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Vocabulary Strategy for Number the Stars
After reading Number the Stars, told from the point of view of Annemarie Johansen, encourage your class to review some of the new vocabulary by completing this crossword puzzle. Fifteen definitions are presented, and learners must...
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Number the Stars: KWHL Graphic Organizer
Class members use a KWHL graphic organizer to record what they know, want to know, and what they need to learn as they read Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal winning novel about a Danish Jewish family.
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The Holocaust: An Introduction for Children (To Be Used with Number the Stars)
In this literature and history worksheet, students prepare to read the novel by Lois Lowry Number the Stars. Students read the history behind the Nazi occupation of Denmark and the arrest of the Jews there. This is a 10 page historical...
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Number the Stars Theme: Bravery
In this reading worksheet, students examine the theme of bravery in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students answer 10 questions about bravery in the book and the brave actions of the characters.
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Number the Stars Is it OK to Lie?
In this language arts worksheet, young scholars explore the theme of truthfulness and lying in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students answer 4 essay questions.
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Number the Stars: Historical Connections
In this historical connections worksheet, students jot down, from ten different pages from the novel Number The Stars, what has and is occurring that are part of the history of Denmark during World War I.
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Number the Stars The History Behind the Story
In this reading worksheet, students answer 10 essay questions and 16 vocabulary questions pertaining to the history behind the events in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars. This page is intended to be used with a historical information...
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry : Art Activity
In this reading response worksheet, students create a word of art depicting a scene in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students use lead pencils or charcoal to make a picture in black and white because color photography was not...
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Number the Stars Historical Background: Kim Malthe-Bruun
In this history and literature worksheet, students read a true biography of a Danish resistance fighter named Kim Malthe-Bruun. In the novel Number the Stars, the character of Peter is based on this young man. There are no questions to...
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Number the Stars Chapter 3
In this Language Arts learning exercise, learners answer three questions from Number the Stars, Chapter 2. The questions include 3 literal, 3 inferential, and 1 opinion question.
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Number The Stars
In this foreshadowing worksheet, students explore the technique of foreshadowing in the novel Number The Stars, by Lois Lowry. Students analyze chapter 9, page 76 for this technique of foreshadowing.
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Number the Stars Chapter 5
In this Language Arts learning exercise, students answer three questions from Number the Stars, Chapter 2. The questions include 6 literal, 1 inferential, and 3 opinion questions.
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Number the Stars Chapter 2
In this Language Arts worksheet, students answer three questions from Number the Stars, Chapter 2. The questions include 3 literal, 4 inferential, and 2 opinion questions.
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Number the Stars Chapter 4
In this Language Arts worksheet, students answer three questions from Number the Stars, Chapter 2. The questions include 3 literal, 2 inferential, and 2 opinion questions.
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Number the Stars Chapter 16
In this Language Arts worksheet, students answer three questions from Number the Starts, Chapter 16. The questions include one literal question, one inferential, and one opinion question.
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Number the Stars: My Response to the Novel
In this reading response worksheet, young scholars write their feelings about the novel Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Students complete separate paragraphs which begin " I wish, I wonder, I hope, I believe, I am thankful that..."
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Number the Stars
In this Language Arts activity, students read a quote from the book Number the Stars about Ellen's necklace. Students also read a description of the meaning of the Star of David.
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Number the Stars Man's Inhumanity to Man
In this Language Arts worksheet, students answer three questions about the theme of man's inhumanity to man in the novel Number the Stars. Students also discuss two questions in a group.
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Number the Stars The Holocaust
In this social studies learning exercise, students read a brief history of the Holocaust and its connection to Number the Stars. Students read about when Hitler came to power, concentration camps, and people who helped rescue Jews.
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Number the Stars Friendship
In this Language Arts worksheet, students discuss seven questions from the novel Number the Stars. All of the questions relate the novel's theme of friendship.
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Number the Stars Geography
In this geography and literature worksheet, students explore the location of the 3 countries mentioned repeatedly in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students color the countries on a map of Europe and create a key to match the...
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Number the Stars The Swastika
For this Language Arts worksheet, students read a quote from Number the Stars about a swastika. Students also read a history of how the swastika was once a symbol of peace.
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Number the Stars Lost Freedoms
In this reading worksheet, students examine the theme of lost freedoms in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students answer 10 essay questions about this theme in the book. Note: There is one typographical error on the page.
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Number the Stars Venn Diagram
In this reading worksheet, students respond to the novel Number the Starsby Lois Lowry by completing a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the Rosens and the Johansens