Explore the impact a narrator's point of view has on a story with a reading of the children's book, Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Written in four different voices, the story is told and retold from different perspectives to...

Artifacts give us the privilege of learning about the past, may it be family, culture, or traditions. Here, class members learn about their family's past with the help of an artifact, or family heirloom. Once an artifact is...

Ideas take flight in an exciting activity on the NASA Gemini Program. Young scholars analyze photos from NASA's Gemini Program and place photos in the correct sequence of events. Academics also discuss the program and how the steps to...

Oral history has brought a multitude of lessons, stories, and factoids to our current knowledge of the past. Let us continue to use oral history traditions through a lesson that encourages pupils to discover and appreciate...

Study cause and effect in both literature and informational text with a lesson plan designed for several different reading levels. After kids review the concept of cause and effect, they read an article or story and note the causes and...

In this vocabulary and story sequencing activity based on Norman Bridwell's Clifford at the Circus, students are asked to unscramble vocabulary words, perform a vocabulary word search, complete sentences, sequence story events, complete...

Have a Happy Halloween and build strong oral language skills. Special needs Pupils functioning at a moderate level can practice sequencing, writing lists, and using oral language by explaining how they carve a pumpkin. 

Students practice sequential story retellings with colorful, collaged book banners. They listen to a story that contains a clear sequence of events and in groups choose a scene from the story to depict in a collage. Each group visually...

Investigate motivational problems using educational software as your students determine details and main ideas of the reading. the class practices sequencing activities and read scary and monster stories, then complete associated...

Students learn how slaves communicated with each other.  In this slavery and freedom instructional activity, students learn how slaves used quilts as maps, learn what different quilt patterns meant, draw a picture for their class...

Students, assessing a variety of formatting tools with Microsoft Word, utilize a bank of vocabulary words to make a personal dictionary of nouns. They classify nouns for people, places, things and ideas and separate them into common and...

After reading the story of Zacchaeus and Jesus as depicted in the Bible, young learners design bracelets of beads representing their lenten journeys in an engaging and ongoing hands-on learning activity.

Fourth graders examine the new vocabulary associated with the book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly before listening to a teacher read aloud of the book. They complete a choral reading of the story, sequence it, and write...

Pupils are read the story "The Cat Came Back". Using Spanish, they communicate the context of the story with each other. They practice using new vocabulary, identifying main characters and putting the events into order. They use the...

In this main event log, 4th graders write the events of a story in order of occurrence in the space provided to track and analyze the story. This worksheet would be a good tool for students who need guidance when reading complex texts.

Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the literature of Korea. "The Name Jar" is read by students to practice some essential reading skills. This would include the recognition of sequence in a story, characterization, and...

Students read a chapter book of 100-200 pages in length. They create a story map and multimedia book report. Pupils review the elements of a story map such as: characters, setting, problem, important events, solution, etc.) Students...

In this connectives worksheet, learners fill in connectives which are story elements for a story. Students fill in 8 connectives for a particular story.

Young scholars investigate entertaining characters within stories. In this writing lesson, students review nouns and adjectives and discuss magical characters. Young scholars ask themselves questions about their selected characters...

Fourth graders read the story Leaving Home and put the story events in chronological order. In this chronological order lesson plan, 4th graders use index cards and refer to the flashbacks in the story.

Learners retell a story by filling out a record sheet. In this retelling lesson plan, students fill out a record sheet that gives them prompts about the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Young scholars conduct an interview about their family with their parents and/or grandparents. They write a story based on interview facts and create a presentation for the class.

Students write a cartoon story as a whole class, then in small groups and for homework as individuals. They practice asking and answering questions about location and time sequences.

Energize a shared reading of the Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip with this collection of supplemental materials. Whether your looking for discussion questions, reading comprehension worksheets, or writing prompts,...