Self-Portrait Help students develop a sense of self while examining race and diversity.		Charlotte's Web Extend this well-loved book with enrichment ideas and resources.
Gardening with Kids Tips for gardening with children.		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...
Let It Snow! Celebrate winter with an arts and crafts activity. Each student will create a snowperson for a...		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...
Weather Station With a student-made weather station and/or the Internet, students measure weather in a variety...		Research Paper: Take Notes How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research paper.
Herbs in the Classroom Grow herbs indoors all year by creating a mini-greenhouse.		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...
Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...		Squiggle Drawing Students learn about group dynamic by creating a group picture.
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.