Anansi and the Frog Prince By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.		Title and Story Pictures Children produce a picture to summarize a problem in a story.
The Snow Kids This puppet play is about four snow kids who want to see more of the world.		Beginning, Middle, and End Identify the sections of a story with this plot/story sequence graphic organizer. This...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Project Ideas A list of project your students can complete when reading Barbara Robinson's novel The Best...		Concept Map -- Version 2 Help students sort out ideas with this basic web or Concept Map. This printable is...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best...		Chinese Numbers Use these characters to write the numbers one through ten and the days of the week in Chinese.
Jan Brett's Winter Books Four books by Jan Brett – Trouble with Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, Annie and the...		Web Research: Lesson 2 Lesson 2 in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet for research...
African-American Heroes Students visit websites to learn about important African Americans and the honor of being...		Fiction-Writing Content Rubric Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.
New Year's Resolutions The beginning of a new year is a good time to think about changing. Use this writing activity...		Ideas for Black History Month Field Trips Discover a list of places you and your students could photograph for inclusion in the Black...
Activities for Music in Our Schools Month Schools from around the U.S. shared their success stories for celebrating Music in Our Schools...		Web-Writing Tips for Students Print this handout for your students to refer to while they are creating web pages.
Rocks in My Pocket Deliver a lesson plan that will have your students collecting rocks so they can learn about the...		Invent a Sport Students create a new game using knowledge they have about other sports.
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial...		Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show...