What Happened on Pa Lia's First Day?

Emerging readers complete pre-reading, writing, and post-reading activities for the book Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street. Potentially difficult vocabulary words are highlighted, and example discussion questions are provided. 

Practice using context clues to match the definitions of eight bolded words with their correct word. This passage is called "First Day of School," so consider extending the activity by having learners write about a memorable first day of...

Gaze into the future with your crystal ball! Pupils write down their predictions on the lines provided within the crystal ball.

While your students may not be psychics, that doesn't mean they can't predict what will happen next in a story. To hone this important reading comprehension skill, young learners read a series of three short passages before writing a...

Is leprechaun a common or proper noun? This is just one of the nouns that learners must identify as common or proper for this St. Patrick's Day-themed exercise. 

Is Inauguration Day always on January 20th? Do incoming presidents always take the oath of office on a Bible? Learn the answers to these questions and more with an informative and entertaining video about Inauguration Day.

Classmates participate in a variety of getting-to-know-you activities for the first day of school. They make resolutions, become detectives about their fellow classmates, learn about each other by playing switch, and make welcome bags.

On the first day of school, get to know your class members, and encourage friendship with a poetry lesson plan that uses adjectives. Scholars brainstorm personality traits, draft an "I Am" poem composed of words that describe them, then...

Travel out to sea as scholars learn vocabulary in context through Kathleen Zoehfeld's informational book Dolphin's First Day. Go over the new words scholars will hear before reading: approach, coast, expert, feeble, gaze, murky, propel,...

Fun St. Patrick's Day facts abound. The lesson plan tells the story of the most famous icons associated with the holiday: the shamrock, snakes, Celtic religion, Irish history, and St. Patrick himself.