Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.		Sailing Bulletin Board Establish an atmosphere that encourages reading with this nautical bulletin board.
Brainstorming: A Strategy for Creative Productivity Brainstorming is a process one goes through in an effort to generate ideas and problem solve.		Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 3 Week 3: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized...
Author's Chair Author's Chair (where students are encouraged to share their work with the class) is the final...		Felita Use these lessons and activities with Felita, by Nicholasa Mohr.
Goldilocks and the Three Hares Share a book guide that includes activities and discussion questions that can be successfully...		The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Enhance reading abilities with an activity about Ezra Jack Keats's book The Snowy Day...
How to Read a Poem This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.		Using Mad Libs® in the Classroom: Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary (Gr. 1-3) Reading comprehension activities focus on sequence, summary, main idea and details, and context...
Summer Reading List -- Secondary This list of recommended vacation reading for secondary students is provided by Penguin Young...		What is Dyslexia? Learn about Dyslexia, the most prevalent type of learning disability.
Building Language Arts Skills -- Grades K - 1 Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill...		Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop: Film & Literature Guide Pair your study of the classic Dickens' novel The Old Curiosity Shop with the PBS...
Building Language Arts Skills -- Grade 2 Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill...		Frankenstein Reading Guide This reading guide to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein includes an introduction to the book,...
A Year Down Yonder Discussion Questions Use these discussion questions to check your students' comprehension of A Year Down Yonder.		Tess of the D'Urbervilles Literature Guide Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a gripping tragic romance, as well as an elegiac portrait of a...
Get Ready to Read® Screening Tool This research-based screening tool allows teachers and parents to gage a pre-school child's...		Summer Fun Worksheets Keep "brain drain" away this summer with these fun and educational worksheets. Your child's...