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...		Writing Aloud Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy...
Building Language Arts Skills -- Grades K - 1 Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill...		Ten Tips for Writing An Essay Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.
Building Language Arts Skills -- Grade 2 Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill...		The Gorp Reading Activities The following exercises are activities for before and after you read The Gorp's Gift.
A Year Down Yonder Discussion Questions Use these discussion questions to check your students' comprehension of A Year Down Yonder.		Gun Safety—What Would You Do? Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a...
Get Ready to Read® Screening Tool This research-based screening tool allows teachers and parents to gage a pre-school child's...		All Day Nightmare (Goosebumps, 42) Enrichment activities, Internet resources, and literature tie-ins related to the Goosebumps...
Sailing Bulletin Board Establish an atmosphere that encourages reading with this nautical bulletin board.		Table Manners Scoring Rubric Use this rubric with the lesson plan.