Teammates A wealth of resources, lesson plans, and activities that can be used with the story...		Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 1 Week 1: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized...
Phonemic Awareness A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a spoken word that makes a difference in the word's...		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
Shared Writing In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their...		Classical Music: Improving Children's Development Classical music has been touted as improving memory, emotion, mood, even test scores. Whether...
Othello Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Shakespeare's Othello provides a variety...		Research Paper: Look for Sources Where to find information for a research report.
Building Vocabulary To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a curiosity about the meaning and use...		Romeo and Juliet Use a teaching guide that includes a synopsis and commentary of Shakespeare's Romeo and...
Journey to the Center of the Earth The focus of this guide on Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth is to place...		Story Quilts Students will create a quilt that tells a story. This is a great arts & crafts activity that...
The Secret Garden Use this guide on The Secret Garden to stimulate discussions focused on themes, symbols,...		Alternative Assessment Techniques Distribute an article that explains four alternative ways to assess your students' reading...
A Collection of Poetry Activities This collection of ideas will help students to love poetry from creation to recitation.		The Little Engine That Could Use this activity kit to extend your class reading of The Little Engine That Could, now...
How to Eat Fried Worms Activities, tests, and Internet sites that will help you teach How to Eat Fried Worms.		Fluency Fluency is generally defined as the rate, accuracy, and expression with which students read....
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Enrichment Activities The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain's classic about humor, loyalty,...		Reading Buddies Set up a "reading buddies" program with your students by pairing older and younger students...