Welcome to my index blog page, where I share book units for 3rd through 6th graders! Reading novels helps students develop their literacy skills, imagination, and critical thinking abilities. I create resources to help teachers and parents guide students through studying books in a fun and engaging way.
Each post on this blog page includes novel study samples and teaching ideas with various activities, such as printable handouts, YouTube videos, and hands-on projects like recipes and art activities. On my blog page, you can find many options for novel studies to do with your child at home or in the classroom.
Learning should be enjoyable, and I design my book units to be educational and entertaining.
I hope this index blog page will inspire and motivate you to explore the wonderful world of novels with your readers. Happy reading!
Oct 17
Out of My Mind book by Sharon Draper is an amazing story about an eleven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. When Melody is quite young, she goes over to her next-door neighbor’s house, Mrs. V. Mrs. V doesn’t pamper Melody as her parents do. She teaches her how to roll over and scoot. She realizes that Melody …
Permanent link to this article: https://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=3316
Oct 10
Are you looking for some Esperanza Rising teaching ideas? This post includes a character trait activity as well as novel unit samples. Esperanza Rising Summary The year is 1930, just ten years after the Mexican Revolution. Esperanza is the only child of a wealthy landowner. She lives in a vineyard in Mexico. Esperanza only knows the life …
Permanent link to this article: https://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=3318
Oct 07
Your students will laugh out loud at the humor in The Witches by Roald Dahl. In the story, our narrator visits his grandmother in Norway. He tells us witches are real, and they hate children. They are trying to kill all children. These real witches are hard to find because they are good at disguising themselves. …
Permanent link to this article: https://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=3757
Oct 03
Once you read this summary on The Phantom Tollbooth, you are going to want to read this book with your students. The story is great for teaching so many skills. Wordplay is scattered throughout the novel making it fun. Be sure to check out The Phantom Tollbooth activities including the map of Milo’s travels for students to …
Permanent link to this article: https://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=3314
Sep 26
Gary Paulsen’s novel is fantastic! Samuel is a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania in 1776. He spends his days in the woods hunting for the people of his village. His neighbors in turn help his parents with their small farm. One day while Samuel is out hunting, he notices a …
Permanent link to this article: https://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=3312
Sep 12
Are you planning to use Elizabeth Geroge Speare’s wonderful book? Your students are in for a real treat! Enhance your unit with these The Sign of the Beaver activities. Matt and his pa travel to Maine leaving the rest of his family at home. They build a cabin and plant corn on the newly purchased …
Permanent link to this article: https://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=3322
Sep 05
Check out these four projects to use with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Your students will love the crafts and videos! Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a thrilling adventure story about a widowed field mouse named Mrs. Frisby. She is faced with the challenge of saving her family from danger. When …
Permanent link to this article: https://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=3308
