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10 Apples Up On Top
Stuents make class books as a follow up activity to the Dr. Seuss book Ten Apples Up On Top!
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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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It's Time for a Rhyme
Students listen to the story, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, by Dr. Seuss. They discuss the rhyming in the book and then play a rhyming game.
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Left Foot, Right Foot
Students listen to "The Foot Book", by Dr. Seuss. They participate in a discussion/activity about the book and feet. They trace their feet, label them 'left foot' and 'right foot' and compare their drawings to one another.
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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.
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It's Raining Meatballs
Learners observe and demonstrate the process of summarization using the book "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. They silently read the story, and as a class discuss the five W's. Students then write a short summary of...
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Super Susie Slithered Slowly
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the letter /s/ sound. As a class they recite an S tongue twister, then trace and write the letter S. Students then listen to the book "Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth" by Eric Carle,...
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Leo Lionni Author Study
Students identify Leo Lionni as an author in this lesson. 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 by...
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The Importance of the Rainforest
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry while listening to Tropical Rainforest music. They name all the speaking animals in the book and list each of the reasons the animals gave for not cutting down the tree. They then...
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Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) Lesson Plan
Students create a pizza recipe based on the recipe used in The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges. In this early childhood lesson plan, students read The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) and identify the ingredients needed...
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The Grouchy Ladybug
Young scholars learn about sorting and classifying objects by size while reading Eric Carle's "The Grouchy Ladybug". In this sorting and classifying lesson, students first listen to and interact with the story. They then look at cut-outs...
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Arthur's Birthday
Students investigate birthdays. In this literacy cross curriculum lesson, students listen to the book Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown. Students re-read the book orally, graph birthdays, design a word search, and create...
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Babushka Baba Yaga
Students read books by the author Patricia Polacco and complete different activities for the 4 books. For this language arts lesson plan, students read the books Babushka Baba Yaga, Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom, Pink and Say, and...
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Who Will Help?
Students analyze the characters in the book The Little Red Hen. In this character study lesson, students discuss the behavior of the characters and write about positive ways to work together for a common goal.
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Students appreciate African folktales, make "connections" between geography and literature, and research facts about Africa's animals and present findings through art and writing.
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Theme: Rain Forests and Planet Ecology
Students expand their knowledge of rain forests and planet ecology through the use of literature and related activities.
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Writing Crazy Crayons
Second graders observe the workings of an assembly line. They classify old crayon pieces by color, melt them in candy molds, package them, and produce advertising literature to sell the product. Students share their work with the class.
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Thank You For the Get Well Card
Students 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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Book Week
Students discuss favorite books. They listen to the teacher tell how Book Week started. Students participate in a variety of activities designed to help them focus on books and reading. Some may create covers for the older books,...
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Lights on for Reading!
Students practice the art of reading a piece of literature left to right by relating the beginning letters to common words from their environment. They practice holding and reading the book, "The Lightbulb," by Joseph E. Wallace and...
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Polar Bear Polar Bear
Young scholars explore fictional literature. Students listen to a story about a polar bear who changes color. Young scholars observe color models of the bear as the teacher reads. Students perform hand motions to parts of the story. ...
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Insect Communication and Harmful Insects
Seventh graders use children's literature in order to create an interesting context for the activity. The concept of insect communication is investigated in order for students to form educated hypothesis guesses.
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Give It Back From a Snack Lesson 1: Kids' Kompany
Students examine the ways to earn money and discover the different uses for money. They read children's literature and draw pictures of uses for money that benefit the common good.
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Native Americans
Students are introduced to the culture of a variety of Native American tribes through literature and related activities.
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