Me, Plain and Tall

Eliminate the hard work of creating an entire literature unit with this reading guide for the novel Sarah, Plain and Tall. From background information about the author and her motivation for writing the story to reading comprehension...

Elementary readers gain skills in summarizing and understanding information gained while reading. The class create a map of one chapter together as a model. Once this is accomplished, kids create maps on their own while silently reading...

Students use adjectives to describe this natural object, and when done they read their paragraph to a partner. In this descriptive paragraph lesson, students write a paragraph about an object found in nature and then their partner has to...

Do your kids need some ideas about summer reading? Use a reading list divided by grade level to inspire them to read independently. Titles are fun, engaging, and easy to connect to what you are teaching.

Students practice visualizing as they read to aid comprehension. They then read a chapter in their history book and visualize what they read so that they can answer comprehension questions about the chapter.