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Express Yourself
Young scholars share opinions about the way students behave. They write letters to the editor responding to an article.
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Story Solutions
Reading and writing are like peanut butter and chocolate, they just work better together. Stimulate those budding authors with a fun instructional activity that requires them to read three story starters. The stories have been left...
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Make reading cool
Students look at ways of encouraging others to read and write a letter to Jacqueline Wilson. Students read a a news article on Jackqueline Wilson. They discuss ways or promoting reading. Students imagine they are an author invited to...
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Down By The Bay
Students read the book Down By The Bay and sing the song that goes with it. In this Down By The Bay lesson plan, students also come up with other rhymes that could go with the song.
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The Three Bears' Voices
Students explore language arts by reading a classic story. In this oral storytelling lesson, students read the book The Three Bears and identify the characters and discuss how their voices would sound. Students practice retelling the...
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You Gotta Have A Hat
First graders compare versions of the folktale, 'Caps for Sale.' After listening to both stories, 1st graders utilize a Venn Diagram imbedded in this instructional activity to produce a graphic organizer detailing the similarities and...
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Nonsense Dictionary
Third graders explore various media. They identify the characteristics of various sources and use that material effectively. Students identify the characteristics of Dr. Seuss' work and the characteristics of a dictionary. They create a...
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How to Make an Edible Brown Bear
Learners follow directions on how to make an edible brown bear. In this following directions lesson plan, students make their bear out of bagels, peanut butter, crackers, and more.
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The Lorax
Third graders identify and list five problems presented in The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. They relate these problems to current environmental issues and debate how to make a difference then participate in different activities to improve their...
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Tortoise and Hare Races
Students listen to the fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, and participate in various map skill activities. They manipulate magnetic tortoises and hares on metal cookie sheets to practice direction, and construct racing tortoises out of...
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Technology-commected Folklife Lesson Plan: Fables
Young scholars discuss ways the stories were alike and different. The teacher demonstrate how to draw a Venn diagram using Microsoft Word. They label the two circles and enter the likenesses and differences on the diagram.
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The Grouchy Ladybug
Students learn about sorting and classifying objects by size while reading Eric Carle's "The Grouchy Ladybug". For this sorting and classifying lesson, students first listen to and interact with the story. They then look at cut-outs of...
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Comparing and Contrasting Fiction and Nonfiction Using Graphic Organizers
Students compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction selections. In this writing skills lesson, students use different forms of graphic organizers to compare "The Three Little Pigs," to Wiesel's Night.
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Seussville Meets the 4 Blocks
First graders read and examine Dr. Seuss books, and create and write their own stories.
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Writing for Different Purposes and Audiences
Third graders explore how to write for different purposes and for a specific audience or person. They read, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Students create a class book after reading the story. They each create their own...
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All About Me & the School Experience
Pupils create a book documenting their school experience. After completing a class read of "Clifford's First School Day," students discuss what it is like being at school. They use a book template to create their own first days of...
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Language Arts: What Makes an Individual
Third graders listen to the teacher read "The Sneetches" prior to creating charts about their individual characteristics. After numerous examples of individuality, they compile them on chart paper. As an extension, 3rd graders write...
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Dr. Seuss Characters
For this Dr. Seuss characters worksheet, students review and discuss sixteen main characters from his novels and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Strega Nona Lesson Plan
Students explore story characters as well as cause and effect. In this Strega Nona lesson plan, students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United...
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Introduction to Dr. Seuss
First graders look at slides on the SMART Board of different facts about Dr. Seuss and then create a class bar graph of their favorite Dr. Seuss books. In this Dr. Seuss lesson plan, 1st graders review and list facts that they learned...
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Caps For Sale
Learners read the story Caps For Sale and read companion stories, predict in a chart, work with rhyming and word families, answer short answer questions, and more. In this reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the...
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Gingerbread Baby Final Activity #11
Young scholars are read the story "Gingerbread Baby". They write their own letter to the author telling her about their favorite part. They ask questions and hopefully they will receive the answers from her as well.
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Toy Inventors Workshop
Eleventh graders investigate the technology of designing toys by conducting interviews with preschool age children. Ideas are obtained for making new types of toys. They design the toys and then use computer technology to share the...
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Thank You For the Get Well Card
Young scholars are read books by various artists. They create activity cards or mini-books that are given to ill children in hospitals. They discover the health care system and share their experiences with afraid children.
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