KA Cummins

Story-aligned learning activities based on the picture book “Bold & Brave.” “Bold & Brave” is about Lily, an autistic girl with a vivid imagination, who seeks the courage to take center stage and sing a solo in the school’s choir show. In this story-aligned curriculum, students will learn about autism and exercise their pattern recognition, counting, and critical thinking skills through a word search, spot the difference, dot-to-dot, and sensory scavenger hunt. (Answer key included.) NOTE: T

Doople Science—an egg science activity book with experiments, activities, and fun illustrations to color. Based on the “Super Doople” picture book (releases 5/4/23). Great for home or classroom hands-on learning with elementary school ages. Question and answers are included.

FREE book club activities for the award-winning middle grade novel, “Snow Globe Travelers: Samuel’s Legacy.” Includes: discussion questions, coloring pages, a logic puzzle, and a creative writing activity.

A four-week Creative Writing Lesson Plan for use with Khan Academy's Pixar Storytelling course! Virtual classroom ready! Includes over 60+ pages: Google Slides for remote learning (includes instructions for downloading slides)Daily lesson plans designed to fit within 30-45 minutes of class time (includes independent work that can be complete as homework)Extend the course beyond four-weeks to include editing and revising (extended learning resources provided)Visual reference handoutsWorksheets (i

A set of activities for students to complete independently after finishing a book on their summer reading list. Activities focus on bolstering reading comprehension and analytical skills without adding a lot of extra school work.

A unit study inspired by C.E. White's “Vincent in Wonderland.” For students in 4th through 7th grade. Topics include Vincent van Gogh, Post-Impressionism, and Alice in Wonderland.

A unit study inspired by Darrell Pitt's "The Boy From Earth"--a middle-grade science fiction adventure. Unit study topics: space exploration, NASA, and space camp.

A fun vocabulary exercise for use with rhyming word pairs. Includes instructions and example poem.

The Building Blocks of Writing uses the concepts of building blocks to show the relationship between the parts of speech, sentences, paragraphs, and the structure of a completed writing assignment. The included graphic organizer helps student easily transition from topic and details to a complete writing assignment.