Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		Books to Use When Teaching Fables Recommended books related to fables for classroom use.
Blooming Tree Reward students for reading books by adding to a student-made tree.		Strides for Women Posters Students research the lives of accomplished women and create posters displaying the...
Book Snake Reward students for reading by adding to the "Reading Snake".		Similar and Different Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different. This is a great activity to...
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery provides lots of laughs for the reader. This lesson...		Remembering Names Use these fun games to help students remember each other's names.
Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...		Three Paragraph Main Idea and Details Chart This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in...
James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...		Conflict Dissection Students will be able to identify the characters, and analyze the setting, problem, and...
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...		Five Elements of a Story The five elements of a story (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and...
Memorizing Important Facts Suggestions for helping students memorize important facts.		Event Map Organizing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event is the goal of this graphic...
Baseball Card Interview Questions Questions to accompany the Back to School Baseball Card activity.		Substitute Teacher Information Filling in these sheets will provide your substitutes with the necessary information to run...
Bio Poem Handout Use this template when writing a bio poem, a great format for students to write creatively...		Getting to Know Your Student Send this letter home to parents to help you know your students better.