In this literature response instructional activity, students complete a variety of vocabulary activities to demonstrate their understanding of the Peggy Parish book Amelia Bedelia.

In this literature worksheet, students read one of Aesop's fables that has the theme of fitting in. Students then complete 7 pages of questions: detail checks, deeper meanings, imagination exercises, drawing characters and scenes, a...

In this literature learning exercise, students read and discuss the poem "The Bee And The Flower," color the picture, underline or circle the rhyming words and then print the rhyming words on pages two through four on the lines provided.

In this literature worksheet, 3rd graders refer to the book entitled Follow the Drinking Gourd.  Students respond to 15 short answer reading comprehension questions.  

Students read a story called Scientists Discover Oldest Mayan Mural and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Mayan mural lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions,...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete activities about the bookBecause of Winn-Dixie .Students recall details from the book by unscrambling words. Students answer 8 questions about each chapter.

Students, in groups, "Build An Animal where they need to cooperate in order to be successful and then make a storyboard for a Powerpoint presentation.

In this comprehension learning exercise, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story Hansel and Gretel. Students complete 14 questions.

Students conduct Internet research about the studenT author and illustrator Patricia Polacco. They compose letters to Ms. Polacco and, after revising and editing their work, send them in the mail.

Students complete a variety of activities related to the Jan Brett version of the book "The Gingerbread Man." They compare and contrast two versions of the story, prepare and eat gingerbread cookies, describe their gingerbread man...

Learners explore language arts by reading a children's story in class. In this three tier vocabulary lesson, students read the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and identify the specific use for several vocabulary words. Learners...

Strengthen your learners' relationship with Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel of a pioneer family with these materials. Multiple choice comprehension questions and a set of reflection prompts are provided for each pair of chapters in...

Five worksheets are included in this resource based on Norman Bridwell’s, Clifford and the Big Parade. Class members complete a vocabulary word search and a crossword puzzle, sequence the events in the story, answer eight comprehension...

What's got 60 eyes, 150 fingers, and an endless number of ideas? Your language arts class! Challenge young writers to come up with clever riddles with an online poetry lesson.

In this literature response crossword activity, students read 8 clues. Students complete the puzzle with words found in the book, Dinosaurs Before Dark. No word bank is given.

Students read and response to the book, Abuela's Weave. In this African-American literature lesson, students discuss pre-reading questions, that focus on family traditions and make predictions about the text. Students read the text and...

Students read The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Livine. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities as they read of an ancient oak tree that has lived for nearly 500 years. they focus their attention on the events in...

Finished your novel? What’s next? Designing the book cover, of course. But how to begin? After examining the covers of published books and noting the common elements of these jackets, young novelists design a front and back cover for...

Why do we read primary source documents? What can they give us that other writings cannot? Provide your learners with any of the primary sources attached here (there are seven), and have them complete the graphic organizer (which opens...

Keep the art of letter writing alive in this age of Tweet and Twitter! The 10 activities detailed in this resource lead pupils through the process of crafting classic forms. A list of and links to famous letters is also included as part...

When Ruby Bridges entered an all-white school in New Orleans in 1960, she also entered history. Scholars consider what the experience must have been like for the young girl using two books that document her experience as well as a double...

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a childhood classic that readers of all ages enjoy. A teaching packet that includes instruction tips, comprehension strategies, background information on the book and author, and two fun worksheets.

In these Strega Nona worksheets, learners are given five word work activities involving vocabulary words from the story. An art and writing activity is included as well.

Students read the story Joseph Had a Little Overcoat about using a coat and making it into many things. In this reading lesson plan, students make a picture out of scraps and discuss how to reuse items to make new items.