Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Value: Truth, Topic: Accuracy

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to music as they reflect on a time they told the truth without hurting anyone. Students listen to a story about a person who falls from a roof and breaks his leg. The person lies about how it happened. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Pluperfect

For Students 7th - 8th
In this pluperfect worksheet, students review and discuss how pluperfect verbs are formed and fill in the gaps with the correct verb in five sentences or phrases.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Transport: Vocabulary

For Students 7th - 9th
In this transport and vocabulary worksheet, students discuss all the different types of transportation available worldwide. They complete fill-in-the-blank and matching activities in order to expand their transportation methods vocabulary.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Houses and the People They Shelter

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students examine different homes and shelters across cultures and time periods. In this Houses and the People They Shelter lesson, students draw conclusions about society and culture according to the features of their dwellings. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Commas

For Students 5th - 6th
In these comma usage worksheets, students read the sentences and add commas into the sentences. Students place the commas in the boxes within the sentence and an x if no comma is needed.
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Listening Selection, Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this 5th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students listen to a fictional story that as their instructor reads it aloud 2 times. No questions accompany the worksheet.
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Homeschooling Chronicles - The Art of Studying

For Teachers 6th
Learning study skills takes practice and patience.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Bad Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This single-stanza poem describes the bad day of an elf who has the job of a tailor.
Handout
Other

Barnes & Noble: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

For Students 1st - 4th
This page provides an overview of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. Includes several editorial reviews, an author profile, and a video with Judith Viorst narrating the story. [5:37]
eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud:alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day", written by Judith Viorist. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My Bad Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this writing lesson students go step by step through the writing process to create a story about a bad day. Students use graphic organizers and Internet resources to help improve their writing skills.
PPT
Other

Slide Serve: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
This is a slideshow that examines the cause-and-effect text structure of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. The lesson plan includes questions for students to answer in their Reading Response...
Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students use the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as a springboard for writing their own very-bad-day story.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Terrible, Horrible Days

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
After reading the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, students have the chance to express the way they feel when they have a bad day. They will make personal connections as well as develop...
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Between Repeated Catch Phrases

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
After reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, students learn about writing in chronological order and about using a catch phrase throughout a text in order to unite ideas. Teacher...
Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Good Atoms or Bad Atoms? Iran and the Nuclear Issue

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning resource covers two days of instruction with scholarly material including video, readings, and graphic organizer handouts teaches students about the acquisition of nuclear arms, Iran's nuclear program and options for U.S....
Website
Other

National Punctuation Day

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is dedicated to the importance of punctuation in writing. Find information about each punctuation mark, examples of bad punctuation, and links to punctuation videos and songs.
Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Children Philosophy: Alexander and the Terrible, by Judith Viorst

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson outline summarizes the philosophical issues embedded in the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. This is followed by question sets that teachers can use to guide students in a...
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, by Judith Viorst

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This site features several links to lesson plans and activities for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.
Handout
Other

Kirkus Media: Judith Viorst

For Students 3rd - 5th
An interview with Judith Viorst where she talks about her children's book Lulu Walks the Dogs. She describes how she created the character Lulu and her admiration of her illustrator, Lane Smith. She also talks about the impact her book...
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to use pictures and context clues to discover a missing word and to draw conclusions about a story. Students also use...
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Cause and Effect

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify effects, causes, and the relationship between them. Lessons are based on the books Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, Why Do You Cry?:...
Article
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Judith Viorst

For Students 3rd - 5th
This resource provides information about Judith Viorst. It includes a short interview where she answers questions about her book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Handout
Other

Bad Astronomy/phil Plait: Tides and Why Our Days Are Getting Longer

For Students 9th - 10th
Why does the Moon always shows the same face to the Earth? Why is the Moon's rotation period the same as the length of time it takes to orbit the Earth? Why are there two tides a day? These questions and more are answered here.