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!
Dec 22
From anchor charts paired with constructed response questions to compare the novel to the movie, this post provides many A Wrinkle in Time activities to add to your novel study. From the first line of the book . . . “It was a dark and stormy night,” until the last line. . . “But they never learned …
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Nov 11
Your novel study will go from ordinary to extraordinary with these Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Teaching Ideas… Charlie Bucket comes from a poor family where having seconds of a watered-down soup on Sundays is a real treat. After finding a dollar lying in the street, Charlie buys a Wonka’s Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight and finds the golden …
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Oct 27
Are you looking for some teaching ideas for Holes by Louis Sachar? You’ll find printable character trait booklets, recipes, and much more in this post. Louis Sachar hit it out of the park with his novel Holes. Accused of a crime he did not commit, Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to Camp Green Lake for rehabilitation. Almost immediately, Stanley …
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Oct 14
I first read the book Wonder while on vacation at the beach. I just couldn’t put the book down, so I ended up spending a good bit of the day sitting under an umbrella reading. Through laughter and tears, I followed Auggie through his fifth-grade year. My first impression was that Palacio was a fantastic writer. Her storytelling …
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Aug 05
In Gary Paulsen’s novel Hatchet, Brian doesn’t exactly sign up for a wilderness vacation. One plane crash later, he finds himself face-to-face with mosquitoes, wild animals, hunger, and the fact that the remote Canadian forest doesn’t come with Wi-Fi. What gets him through? Ingenuity, grit, and a lot of trial and error. The good news …
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