Adjective Chains Students learn to use a thesaurus by making paper chains of synonyms. This is a great arts &...		Famous Storytellers An article discussing some of the world's most famous storytellers.
Letter for Great Mail Race Students practice writing and word processing a letter to be used in The Great Mail Race.		Golden Kite Award Winners A list of Golden Kite Award winners (an award given by the Society of Children's Book Writers...
Gardening with Kids Tips for gardening with children.		Coretta Scott King Award Winners A list of Coretta Scott King Award winners; the award is given by the American Library...
Sunflowers, Van Gogh, and You Students will taste sunflower seeds, plant sunflowers, research Vincent van Gogh, and paint a...		Where Students Can Publish If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the...
Collect a Sentence Students name everyday objects and then construct imaginative sentences with those words.		Activities for Any Book Enhance your students' reading of any book with activities designed to aid comprehension with a...
Comic-Strip Challenge Use comic strips to teach students that there is a beginning, middle, and end to stories.		Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery provides lots of laughs for the reader. This lesson...
Ten Tips for Writing An Essay Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.		Charlotte's Web Extend this well-loved book with enrichment ideas and resources.
Tongue Twisters As a fun way to practice reading and pronouncing words, try these tongue twisters with your...		Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...
Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...		James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...
Star Magnitude Graphing Students use information on star magnitude to create spreadsheets and graphs.		Labor Day Newspaper Students learn about the history of the Labor Day holiday and write a newspaper about the...