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This activity is a follow up to reading the book The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka. The activity fits well with a Caldecott lesson, as it asks the students to reflect on and imitate the illustration style of the award-winning illustrator as they predict what they might see through their own Hello, Goodbye Window. Your students will have fun putting their own personal spin on the story!

This is a great activity to welcome your students to preschool! After reading "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" or another book in the series, your students will draw what they think would happen when you give a preschooler a crayon! They will have a lot of fun using their imaginations in a back to school activity or in a cause and effect or circle story unit later in the year. Enjoy!

This is a great activity to introduce your students to the concept of distinguishing facts from opinions, reading biographies and to celebrate Read Across America. I like to use this activity after doing all or some of the following: -Read a Dr. Seuss biography as a class and take the Accelerated Reader quiz -Play a Fact vs. Opinion game by having students formulate facts and opinions about an interesting object (I like to use a decorated Mr. Potato Head) Enjoy!

This activity can be used in conjunction with a lesson on the Caldecott Medal either before or after reading award winning books. It emphasizes the fact that everyone's imagination is different, so all illustrations will be unique. Students will love becoming an illustrator then sharing and comparing their work with friends in their class! Please note that the preview formatting appears slightly differently than the actual download. In case you cannot read the entire mock up page text, it says

This project includes a fun planet research worksheet which students can complete using the resource of your choice (books, encyclopedias, online encyclopedias, filtered search engines etc.). It also includes a planet postcard template which students can use to write to friends or family about imaginary trips they take to the planets they research. Students will have such a great time taking their trips through the solar system with this interdisciplinary lesson that they won't even realize how

This puzzle is a great addition to a technology lesson introducing children to the basic parts of a computer. Teachers can use it as a fun follow-up activity to review students' understanding of the vocabulary related to computer technology. The download includes pages with colorful pictures and definitions to make it easy for teachers to review the different computer components before students complete the puzzle.

This is a great activity to welcome your students to Kindergarten. After reading "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" or another book in the series, your students will draw what they think would happen when you give a kindergartener a crayon! They will have a lot of fun using their imaginations in a back to school activity or in a cause and effect or circle story unit later in the year. Enjoy!

This worksheet asks students to decide which characters are fiction from a group of firefighter images then asks them to explain their choices. This is a perfect October activity which combines a unit about Fire Safety Month with fun fiction vs. non-fiction practice.

This is a fun activity to reinforce the basic concept of point of view for young students after reading the book "Seriously, Cinderella is So Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as told by The Wicked Stepmother". The familiar tale is turned on its head in a wacky way which will have your students in stitches then they can have fun retelling the tale from the stepsisters' point of view.

This activity introduces students to the biography genre through an interview project with their classmates. It not only builds reading, listening, and speaking skills but can also serve as a great ice breaker. Teachers can turn this activity into a more in-depth writing project and even add an illustrating component for the more artistically-inclined students.

This book care worksheet is great to welcome your students to the Media Center! After reading a book care story like "Penelope Popper: Book Doctor" by Toni Buzzeo or "Mr. Wiggle's Book" by Paula M. Craig, students can demonstrate their understanding of taking care of library books by deciding which ones are "hurt" and need to go to the book hospital!

This activity is based on the book "Creepy Carrots" by Aaron Reynolds. It asks students to create a new fiction scene in the story by predicting what happens once the carrots are inside the fence at the end of the book. This fun activity allows your students to review the terms "fiction", "non-fiction", and "making predictions" while also being creative with new story ideas. Once they are finished writing their ideas, the students can then illustrate their new scenes on the bottom of the page wi

This is a fun way to get your students excited about researching world countries and geography! After filling out information about themselves in their passports, students must earn their passport stamps by researching different countries. As students "travel" through each country they write a postcard home to show what they learned about each place. Students will have a great time writing to friends and family, earning their postcard stamps and expressing their written and artistic creativity b

This activity challenges students to describe ordinary objects in detail and create a poem based on the descriptions. Students will have a blast writing poetry about any mundane object-from a piece of paper to a chair or even lint from their pockets. This fits in well with a poetry or writing lesson and is a fun challenge for many age levels. You can introduce the activity with a box full of random objects and have students choose one for inspiration before writing their poems. Students can writ

This activity includes a short realistic fiction piece, a map worksheet, a brainstorming worksheet and a persuasive letter writing template. You can use this story after a map or atlas lesson or to introduce persuasive writing. The students will follow along on the map as they read the story and trace the characters' journey down the east coast. After the story, students will research one of the states further, then complete the brainstorming chart and finally write a persuasive letter to the ch

This activity is used along with the Elmer book series by David McKee. Students are introduced to the word "unique" by the very unique elephant character in the story and then challenged to brainstorm ways that each of them is unique as a person. Afterwards, I use the worksheet to have each student decorate their elephant in their own unique way which encourages students who typically "share" their neighbors' work to come up with something completely their own!

This is a great activity to welcome your students to first grade. After reading "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" or another book in the series, your students will draw what they think would happen when you give a first grader a crayon! They will have a lot of fun using their imaginations in a back to school activity or in a cause and effect or circle story unit later in the year. Enjoy!

This graphic organizer allows students to neatly present basic information they learn about animals while conducting research. Students can record information such as the animals' size, diet, habitat and physical features in a manner that is easy to read and understand. Students can also add illustrations to the "I look like..." section to add a pop of color and creativity to the final product.

This activity challenges students to use the print features of informational texts to locate and learn new information. After familiarizing your students with informational text features, the students can use any non-fiction book to demonstrate their new skills using the table of contents and glossary. Please note that the graphics are properly aligned when you download the page.

Celebrate National Poetry Month this April with this fun concrete poem activity! After reading concrete poems with your students, choose either the spring or shooting star template. Students will have a blast using the suggested words provided or coming up with their own to create a colorful and creative poem in or around the shapes!