Tell Me Why?

Students complete pre reading, writing, and post reading activities for the book Bug Head and Me. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.

In this comparing items worksheet, students compare 2 items together and then say why one is better than the other. Students complete 11 problems.

People often save money, but what are the benefits and drawbacks of that action? Youngsters learn about saving, savings, and opportunity cost through the lens of a short book, called Something Special for Me.

Which picture should go first? Which one is next? Which picture finishes the story? Have your class cut out, sequence and write a narrative based on a set of unsequenced pictures. After binding, writers share their creations and their...

In this using forms of the verbs explain and tell worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete sentences and create additional sentences. Students write 25 answers.

In this cause and effect activity, students read ten sentences about the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster on April 20, 2010. Students underline the case and circle the effect in every sentence. This activity goes with a Scholastic news...

Students find the best part of their body. In this positive self-concept lesson plan, students listen to the story The Best Part of Me. They come up with their best feature and write a poem about it.  

Every picture really does tell a story. Start the day by reading select passages from Children of the Orphan Train and discussing your listeners' initial feelings. Then, pair a KWL with a YouTube video (attached here). Then, using these...

Students practice reading comprehension by answering the 5 "W" questions. After reading "The Kissing Hand," they complete a class discussion addressing the questions who, what, when, where, and why. Students choose an appropriate,...

In this comprehension questions for Black Like Kyra White Like Me learning exercise, students read the book then answer 20 comprehension questions about it.