STREGA NONA - WORD WORK

Pair this resource with a reading of any math textbook, article, or book. Learners take note of unknown words and use the provided graphic organizer in order to use word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to help them determine the meaning of...

Need a fun way to retell a great story? Here are song lyrics that retell the Tomi De Palo classic, Strega Nona. There are two songs, the first tells the story of Strega Nona (sung to the tune of "Are You Sleeping?") and the second warns...

Students read a variety of well-known studenT books and discuss concepts presented in the books as they relate to the Bill of Rights. They discuss the books and compare them to the Bill of Rights Amendments.

Bring your traditional lesson on folk tales to the next level by combining it with a review of the five themes of geography! Pupils practice analyzing a story from a foreign country, apply their knowledge of the five themes, draw a map...

Create a cross-curricular learning experience based on the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat with this collection of learning activities. Starting with a class reading of the story, children go on to learn about the sequence...

New cultures in the United States and other parts of the world are explored in this social studies instructional activity. Students read to understand print and non-print texts. They also discuss cause and effect in the story and sing...

Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a...

It's a book list for every possible purpose! The resource starts out with some reading comprehension support materials and worksheets, and then moves into pages and pages of categorized lists of books and stories that you can use to...

Students predict events in Strega Nona. In this anticipation lesson, students use an anticipation guide to generate predictions about events in the story, Strega Nona. Students work independently to finish the guide as an assessment.

Students explore story characters as well as cause and effect. In this Strega Nona lesson plan, students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United...