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Description |
| Book: Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia (primary/elem) |
Enhance a holiday favorite with this mini-unit, which reinforces skills such as spelling, comprehension, and more. |
| 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 por quoi 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: Where the Wild Things Are (elementary) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary for the Maurice Sendak classic. |
| 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. |
| Cloze: Christmas (primary) |
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 reading comprehension. |
| 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! |
| Picture Sentences: Christmas 1 (primary) |
"Santa is looking at his list". Choose the sentence that best describes the picture. |
| Picture Sentences: Christmas 2 (primary) |
"The boy is sitting on Santa's lap". Choose the sentence that best describes the picture. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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. |
| 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. |
| 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". |
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