Students investigate the role of lighthouses in navigation and practice the use of cardinal directions through reading activities, discussion, locating geographical features, and mapping lighthouses along the east coast of the United...

Students, with the use of the Internet among various other resources, research/locate Polish folktales and re-tell the Polish folktales in their own words. In addition, they examine the art of Wycinanki, Polish paper cutting.

Students create a comic strip which identifies the major events in a story of the teacher's choosing in this upper-elementary classroom language arts lesson. The lesson is highly adaptable and can be used in another content area if...

Fourth graders practice using technology to create a dedication page. They use the software of Microsoft Word in order to format and save the document. The teachers provides time for independent practice. The document is then saved and...

Students examine the life of Samuel Clemens, who is more popularly known as Mark Twain. In groups, they examine and read, if possible, his different books. They discuss how the same book can have different meanings for different...

In this literacy worksheet, students match the term with the definition in the right column. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

In this literacy activity, students color the Polar Express cover page and add to the design that is already there. They could cut out the letters for an extension activity.

Students identify key story elements in a fiction text. In this literacy lesson, students are introduced to the various elements of fiction such as the setting, plot, and theme. Students read a short story of their choice and identify...

Students read "Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss. They complete a story map and write about the topic of prejudice. They role-play star-bellied and plain-bellied sneetches and write a persuasive essay about their experiences.

Students review chapters 1-5 from the book, Where the Red Fern Grows. They complete/answer comprehension cards and create an advertisement for a getting a pet of their dreams.

Students read Where the Red Fern Grows and create a "story box" for the final project. They are encouraged to dress like one of the characters from the book as they present their story box to the class.

Students read Chapters 6-11 from Where the Red Fern Grows and, in pairs, answer comprehension questions on a worksheet. They share and discuss their answers.

Students examine the illustrating work of Eric Carle. They discuss how the illustrations are made and then decorate their room by creating artwork in the same style.

Students create stories based upon the techniques of author Maurice Sendak in Where the Wild Things Are.  They use a word processing program and the Apple software program GarageBand to create new voices for the story. ...

Students practice techniques and strategies for understanding the parts of a story to help them remember what they've read. They review and analyze the elements of a story and how to find them first in a paragraph and then in a book.

Students identify Leo Lionni as an author in this activity. They identify the types of illustrations used in his books. They also create a picture of a mouse, using a drawing program on the computer. They change the colors of the mouse...

Students find a Dr. Seuss quote or saying from a selected book and relate it to their own life experience by using the quote in a short story. They choose a Dr. Seuss book from a pre-selected group or from the school library. Students...

In this crossword worksheet, students use their knowledge of Dr. Seuss' books to fill in the blanks. Page three of the worksheet is an ad.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears which has the verbs omitted. Students follow the clues in italics to complete the story.

In this writing prompt worksheet, learners, after reading Revolutionary War on Wednesday, fill in five blanks to a thank-you note that George Washington may have written to thank a soldier for his war efforts.

In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students find and circle/highlight the underlined words in nine Dr. Seuss book titles in a word search puzzle.

In this Curious George word puzzle activity, students brainstorm to find out how many words they can make from the letters in "Curious George is a very curious monkey."

For this word scramble worksheet, students unscramble 16 words from the Curious George words. They write the words on the blank lines next to the scrambled letters.

In this Dr. Seuss activity worksheet, students examine 8 illustrations and match them with the appropriate textual descriptions on the right.