Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
Gardening with Kids Tips for gardening with children.		Research Paper: Take Notes How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research paper.
Collect a Sentence Students name everyday objects and then construct imaginative sentences with those words.		Reading Textbooks Tips for reading and retaining information from textbooks.
Comic-Strip Challenge Use comic strips to teach students that there is a beginning, middle, and end to stories.		Bio Poem Handout Use this template when writing a bio poem, a great format for students to write creatively...
Reading Games Students participate in reading games and enhance their reading abilities at the same time.		Strides for Women Posters Students research the lives of accomplished women and create posters displaying the...
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery provides lots of laughs for the reader. This lesson...		Snail, Snail Build community with younger students while playing the "snail" game.
Charlotte's Web Extend this well-loved book with enrichment ideas and resources.		Similar and Different Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different. This is a great activity to...
Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...		Follow Me Freeze Build classroom community while giving many students the chance to lead your class.
James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...		Three Paragraph Main Idea and Details Chart This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in...
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a...		The Herringbone: Main Idea and Supporting Details The object of this graphic organizer is to identify the main idea and supporting details.