Mind Bogglers Students will use their reasoning skills with words and spelling to figure out these word...		Jan Brett's Winter Books Four books by Jan Brett – Trouble with Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, Annie and the...
Plain Jane Learn how adjectives, adverbs, and action verbs enhance writing.		New Year's Resolutions The beginning of a new year is a good time to think about changing. Use this writing activity...
Same or Different Students compare pairs of sentences to determine if they mean the same thing.		Activities for Music in Our Schools Month Schools from around the U.S. shared their success stories for celebrating Music in Our Schools...
Activities for African Folk Tales Get the most out of reading African folk tales by using these worksheets. This is a great...		Rocks in My Pocket Deliver a lesson plan that will have your students collecting rocks so they can learn about the...
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		Title and Story Pictures Children produce a picture to summarize a problem in a story.
Dreidel Games Print a worksheet that explains the meanings of the Hebrew letters on dreidels and describes...		Cause and Effect Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with this graphic organizer. This...
Anansi and the Frog Prince By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.		Main Idea and Supporting Details Web This graphic organizer will help students identify the main idea of a story and the details...
The Snow Kids This puppet play is about four snow kids who want to see more of the world.		Problem and Solution Students are asked to identify the problem and its solution with this graphic organizer. This...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best...		Central Issues Students determine the similarities and differences of central issues in a story with this...
"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text The classic poem, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" is given in full text. You can print the...		Inaugural Poetry Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the...