Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, will...		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
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...		Classical Music: Improving Children's Development Classical music has been touted as improving memory, emotion, mood, even test scores. Whether...
Shared Writing In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their...		Research Paper: Look for Sources Where to find information for a research report.
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...		Romeo and Juliet Use a teaching guide that includes a synopsis and commentary of Shakespeare's Romeo and...
The Secret Garden Use this guide on The Secret Garden to stimulate discussions focused on themes, symbols,...		Story Quilts Students will create a quilt that tells a story. This is a great arts & crafts activity that...
A Collection of Poetry Activities This collection of ideas will help students to love poetry from creation to recitation.		Alternative Assessment Techniques Distribute an article that explains four alternative ways to assess your students' reading...
How to Eat Fried Worms Activities, tests, and Internet sites that will help you teach How to Eat Fried Worms.		Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Enrichment Activities The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain's classic about humor, loyalty,...		The Little Engine That Could Use this activity kit to extend your class reading of The Little Engine That Could, now...
Building Vocabulary To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a curiosity about the meaning and use...		Fluency Fluency is generally defined as the rate, accuracy, and expression with which students read....