A lesson plan where students make their own "story spinner" and create alternate endings to a book they've read. Includes adaptations and resources. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with Crayola.com. Registration is free...

This is an introduction the a unit on the effects of technology on education, reading, researching and the world around us. It provides key terms, and essential questions concerning how technology changed the way we read, what Southern...

In this lesson plan, students will write narrative paragraphs about specific events in their lives. Then students will paint images and symbols from their paragraphs onto pieces of fabric, which will be used to make quilts.

A collection of images of school to use as writing prompts. Students can make text-to-self connections, write creative stories, or just write about how the students in the images might feel.

This teaching guide for Jeffrey and Sloth, a story written by Kari-Lynn Winters, provides a synopsis of the story, discussion questions and teaching ideas. The book is about the experience of writer's block and how to overcome it. The...

Read and listen to a story about a connection between Earth and an imaginary planet called Fliptune. See how Billy, a boy from Earth, helps the people of Fliptune by making their planet warmer so things can grow.

This lesson focuses on the use of technology to assist students with historical background to a piece of literature; it can help to understand the literature and how people felt about the historical event. It features links to the short...

Through play and exploration, Splash and Bubbles demonstrates and celebrates the amazing diversity of life in the ocean, building awareness and appreciation among its young viewers. All the while, viewers are exposed to concepts of...

Selected (8) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "Sahara Special" by Esme Raji Codell. Sahara Special is the story of Sahara Jones's 5th grade school year and the struggles she overcomes to make friends and reach her potential as...

Lois Lowry's, "The Giver", is an Newbery Award novel. Themes of "The Giver" are diversity, freedom, connections, choice, individuality, honesty, and family. Make the smart choice by reading the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The...