Responding to
Literature in the Primary Grades
This unit consists of a series of activity cards for
picture books and chapter books to help primary students respond to their
reading. Grades 1-3
Activity
Cards for First Novels Generic Activity cards and work
sheets to accompany first novels for primary grades.
Grades
1-3
Reading
With Curious George
Activities for ten stories about
Curious George,
the little monkey created by H. A. Rey.
Grades
1-3
Reading
with Franklin
A
reading resource for primary grades using the Franklin books by Pauline
Bourgeois.
Pound It! Squeeze
It! Paint It!
Kindergarten to Grade 3
A collection of suggestions and ideas for many art activities together with
lists of materials and recipes for such things as finger-paint and play
dough.
Teaching Science to
Little OnesBook 1
This resource takes the objectives of a typical Grade 1 curriculum and
presents
teacher-friendly lesson plans and worksheets that any teacher
can use in the classroom. Grade
1
A series of
cards to introduce the student to the rubrics and rating system used for the Six
Traits Analytical Writing Model. Grades
1 - 4
Creativity in Bloom
A collection of art
projects that teach artistic skills as students create beautiful flowers
using a variety of materials.
Grades 1 - 6
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on the title for more information and to see sample pages
WORK
BOOKS for NOVELS and LITERATURE
Grades 4-6
WORK
BOOKS for NOVELS and LITERATURE
Grades 4-6
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS Grades 4-6
ThemeQuotes
ThemeQuotes games link famous quotations to the themes of the books you teach!. Students must puzzle out the
ThemeQuote by working in teams to answer trivia questions from the main novel.
Fun
With Great Works
A series of reproducible units based on classroom
novels. Each unit contains an assortment of word puzzles, such as
crosswords, cryptograms, criss crosses, word searches, fractured maxims,
word merges and more. Grades 4-12
James and the Giant Peach Grades
4 - 6
Roald Dahl's story of a boy's adventures as he crosses the Atlantic Ocean with
some strange creatures.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grades
3-6
Roald Dahl's popular fantasy novel. Charlie Bucket
finds a Golden Ticket that invites him to Willy Wonka's marvelous and very
unusual candy factory.
Frindle Grades
4 - 6
Nick, a student in the fifth grade invents an alternative word
for a pen as a joke to annoy his English teacher. However, this
escalates beyond anyone's imagination when the story is reported in the
local news. Novel by Andrew Clements.
Whittington
by Alan
Armstrong Grades
4-7
A retelling of the
English folktale, Dick Whittington and His Cat. A battered tomcat
tells the story of his namesake Dick Whittington to an audience of a
group of animals.
Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing
Grades
4 - 6
Judy Blume's humorous novel about how Peter Hatcher copes with the trials and
tribulations of living with a younger brother.
Superfudge
Grades 4-6
The sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing tells how Peter copes with five
year old Fudge, a new baby sister and relocation to Princeton.
Double Fudge
by Judy Blume
Grades
4-6
The Hatcher family has more fun and adventures when cousins from Texas come to
visit them in New York.
The
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by
Barbara Robinson
Grades 4-6
The Christmas pageant is a tradition, but things change and chaos ensues when
the terrible Herdmans insist on taking part. Although the pageant is
different than previous productions everyone agrees it really was the best
Christmas pageant ever.
The Best School Year Ever
Grades
4-6
The terrible Herdman children wreak havoc throughout the school year in the
hilarious sequel to The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Best Halloween Ever by
Barbara Robinson Grades
4-6
Halloween has been cancelled because the terrible Herdman children have
been up to their usual mischief.
Freddy
and the French Fries: Fries Alive!
Grades
4-6
Freddy wants to help the failing family business by winning the prize for the
best float in a parade by David Baldacci.
Number the
Stars Grades 4-6
A novel by
Lois Lowry about a young girl's life under the Nazi occupation of Denmark.
Pelly
by David Glaze
Grades 4-6
Pelly is the story of a young girl in western Canada who befriends a
pelican.
Stone
Fox Grades 4-6
John Reynolds
Gardiner's novel about a young boy's effort to save the family farm.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter, a young wizard makes friends and
overcomes challenges when he attends Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and
Wizardry. Grades 4-6
Morris
Rumpel and the Wings of Icarus
by
Betty Waterton
Grades 4-6
Morris visits his Grandparents, rides on an airplane and a horse for the
first time, saves a family of peregrine falcons and becomes a
hero.
Cold Midnight in Vieux Quebec
Grades 4-6
Another Eric Wilson novel set in old Quebec City during the Winter carnival
featuring super sleuth Tom Austen.
Cassandra's
Driftwood Grades 4-6
A young girl deals with adolescence,
a novel by Budge Wilson.
The
Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements
Grades 4-6
Jack Rankin is ashamed of his father who is a janitor at the high school he
attends. The novel tells how the relationship between them changes as Jack
learns more about his father's early life.
Meiko and the Fifth Treasure This novel by Eleanor Croerr is set
in Japan just after the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
Grades
4-6
Fog Magic
Grades 4-6
A young girl
who loves the fog, uses it to travel to her own fantasy world,
by Julia L. Sauer
Mick
Harte Was Here
by Barbara Park
Grades 4-6
Pheobe Harte tells the story of the death of her brother in a bicycle
accident by recalling events in his life.
Jacob's Little Giant
Grades 4-8
A novel by Barbara Smucker about
the conservation of wild life as a farm family raise a flock of Canada
geese.
Time Out! Music Theory Can Be
Fun!
This book was
written to enable the students to practice and master essential elements
of music and have fun at the same time.
Grades 4-8
Music Magic Book 2
Activities and games to make learning music skills fun for the students, with
suggestions and rubrics for the teacher.
Grades
4-6
Word Wizard
Teaches students how to recognize
and use plurals, compound words, prefixes, suffixes, antonyms, synonyms and
homonyms etc.
Grades 4-8
Checkbook
Challenge
This unit teaches students how to
use basic math skills in real life situations as they calculate bills,
write checks and record transactions in a check register.
Grades
4-6 Also available in Canadian/British version.
Habitats
Students learn to observe living things within a habitat, study the
adaptations made for survival, and discuss conservation.
Grades 4-6
Life on Earth
An integrated unit which incorporates science
and social studies through student centered activities.
Grades 4-6
Language
Arts (3R's Series)
Includes units on Greek and Roman
mythology. English and American poetry and Mark Twain. Grades
4-6
Social Studies
(3R's Series) Includes: The Exploration of the
Western Hemisphere, Colonial America, the Civil War and the Role of Prejudice in
the Settlement of the United States. Grades
4-6
Science
(3R's Series) Includes: The development of Space
Travel. The Circulatory System. Oceans and their Environment. Natural Disasters.
Weather and the Water Cycle. Grades 4-6
Espaņol...Pronto!
This book for is designed for
teachers who may not have Spanish as part of their education. Student
Edition and Teachers Guide. Grades 4-8
Discovering Your
World This integrated unit will introduce
students to various countries as they plan a trip around the world.
Grades 4-8
The following
Grade 4-6
Work
Books are based on the Hank Zipzer novels written by Henry Winkler
and Lin Oliver.
Niagara
Falls, or Does It?
Henry Winkler, who is dyslexic, based the central character in this first of
a series of novels, on some of his own experiences.
The
Night I Flunked My Field Trip
More adventures with Hank Zipzer and his friends. The novel is set on a
sailing ship with near disastrous results.
Holy Enchilada!
Hank Zipzer and his friends welcome a Japanese exchange student to their school
and take part in a multicultural day.
The
Day of the Iguana
Hank Zipzer plans a science project that requires little of the written work
that is so difficult for him.
I
Got a 'D' in Salami
Hank Zipzer gets into more trouble when he tries to hide a poor report card
from his parents.
The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down
Hank is chosen to play the part of the King of Siam in the School's
winter musical. However, his father insists he gain a B+ in a math
test in order to do this.
The
Zippety Zinger
Hank Zipzer loves baseball but lacks skills. However, one day he wears his
sisters lucky monkey sock with surprising results.
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade!
It is the end of the school year and Hank Zipzer is horrified to discover that
he might have to repeat the Fourth grade. How can he prevent his parents
from discovering this?
The
Secret Life of a Ping-Pong Wizard
Hank Zipzer finds he is good at ping-pong but hesitates to tell his friends as
they might not consider ping-pong a real sport.
My
Dog's a Scaredy Cat
It's Halloween and Hank Zipzer and his
friends in the fifth grade plan revenge on Nick McKelty as they construct a
haunted house. Barfin' In The Back Seat: How I Survived my
Family Road Trip
The twelfth book in the series
about Hank Zipzer and his family tells of his adventures as they travel
to a crossword competition.
Who Ordered This Baby? Definitey Not Me!
In the thirteenth book of the series Hank learns that his mother is
pregnant, and decides to practice being a big brother by buying a
pet. When he chooses a tarantula for a pet not everyone is
pleased.
Work Books
for Literature and Novels Grade 5 &
up
10 Timeless
Classics
An introduction to the great classics of
literature. Grades 6-9
Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Classic novels written
by authors such as Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and Mary Shelley.Grades 6 - 9
The Emily Carr Mystery
Grades 5-7
Detective Liz Austen becomes involved in an exciting mystery at her
friends wedding, by Eric
Wilson.
The Pinballs
by Betsy Byars
Grades 5-7
Three children who have been abused and abandoned find love in a caring
foster home.
White
Jade Tiger by Julie Lawson
Grades
5-7
As Jasmine travels through time to help a young Chinese boy find his father, she
learns about her own history.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis Grades 5-7
Four children have a series of adventures
when they venture through a mysterious wardrobe into the land of Narnia.
Time Cat Grades 5 - 7
Lloyd Alexander's popular story
of a cat who travels back in time to various places in the world.
Space Trap Grades
5 - 7
A girl is trapped on a strange world
where aliens are kidnapped for zoo's. A novel by Monica Hughes.
Loser
by Jerry Spinelli
Grades 5 - 7
Donald is an average
student, with a kind and considerate nature, but his failure to win a race earns
him the nickname of Loser from his classmates. Donald continues to be
himself and the reader will consider who are the real winners and losers.
A Christmas
Carol Grades 5-8
Charles Dickens' classic story of Scrooge, the three spirits of Christmas Past,
Present and Future and how they change his feelings about Christmas.
The True
Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Grades 5-8
The
story by Avi about a young girl's adventures when she travels from
England to Rhode Island by ship in 1832.
Coast to Coast
by
Betsy Byers
Grades 5-8
A thirteen year old girl and her grandfather fly across the country in a Piper
Cub.
Maniac
Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Grades
5-8
This novel, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1991, is the story of a young boy,
Jeffrey (Maniac) Magee, who faces racism and attempts to soothe racial tensions
in a small town while searching for a new home.
Julie
by Cora Taylor Grades 5-8
Julie is a young farm girl in western Canada who has inherited the gift of
second sight from her Scottish grandmother.
Missing May
by Cynthia Rylant This is the story of how a young girl and her friend help her uncle to deal with
the sudden death of his wife.
Lost in
Cyberspace by Richard Peck
Grades 5-8
Josh Lewis and his best friend use computers to travel through time and bring
people from the past into the present.
This is a fast paced and humorous book.
Journey
by Patricia MacLachan
Grades 5-8
Eleven year old Journey searches for reasons why his
mother left him and his younger sister with his grandparents.
A Single
Shard
Grades
5-8
This Newbery medal winner the story
of an orphan in 12th century Korea, who overcomes many difficulties to
become a potter.
We
All Fall Down by Eric
Walters
Grades 5-9
Will is visiting his father who
works in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The novel
tells how they escape from the South Tower after the plane crash, and
how this event changed their relationship and increases their
understanding of each other.
Work Books
for Literature and Novels
Grade 5 &
up
Willow and Twig
Abandoned by their mother, ten year
old Willow and her four year old brother go to live with their
grandmother. The novel tells of their adjustment to this new life
and a sense of security that neither has experienced before. By Jean
Little.
Grades 6-8
A
Perfect Gentle Knight
A game based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table,
helps the Bell children deal with the grief following the death of their
mother. Problems arise when Sebastian, the eldest is unable to distinguish
between the game and reality. By Kit Pearson Grades
6-8
Lois Lowry's popular novel about a
utopian society and its effect on a young boy.
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Grades
6-8
Crispin finds himself in danger after the death of his mother and his adventures
as he flees across 14th Century England. The novel is written by Avi.
A mystery story
set in Nineteenth Century Germany, by Joseph Holub.
Hatchet
Grades
6 - 8
A boy survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness and survives with only
his wits and a hatchet.
The Wednesday Wars Grades
6 - 8
Set in the 1960's this Newbery Honor Winner, by Gary D. Schmidt, tells of a
boy's growing maturity as he tells of his problems at school and home.
Olive's Ocean
Grades 6-8
2004 Newbery Award Winner by Kevin Henke about life, death, growing up and
personal relationships.
A
biography set in the First World War by Sharon E. McKay tells of the adventures
of a young stowaway on a ship bound for Europe.
Bridge
to Terabithia Grades 6-8
Katherine
Paterson's story of the friendship between a boy and a girl until tragedy
strikes.
Torn Away Grades
6-9
A young boy is caught up in the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland. Caught by the
police he is sent to his uncle's home on Vancouver Island where he adjusts to a
new way of life.
Seedfolks
Grades 6-9
A collection of stories by Paul Fleischman about old and new immigrants living
in an apartment building in Cleveland which has a vacant lot nearby where they
start to plant a garden.
Daniel's Story Grades
6-9 The story of a young
Jewish boy from Germany who survives the horrors of the Holocaust, by Carol
Matas.
Miscellaneous
Subjects Grades
5 and up
My Dream Room
Teaches students
how to apply mathematical concepts to real life as they design their dream
room. Grades
5-8
Hook Ups for
Language Arts
Tutorial response cards to help
students learn language arts concepts.
Grades 5-8
Ginny's
Hookups for Six Traits A series of
cards to help students understand the rubrics and scoring system used for the
Six Traits Analytical Writing Model.
Grades 5
- 12
Music Masters
1 An overview of musical development
from 1200 to 1850 for teachers with a limited musical knowledge.
Grades
6-9
Music Masters 2 This unit focuses on composers and
music development from 1825 to 1900.
Grades 6-9
Music Masters
3 This series continues with the development
of music in the 20th Century.
Grades 6-9
A Jazz Journey The story of jazz from its beginnings
to the present day. Grades 6-9
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on the title for more information and to see sample pages
The story by Kit Pearson about two
English children who are evacuated to Canada during World War 11.
Homecoming
by Cynthia Voigt
Grades 7-9
This tells how the Tillerman
children, led by the oldest, Dicey who is thirteen, find their way to there
grandmother's house after their mother leaves them in the parking lot of a
mall.
Lost
in the Barrens Grades 7 - 9
Farley Mowats
tale of survival by two boys lost in the wilds of Northern Canada.
Jacob I Have Loved Grades
7 - 9
A Story of sibling rivalry and learning to find your own strengths and talents,
by Katherine Paterson
The
Maestro
Grades 7 - 9
A boy meets
an eccentric musician who changes his life. Novel by Tim Wynne-Jones.
Awake
and Dreaming
Grades
7-9
Kit Pearson's
tale about hope and a child in a dysfunctional family.
After the War
by Carol Matas
Grades 7-9
The story of a young girl who survives the Holocaust, and her search for a new
life in Israel.
Simply Shakespeare
Shakespeare: an introduction to his life and time,
his plays and poetry.
Grades 7-9
A
Cordial Invite from the Masters of Fright!!
Grades 7-10 The unit
consists of a selection of poems and short stories to be read,
dramatized and presented by the students. Students also have the
opportunity to write their own hair-raising story.
Taming the
Star Runner Grades 7 - 8
S.E. Hinton's
novel about the difficulties a group of adolescents face and how they react
to them.
Reading
with Jerry Spinelli
A collection
of humorous novels recommended for students who show little enthusiasm
for reading.
Grades
7-9
Day
of Tears Grades 7-9
This novel by Julius Lester was the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for 2006. Based on
historical fact, it tells of the largest slave auction ever held.
Walk Two Moons
Grades 7 - 9
A young girl searches for answers following her mother's death. By Sharon
Creech
Janey's Girl
Grades 7-9
Claire and her mother, Janey return to a small town in British Columbia, where
Janey learns to come to terms with her past. Novel by Gayle Friesen
Karen Hesse's
story about a power plant accident and its effect on a fourteen year old
girl.
Forbidden City by William
Bell
Grade 7 - 9
Seventeen year old Alex accompanies his father to China and witnesses the
student demonstration in Tiananmen Square and its horrific aftermath.
Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan
Sonnenblick Grades 7 - 10
A drunken teenager crashes his car into a
neighbor's yard. At his court appearance he is sentenced to community
service in a nursing home with curious and unexpected results.
Random Passage Grades
7 - 10
The story revolves around the Andrews family who were exiled to Newfoundland and
landed at Cape Random. There was only one other family there, but
through the process of the story, we see how the settlement grew amid trials and
triumphs. It is an exceptional look at life in the early days of
Newfoundland's history.
Activity Cards for Ancient
Civilizations
A series of activity cards, based on Maslow's Needs Theory, that can
be used for the study of any Ancient Civilization.
Grades 7-8
The
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
This is a study of the diary kept by Anne Frank as she hid from the
Nazis in Amsterdam during World War 11 for almost two years. Grades 7-9
Canada At War
A unit that integrates English, history,
geography, drama and visual arts while studying the wars and conflicts in
which Canada has been involved.
Grades 7 - 10
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on the title for more information and to see sample pages
Work Books for
Literature and Novels
Grade 8 &
up
The Wild Children Grades 8-10
This novel by Felice Holman tells of the plight of homeless children and their
fight for survival in Russia after the Civil War of 1917
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Grades 8-10
This novel tells how a group of schoolboys react when they are stranded on a
desert island without adult supervision.
A Night To Remember
Grades 9-12
This is the story of the sinking of the Titanic and what happened
when the largest passenger ship of the time struck an iceberg on her
maiden voyage and sank with the loss of many lives. Walter Lord's
book written as an historical novel is based on extensive research and
interviews and is considered by many to be the definitive account of the
tragedy.
I Heard the Owl call My Name Grades 9 - 12
A young minister learns about life, death and the power of love when he is
sent to a native village in British Columbia.
The Snow Goose
Grades 9-12
Phillip Rhayader is shunned by society after being rejected because of a
deformity. He befriends Frith when she brings an injured snow goose to
him. During World War II when British soldiers are trapped on the beaches
of Dunkirk, Phillip makes many trips to help rescue them and is accompanied by
the snow goose.
Night by Elie Weisel Grades 11-12
The terrifying story of a young boy's survival in a Nazi concentration camp.
5 Minute Fillers
This unit contains lots of ideas to use in those odd minutes that frequently
occur during the school day. There are ideas for all subject areas that
are adaptable for all grades and can be used with the whole class, a group or
independently. Useful for both regular and substitute teachers. Praxis
Teacher Certification Study Guide for Middle School Language Arts
This guide was
developed for Teacher Certification in the United States, but the
information included would be valuable for anyone in the teaching
profession for information and review.
Using Novel Studies in the
Classroom All Grades
Practical ideas for using novels in the classroom, with the whole
class, groups and independent activities.
The Busy Teacher's Book of Forms
A collection of forms that every teacher
uses throughout the year. Included are forms for lesson and project
planning, homework records, rubrics for writing and multiplication and
additional squares.
Letters to the Family
A series of letters created for primary and junior grades that can be sent home to inform families about what is happening in your classroom throughout the year. These letters can be copied or used as models to personalize the letters that you send
home.
September
Sanity
A collection of dozens of proven
tips and ideas to help the new Grade 3-8 teacher survive the first few
weeks of school.
Espaņol...Pronto!
This book for is designed for
teachers who may not have Spanish as part of their education. Student
Edition and Teachers Guide. Grades 4-8
The
Gifts of All Children Tells teachers, students and parents
how to recognize, affirm and use the many and varied talents or gifts that
each child possesses. All Grades
The Politics of School Reform
An analysis of the current school reform movement, as it applies to the
classroom teacher.
