Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		Reading Textbooks Tips for reading and retaining information from textbooks.
Book Snake Reward students for reading by adding to the "Reading Snake".		Bio Poem Handout Use this template when writing a bio poem, a great format for students to write creatively...
Blooming Tree Reward students for reading books by adding to a student-made tree.		Books to Use When Teaching Fables Recommended books related to fables for classroom use.
Comic-Strip Challenge Use comic strips to teach students that there is a beginning, middle, and end to stories.		Strides for Women Posters Students research the lives of accomplished women and create posters displaying the...
Reading Games Students participate in reading games and enhance their reading abilities at the same time.		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...		Three Paragraph Main Idea and Details Chart This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in...
Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...		The Herringbone: Main Idea and Supporting Details The object of this graphic organizer is to identify the main idea and supporting details.
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...		Sequencing Your students can use this graphic organizer to identify the sequence of events in a story or a...
James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...		Story Map Graphic Organizer Using a story map helps children to identify key elements in a story such as characters or...
Research Paper: Take Notes How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research paper.		Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Use this graphic organizer to help students write in a journalistic fashion. This printable is...