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| Book: Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia (primary/elem) |
Enhance a holiday favorite with this mini-unit, which reinforces skills such as spelling, comprehension, and more. |
| Poster: We are "Where the Wild Things Are" (red) |
Poster with monster feet above and below. |
| Poster: We are "Where the Wild Things Are" (b/w) |
Poster with monster feet above and below. |
| Guided Reading: Where the Wild Things Are (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Maurice Sendak's 1964 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Coloring Page: Complete the Wild Thing |
Use the drawing of a monster foot to draw your own creative "Wild Thing" - this is a tie-in to a lesson on "Where the Wild Things Are" or it could be a fun Halloween lesson, too. 3 pages with 3 different feet. |
| Border Paper: Where the Wild Things Are (primary) |
Wide-lined paper with monster feet in the header and footer. Great for a book report or movie review. |
| Border Paper: Where the Wild Things Are (blank) |
Draw a picture of yourself in the frame as a Wild Thing. |
| Booklet: "Where the Wild Things Are" Writing Prompts (elem lines) |
Each student can be assigned one prompt, or all the students can be assigned all the prompts, and then the teacher can choose one of each answer. These options can adapt to making a class booklet or bulletin board decorations. Alternately, each student can be assigned all the prompts and write their own booklets. 24 prompts with lines for writing. |
| Book: Where the Wild Things Are (elementary) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary for the Maurice Sendak classic. |
| Word Search: Book - Bartholomew and the Oobleck |
[member-created with abctools] Find the words from "Bartholemew Cubbins" to "wondrous" in this castle-shaped puzzle. Goes with the Dr. Seuss classic "Bartholomew and the Oobleck". |
| Guided Reading: The Hello, Goodbye Window (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Chris Raschka's 2006 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: The Egg Tree (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Katherine Milhous's 1951 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: The Biggest Bear (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Lynd Ward's 1953 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: Smoky Night |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Eve Bunting's 1995 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: Officer Buckle and Gloria |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Peggy Rathmann's 1996 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: Mirette on the High Wire (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Emily Arnold McCully's 1993 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: Make Way for Ducklings (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of this 1942 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: Hey, Al (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Richard Egielski's 1987 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: Flotsam (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of David Wiesner's 2007 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Guided Reading: Black and White (primary/elem) |
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of David Macaulay's 1991 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts. |
| Shapebook: Christmas (primary/elem) |
Trace and cut out. This stocking-shaped shapebook is a fun way for early readers to learn 30 Christmas vocabulary words. The pages can be hung in a word wall or made into a book for students to illustrate. |
| Spanish: Navidad |
Spanish Christmas vocabulary with pictures to color |
| Writing Prompt: Christmas (elementary) |
Choose characters, settings, and conflicts from the pictures, and then build a story around them. A fun creative writing exercise. |
| Word Wall: Christmas (with pictures) |
From "angel" to "wreath". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. |
| Book: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (elem/upper elem)) |
Betty MacDonald's "Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" is used to help students develop critical thinking skills while enjoying children's literature. This unit includes discussion questions, an activity page, and a test. |
| Book: Aladdin (elementary) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for Jordan Horowitz' retelling of the famous tale of a boy and a magic lamp. |
| Book: Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday (elementary) |
Vocabulary, comprehension and writing activities enhance this Judith Viorst book about a boy who has difficulty saving money. |
| Book: Amazing Grace (primary/ elementary) |
Vocabulary, comprehension and writing exercises enhance this book by Mary Hoffman about a girl who loves stories. |
| Book: Are You My Mother (primary) |
"A mother bird sat on her egg..."
Enhances the P.D. Eastman book with vocabulary and comprehension exercises. |
| Book: Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) |
This book unit, featuring comprehension and vocabulary exercises, works as a great enhancement for Elizabeth Howard's story of American history and human memories... and hats. |
| Book: C.S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew (elem/upper elem) |
Reading comprehension questions for each of the chapters in this book from the children's literature classic series "The Chronicles of Narnia". Includes answer
sheet. |
| Book: Chocolate Fever (elementary) |
Reading comprehension questions to help review Robert Kimmel Smith's story of a boy who likes chocolate a little too much. |
| Book: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type (primary, elementary) |
Reinforces vocabulary and comprehension for Doreen Cronin's popular story of life on a rather unusual farm. |
| Book: D.W. Flips (primary) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for this book by Marc Brown about D.W., the little sister of Arthur (from Brown's popular "Arthur" series). |
| Book: Diary of a Worm (primary) |
Enhances the Doreen Cronin book with vocabulary and comprehension exercises. |
| Book: Don't Call Me Beanhead (elementary) |
A "literacy log"-- 20 thoughtful writing prompts to go with this book from Susan Wojciechowski's popular "Beany" series. |
| Book: Germs Make Me Sick! (elementary) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for Melvin Berger's book about germs and health. |
| Book: Grandpa Is a Flyer (elementary) |
Enhances vocabulary for Sanna Anderson Baker's book about the early days of flight. |
| Book: It Could Still Be a Butterfly (elementary) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for Allan Fowler's book about butterflies. (NOTE: This book may be difficult to find). |
| Book: Leo the Late Bloomer |
Enhances the book "Leo the Late Bloomer" by Robert Kraus with word unscramble, crossword, comprehension questions, writing activities, and more. |
| Book: Make Way for Ducklings (primary) |
Enhances Robert McCloskey's 1942 Caldecott winner. |
| Book: Natasha and the Bear (primary/elem) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for the book by Paula Franklin. Caution: This book may be difficult to find. |
| Book: Noisy Nora (primary) |
Reinforces Rosemary Wells' book about a very noisy mouse. |
| Book: Olivia Saves the Circus (primary) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary skills for the book by Ian Falconer. |
| Book: Perfect the Pig |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary skills for the book by Susan Jeschke. |
| Book: Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt (elementary) |
Vocabulary and comprehension exercises supplement Lisa Campbell Ernst's story of a man who discovers he enjoys sewing. |
| Book: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (primary/elem) |
Enhances William Steig's 1970 Caldecott winner. |
| Book: The Knee-High Man and Other Tales (primary/elem) |
This book unit serves as a comprehension and vocabulary-enhancing backdrop to Julius Lester's excellent re-telling of these pourquoi tales. |
| Book: The Little Red Hen |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary skills for the classic children's story, as retold by Jean Horton Berg. |
| Book: The Paperboy (elementary) |
A good tie-in for the book by Dav Pilkey with lessons about responsibilities. |
| Book: The Relatives Came (elementary) |
A review mini-unit to go with Cynthia Rylant's popular story of summer visitors. |
| Book: The Skeleton Inside You (primary/elem) |
Vocabulary and comprehension exercises enhance the Philip Balenstrino book. |
| Book: The Snowy Day (primary) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for Ezra Jack Keats' 1963 Caldecott winner. |
| Book: The Talking Eggs (elementary) |
Enhances Robert D. San Souci's retelling of a Creole folktale. |
| Book: Arthur's Valentine (primary/elem) |
This unit helps students with vocabulary and reading comprehension skills to go with this seasonal installment of Marc Brown's popular Arthur series. |
| Book: Cranberry Valentine (primary) |
This unit helps develop comprehension skills and enhances the vocabulary found in Harry and Wendy Devlin's story of a man who never got a Valentine...and his secret admirer. |
| Book: Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine (elementary) |
"It's a mushy gushy mystery when Junie B. Jones gets a big, mushy card from a secret admirer!"
This unit enhances the Barbara Park book with vocabulary and comprehension skills development (with none of Junie B.'s notorious grammar). |
| Book: The Valentine Bears (primary) |
This unit helps develop comprehension and vocabulary skills to enhance Eve Bunting's tale of two hibernating bears who wake up for a special day. |
| Book: Why So Sad, Brown Rabbit? (primary) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary skills for the book by Sheridan Cain. |
| Book: Your Teeth (primary/elem) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary for the Helen Frost book about dental health. Caution: This book may be difficult to find. |
| Book: Clifford's Christmas (primary/elem) |
"Guess what holiday it is!" Christmas with the big red dog.
A mini-unit to go with the popular holiday children's book by Norman Bridwell. |
| Book: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (primary/elem) |
A mini-unit, featuring a word search and a fill-in-the-blank comprehension exercise, to go with the Dr. Seuss holiday favorite. |
| Book: The Gingerbread Boy (primary) |
A mini-unit to go along with Paul Galdone's version of this classic story. |
| Book: The Gingerbread Man (primary) |
Run, run, run, to catch this great lesson to enhance the classic children's story. Sight-word recognition, past tense practice, and more. |
| Unit: Christmas (primary/elementary) |
Rhyming, word search, word wall vocabulary, word unscramble, cloze practice, patterns, and a glyph. 10 pages of Christmas activity fun! |
| Unit: Christmas (primary/elementary) -b/w version |
Rhyming, word search, word wall vocabulary, word unscramble, cloze practice, patterns, and a glyph. 10 pages of Christmas activity fun! |
| Learning Center: Christmas - decorate a tree |
Practice reading and following decorations while decorating this Christmas tree. |
| Learning Center: Christmas - event sequencing |
Practice event sequencing. |
| Learning Center: Christmas - writing prompt |
Practice directed writing with "My Christmas Wish" prompt. |
| Worksheet: Cloze - Christmas (elem) |
This simple cloze exercise includes the answers in a text box. Good for early readers. |
| Color and Write: Christmas - Mini-Booklets (primary) |
Two mini-booklets: "Sights and Sounds of Christmas" and "Christmas Time with My Five Senses". Dotted letters and wide lines for smaller hands, with space for illustrations. |
| Coloring Pages: Christmas & Spelling |
Twelve Christmas-themed words, from "candy cane" to "wreath"... each word is missing a few letters, for spelling practice. With pictures to color. These pages make a great booklet! |
| Unit: Candy Canes (elementary) |
This unit contains a reading comprehension on the legendary origin of candy canes, a graph for charting candy cane flavor popularity, math, and more. |
| Comprehension: Christmas (elem/upper elem) |
A straightforward presentation of the Christmas story, including information about secular and religious Christmas traditions. |
| Comprehension: Gingerbread People (elem/upper elem) |
Practice reading and understanding a recipe. |
| Fiction: Alyssa's Tree (upper elementary) |
Christmas-themed realistic fiction followed by multiple choice comprehension questions. |
| Fiction: Christmas - Very Busy Elves (primary) |
"We are elves. We help Santa." |
| Fiction: Christmas Memories (elem/ upper elem) |
A girl enjoys decorating the tree with her mother in this realistic fiction reading comprehension. |
| Fiction: Christmas with Baby Bear (primary) |
Baby Bear wants a little tree of his own for Christmas. This Christmas-themed mini-unit features a reading comprehension, word search, and more. |
| Fiction: Christmas - I Am a Pretty Tree (primary) |
"I am a pretty Christmas tree." |
| Glyph: Christmas Ornament |
Color a blackline drawing by following the directions in the legend. |
| Glyph: Christmas Tree |
Color a blackline drawing by following the directions in the legend. |
| Glyph: Christmas Tree (a) |
For pre-readers, the (a) glyphs feature larger pictures and a smaller font, for teachers to read directions aloud. |
| Glyph: Elf |
Color a blackline drawing by following the directions in the legend. |
| Glyph: Gingerbread Man |
Color a blackline drawing by following the directions in the legend. |
| Maps: Santa's City Planner (elementary) |
Christine lives across from Michael, and south of the library. Where does Christine live?
Help Santa find all the children by correctly labeling the grid! |
| Worksheet: Picture Sentences - Christmas 1 (primary) |
"Santa is looking at his list." Choose the sentence that best describes the picture. |
| Worksheet: Picture Sentences - Christmas 2 (primary) |
"The boy is sitting on Santa's lap." Choose the sentence that best describes the picture. |
| Worksheet: Picture Sentences - Christmas 3 (primary) |
"Santa has a Christmas tree." Choose the sentence that best describes the picture. |
| Rebus: Family Christmas (color) |
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| Book: Moja Means One (primary) |
This unit uses the Swahili counting book by Muriel and Tom Feelings as a starting point for comparing cultures. |
| Writing Prompts: Where the Wild Things Are (multi-age) |
24 questions to accompany Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are"; these work as writing prompts or discussion questions. |
| Book: Zomo the Rabbit (primary) |
This unit reviews Gerald McDermott's tale of an African rabbit. Good story sequencing practice, a word search, and more. |
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