Author & Illustrator Shel Silverstein Home http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein The Giving Tree *Activities* Make a Giving Tree http://www.teachervision.fen.com/icebreaker/printable/26555.html Arts & Crafts activities http://school.familyeducation.com/literature/childrens-book/34855.html?detoured=1 Giving Tree Powerpoint Movie http://www.vidyaonline.net/arvindgupta/Tree.pps *Lesson Plans* Preschool http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/147.html PreK-1 http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Literature/Childrens_Literature/CHL0229.html Holiday lesson http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/givingtree.cfm From Seed to Plant science … [continue reading]

Author Betty Ann Schwartz Author Biography Illustrator Dona Turner What Makes a Rainbow What can you see in the sky? Online or printable book http://www.kizclub.com/storytime/skystory/print/skyprint1.html Guiding Light is a downloadable MP3 story http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/25jul_colloids.htm Rainbows on Titan! downloadable MP3 story http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/25feb_titan2.htm… [continue reading]

Author J.K. Rowling Home http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/index.htm Illustrator Mary GrandPré http://www.marygrandpre.com/ http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/illustrator/ Amazon.com Widgets Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Literature Study Guide http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/harrypotter/ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Literature Study Guide http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/potter2/ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of … [continue reading]

Author Wilson Rawls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Red_Fern_Grows Where the Red Fern Grows Comprehension Questions http://www.mce.k12tn.net/dogs/fern/where_the_red_fern_grows.htm http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1343 Jeopardy style Questions http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/131420730121311760/lib/131420730121311760/WTRFG_Jeopardy.ppt Lapbook http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/03/17/inspired-book-reports-lapbooking-where-the-red-fern-grows/ Literature Study Guides Where the Red Fern Grows Study Guide http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/redfern.html http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/pdfs/Where_the_Red_Fern_Grows.pdf http://www.teachercreated.com/products/a-guide-for-using-where-the-red-fern-grows-in-the-classroom-0400 http://www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/classroom/lplan_view.asp?articleID=128 Quiz… [continue reading]

Laura Numeroff Home If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Activities http://www.canlearn.com/ReadingR/IfYouGive.html Includes a simple cooking activity http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/parents_and_teachers/activity_097.html Coloring Pages Lesson Plans Lesson concepts of Guided Reading, Math and Art http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1956.html Math Printables Spelling and Vocabulary Study Guide Units & … [continue reading]

Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Author Biography http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/Naylor.html http://www.simonandschuster.net/content/feature.cfm?sid=510&feature_id=450 Shiloh Lesson Plans http://www.planetbookclub.com/kids/class.html http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAShilohByNaylor6.htm Literature Guides http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/shiloh_t.pdf http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Literature/Childrens_Literature/CHL0210.html Saving Shiloh with F.I.L.M. – Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies http://www.youthfilmproject.org/savingshiloh.htm Lesson Plan – How Can I Save Shiloh (gr 5-6) http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSLAWriteAnimalAbuseStanceParagraph56.htm… [continue reading]