• Corduroy by Don Freeman
    Homeschooling,  Literature

    Corduroy

    Corduroy by Don Freeman Activities & worksheets, links & additional suggested materials, links, prepared units, other online printables for this book. A Journal for Corduroy https://web.archive.org/web/20050308165257/http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=30 A Pocket for Corduroy Activity Guide A Pocket for Corduroy Bilingual Activity Guide Bear … [continue reading]

  • The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida
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    The Bracelet

    Yoshiko Uchida’s The Bracelet is an exceptional book about friendship. During World War II, Emi, a young Japanese American girl, and her family are made to leave the lives they know and are sent to an internment camp. Her father … [continue reading]

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  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

    If you Give a Mouse a Cookie A Kinder Concert 3 Blind Mice http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/groups/Kiddie-Records/Week_19/The-Korn-Kobblers_A-Kiddie-Korncert_02.mp3 A to Z Teacher Stuff http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/483.shtml Book Breaks: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/mousecookie.html FamilyEducation.com activities and printables http://school.familyeducation.com/literature/childrens-book/34679.html?detoured=1 Harpers Children Buy the … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Bridge to Terabithia

    Bridge to Terabithia http://www.nt.net/~torino/bridge.html http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading20/bridge.htm Activities http://tiger.towson.edu/~gschro2/childrenslit/award/bridgetoterabithia.htm Friends and Friendships http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/friends.html Glencoe Literature Library http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/bridge_to_terebithia.pdf My Friends and I… Book A Printable Book for Early Readers What do you do with your friends? Use this book to write it down… [continue reading]

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    The Color Purple

    The Color Purple Literature Based Theme has free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, lapbooks, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. Be sure to learn about the author, Alice Walker. Novel The Color Purple from the author’s site. Spark … [continue reading]

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  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Series of Unfortunate Events

    13 Shocking Secrets (there’s a pdf to download) This invaluable booklet is intended to prepare you for The End. It contains unsettling information about Lemony Snicket, the Baudelaire orphans, and a secret organization that is watching you right now. http://www.lemonysnicket.com/shockingsecrets.cfm… [continue reading]

  • Authors - Homeschooling on a Shoestring
    History,  Literature

    Women’s History

    Women’s History Literature Based Theme American Women’s History Month Word search puzzle https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/72843 Womans History Teachers Pay Teachers freebies https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:Womans%20History/Price-Range/Free Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Word search (use as Vocabulary) https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/25521 Word search http://www.whenwewordsearch.com/word_search/eleanor_roosevelt/44566/word_search.jsp Activity, graphic organizer, vocabulary and … [continue reading]

  • History,  Literature

    Slavery and the Civil War

    Slavery and the Civil War Literature Based Theme An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. SAD short Story https//www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375 Reliving History Through Slave Narratives. After reading narratives from former slaves that were recorded in the 1930’s as part of the Federal … [continue reading]