Young writers can contemplate a cartoon zombie's brain while they write a creative story. The theme is Halloween and the issue is that the writer invited real monsters to his or her party. Big mistake! Or was it?

Kathryn Barker's In the Skin of A Monster explores how a school massacre impacts a community. Unfortunately, the events depicted are all too familiar to many. This teacher's guide for Barker's novel offers activities that enable readers...

Monsters take center stage! Elementary schoolers are assigned to write a descriptive paragraph by a toy company to help in designing a new monster for their toy line. One student composes the paragraph, another uses that to create a...

Combine counting and vocabulary practice with Susan O'Keefe's engaging story One Hungry Monster, which you can find on YouTube if needed. Introduce learners to the following in-text words: doubt, gargle, rude, swear, and...

These questions ask learners to think about the text "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" in a variety of ways. In addition to practicing reading comprehension, class members work on interpreting, making inferences and connections,...

Young scholars draw and describe their monster. They exchange papers with another student and recreate the monster based on the other student's description.

Do monsters really exist? Find out what your class thinks with these discussion questions prior to reading Beowulf. Incorporate music and a video clip into the anticipatory set to engage your learners. Take a day to search online...

Over the course of a week, the class will study how monsters are portrayed throughout literature. But why? Monsters in science fiction or horror often depict the darker side of human nature; they are described for their horrific physical...

Who wouldn't want to read a book about monster plants? Get those kids into informational texts with an engaging topic, like meat eating plants! You'll use the teaching guide to provide structured practice as your class reads to...

Challenge language arts learners with a crossword puzzle that focuses on vocabulary words from Walter Dean Myers' Monster. After kids read the clues at the bottom of the page, they complete the puzzle with their newly defined words.

For this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, learners access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.

In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.

In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.

In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.

In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.

In this Fact Monster instructional activity, students access the Internet to one specific site to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.

For this craft worksheet, students use the two monster patterns to color, cut and glue to craft sticks to make puppets. Directions tell students to tell a partner a story about scary monsters.

Explore descriptive writing and visual art. Listen to the story Go Away Big, Green Monster by Ed Emberley and generate a list of adjectives used in the book. Name familiar shapes and create a shapes list. Choose an adjective and shape to...

What could that scary sound be? Join Bobby and his dad in a search for a screeching monster with a short reading passage. In addition, learners show their understanding with a series of comprehension questions and a lesson extension.

In this Internet fact hunt worksheet, students access the "Fact Monster" web site to answer 5 multiple choice questions. They answer US history, science, literature, and geography questions.

In this Internet fact hunt worksheet, students access the "Fact Monster" web site to locate the answers to 5 multiple choice questions. They answer questions about US history, geography, literature, and science.

Students participate in art, math, writing, and science activities to realize they have nothing to fear from monsters. They make masks, shape monsters, toast monsters and monster cookies. They complete monster math problems and make...

Young scholars create their own monsters that exist in their imaginary closets and decorate their environment. They then write a short story to describe their illustration using a prompt.

In this customized handwriting:  monster worksheet, 1st graders change the style, font and text, then print the worksheet to practice printing and color the monster.