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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Sep 15
Read definitions of the different text structures including examples and grab the free printables to make this Text Structures Anchor Chart. Text structures are the different organizational patterns nonfiction texts can be written. Which should you teach text structures? Teaching students the basic structures will greatly improve students’ abilities to analyze informational text. When students …
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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 …
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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 …
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Aug 29
Have you ever felt like an outsider or experienced bullying? If so, then The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes is a book you won’t want to miss. Published in 1944, this beloved children’s book tells the story of Wanda Petronski, a young Polish immigrant. She is teased by her classmates for wearing the same faded …
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