organizer. This...
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		Beginning, Middle, and End Identify the sections of a story with this plot/story sequence graphic organizer. This...
Repeated Reading Use a variety of repeated reading activities to improve reading skills.		Title and Story Pictures Children produce a picture to summarize a problem in a story.
Weather Terms Test your students' knowledge of weather-related vocabulary with this word list.		Cause and Effect Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with this graphic organizer. This...
The Snow Kids This puppet play is about four snow kids who want to see more of the world.		Main Idea and Supporting Details Web This graphic organizer will help students identify the main idea of a story and the details...