Category: Book Units

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!

The Christmas Pig Novel Activities

The Christmas Pig Novel Study

Check out The Christmas Pig novel activities to get some ideas for your book unit study. These teaching resources are sure to be a hit with your upper elementary students this holiday season. Jack awakens to the sounds of voices. The Things in his room have come alive. The Christmas Pig tells Jack that because …

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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus is an incredible book about three middle school students who overcome many obstacles to “fit in.”   Thirteen-year-old Aven is an ordinary girl, almost. She was born without arms. Her loving stepparents encourage her to do everything on her own. When Aven is in kindergarten, she begins making …

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The Breadwinner Novel Teaching Ideas

The Breadwinner

If you haven’t read The Breadwinner novel, then you are in for a rare treat. This heartwarming story follows Parvana who lives in Afghanistan where the Taliban have recently taken over the country. They have taken away all women’s rights. Schools for girls are closed. Women lose their jobs. All females including teens must be accompanied …

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Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Activities

Hoot Novel Study

Read the touching and hilarious novel Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.  Roy Eberhardt teams with Beatrice and her brother, Mullet Fingers. They wish to stop Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House Corporation from building a pancake house on a vacant lot. The lot has become home to a group of endangered burrowing owls. The three scheme to prevent the …

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Book

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief book tells the story of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson. On the first day of summer, Percy learns that he is half-human, half-god. He is taken to Camp Half-Blood in New York. At camp, Percy learns that his father is Poseidon, the god of the Sea. When Zeus’s master bolt is stolen, Poseidon is blamed. …

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The Beatryce Prophecy Book Activities

The Beatryce Prophecy

The Beatryce Prophecy is the newest novel by author Kate DiCamillo. The story reads like a fairy tale with evil versus good characters. Introduction to The Beatryce Prophecy When Brother Edik goes to the barn to feed Answelica, he finds a child curled up next to the goat holding onto its ears. Brother Edik picks up the …

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The Tiger Rising Book Activities

The Tiger Rising

Are you looking for a great novel to read with your students? The Tiger Rising is one your students will love. Like all of Kate DiCamillo’s novels, this one has rich characters and an interesting story plot. In the novel, twelve-year-old Rob walks through the woods near his Florida home, he stumbles upon a caged tiger. The same …

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