[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay about the complicated relationship between siblings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Having a new brother or sister can create many opportunities and challenges for you. You can show how responsible you can be by helping as much as you can. You will have to deal with all the attention that the baby receives from your...

This site is focused on the context of talking about the family and includes a video and a worksheet. This video explores the vocabulary and structures of family, age, marriage and family celebrations. The grammar areas of focus are on...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister whose relationship starts to change as they grow older. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

"Maybe you've always wanted a baby brother or sister and your parents just told you you're going to have one. Perhaps you've always liked being an "only" and now your parents have announced that you'll have a brother or sister soon....

In Hypnotized by Canadian author Don Trembath, a sibling rivalry prompts Rufus to have his sister Alexa hypnotized by his friend. Her subsequent behavior causes both boys to feel confused about their feelings towards her. This teacher's...

In this novel, Louise dreams of leaving her tiny island home in Chesapeake Bay, but first she must escape the shadow of her twin sister who seems to rob her of everything. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "Jacob...

This site contains an account of civil bravery, the German resistance group "Weisse Rose" with the the siblings Scholl as its most prominent members. They were murdered by the Nazis.

After sharing Margie Palatini's charming "bad-situation-that-only-gets-worse tale", Tub-boo-boo, writers will plan a story about a humorous household accident that gets worse before it gets better. Borrowing Palatini's exciting idea from...

Selected (7) reading passages (grades 6-8) to pair with the nonfiction book "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago. Esmeralda Santiago, also known as Negi, describes her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico and her eventual...

If you have any questions about why some people choose to adopt children, or how they go about adopting a child, this is the place to find out.

A story about what it is like to have a big sister. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of links to help students see how Shakespeare used the theme of family relationships that are still relevant today.

Jacqueline Woodson describes her experiences growing up as an African American girl in South Carolina and New York in the 1960s. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 3-6) to pair with "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson. [Free...

How can you introduce a unit on families with upper elementary and middle school students? This site provides lessons, activities, themes and more for accomplishing this task.

Check out these cross-curricular activities for second and third grade teachers focused on the family. This site provides lessons, activities, ideas, reproducibles and more.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Maria was had to babysit her two little sisters who often fought with each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction piece tells the story of a little girl who draws a map of the school for her little brother. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Troy who saves money to buy his sister a treat for her birthday. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Sandy whose big brother is learning to drive. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Designed by Isaiah Rogers, this 1833 Greek Revival house was built by ship captain and China Trade merchant Robert Bennet Forbes and his siblings for their mother. Furnished and decorated with acquisitions Forbes made in China, it is now...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Simple flipchart on families. Contains a graph, link to a story, and reading graphic organizer.