Young scholars discover strategies to help them better understand the stories they read. As a familiar story is read to the class, individuals practice answering basic questions about the main characters, settings, problems, etc. while...

First graders create a venn diagram with two folktales. In this folktale lesson, 1st graders read Cinderella and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe. They find the similarities and differences and chart these on a venn...

Students familiarize themselves with fables by listening to several of them. They define fables. They identify the moral of a specific fable. They identify characters, plot and sequence of events. They create a mask of a character in a...

Fourth graders examine different types of literature, specifically myths and fantasy. They listen to "The Giving Tree", identify in which genre of literature it belongs, and view several myths on a website. At end of lesson, 4th...

Fourth graders identify and discuss the differences between legends and fables. They define fable and legend, then as a class take turns reading our books. Students select two of the stories, and complete a Venn diagram, comparing one...

Third graders compile their writings into pop-up books after reading "The Jolly Postman: Or Other People's Letters." The book contains letters, invitations, essays, and narratives they have written previously. The project also includes...

Students listen aloud to books by Tomie dePaola. They utilize the Internet to study the geography and culture of the places the they read about in Tomie dePaola's books. They answer questions about Norway through an Internet treasure hunt.

Students define and interpret the elements found in a short story. Then they identify the elements of plot found in a short story. Students also apply knowledge of plot to an original work of fiction. Finally, they identify the...

Students investigate the song of the "Oriental Festmarch" while listening to the march. They conduct research about the genre of the march in music. They answer some key questions in order to create the context for the lesson.

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the game of freeze tag that is adapted using the movie characters from "Shrek". Each one takes on the role of one of the characters with a role to play when tagged by the taggers.

Students explore the variety of 'other worlds' in fiction and their uses in reflecting our own. They explore the role of myth and legend as the basis for modern story telling. Book extracts are provide for classroom use.

In this fungus worksheet, students identify different types of fungus given certain characteristics. Students are challenged to write their own fungus question.

For this social studies worksheet, learners find the names of waterfalls and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

In this literature worksheet, students find the words that are related to the vocabulary of Shakespeare and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.

In this survey activity, students ask classmates which Beatrix Potter books they have read and record their responses. Book titles are listed in the first column and tally marks are written in the second column. Students then graph the...

In this personal information worksheet, students fill out this form to give details about their personal history, prior experiences and preferences. This could be used for information gathering or as an icebreaker activity.

In this language arts worksheet, middle schoolers discuss the meanings of metaphors from a book Number The Stars and then reason why the author writes with them.

In this Squigly's Halloween costume activity, students locate and circle twenty six terms associated with Halloween in a word search puzzle.

In this language arts worksheet, learners correlate events of a story with an emotion and then write a description of the story details.

In this "Robin Hood" worksheet, students, with a partner, discuss the differences in meaning between rob and steal, match eight words associated with Robin Hood and match six words/phrases with their proper definitions.

In this magic worksheet, students, with a partner, complete a variety of activities associated with magic and casting spells and tricks.

In this dental care instructional activity, 3rd graders will focus on vocabulary associated with oral hygiene. Students will complete a word search and find the 26 words that are listed below the puzzle.

In this mermaid word search worksheet, students try to find all of the hidden words in the word scramble. The 10 word that need to be found are in the word bank at the bottom of the page.

In this first lines worksheet, students participate in matching fifteen book titles written by Roald Dahl to their fifteen opening lines by drawing a line from one to the other.