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First Sentence: Alcott's Little Women (upper elem/middle school) Our new "first sentence" series asks the question: "You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?" With these simple worksheets, each containing a different sentence from a classic story, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. Look for more "first sentence" prompts every week!
Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 1) Formatted like a standardized test, this 9 page document tests knowledge of punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, alphabetization, spelling, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.
First Sentence: After Words If students are curious enough about the first sentence of the novel, they may want to read the book and then complete this worksheet comparing their predictions to the actual book.
Bar Graph (create): Favorite Book Create a bar graph to show information about favorite books.
Book: Flowers for Algernon (middle) Combining critical thinking and comprehension skills with a strong student-driven approach to the different types of intelligence, this double unit is a fantastic enhancement for Daniel Keyes' modern classic tale of intelligence gained and lost. This is one of many book lessons on our member site.
Bookmark: Five Finger Test "Test your book. Read a page. Put up a finger for each word you don't know." Simple instructions for categorizing books by difficulty, from "easy to read" to "too hard". Three bookmarks per page.
Bookmarks: Reading  
Certificate: Bookworm Award "Awarded to __ for reading the most books."
Coloring Page: Hey, Diddle Diddle  
Coloring Page: Jack & Jill  
Coloring Page: Jack, Be Nimble  
Coloring Page: Little Boy Blue  
Coloring Page: Mary Had a Little Lamb  
Coloring Pages: Blue Things (Booklet) Eight pages of things that are blue, from blueberries to blue whales. A fun coloring booklet for young students learning their colors.
Coloring Pages: Green Things (Booklet) Ten pages of things that are green, from broccoli to trees. A fun coloring booklet for young students learning their colors.
Coloring Pages: Yellow Things (Booklet) Ten pages of things that are yellow, from chicks to schoolbuses. A fun coloring booklet for young students learning their colors.
First Sentence: Andersen's Little Match Girl (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
First Sentence: Austen's Pride and Prejudice (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
First Sentence: Barrie's Peter Pan (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
First Sentence: Bronte's Wuthering Heights (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
First Sentence: Burnett's A Little Princess (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
First Sentence: Burnett's The Secret Garden (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
First Sentence: Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
First Sentence: Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
Grammar: Suffixes - ER Meaning "one who" (teacher, lawyer)
How to Write a Four Star Extended Response [member-created with abctools] Directions for writing an extended response on starred border paper.
Learning Center: Fall Harvest (elementary) A seasonal-themed companion or alternative to our Halloween center. Includes a concentration (memory) game, apple coloring activity, and more.
List: Books from All Fifty States This list features books at a variety of levels, each set in one of the fifty states. From "Bird" (set in Alabama) to "Hope Was Here" (Wyoming), this book list will help students "read across America".
Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty The text of the poem, a cloze exercise, a word search, and a picture to color.
Nursery Rhymes: Jack and Jill The text of the poem, a cloze exercise, a word search, and a picture to color.
Nursery Rhymes: Ladybug, Ladybug The text of the poem, a cloze exercise, a word search, and a picture to color.
Project: Travel Tags for Books Write the author, title, and a few details on each travel tag.
Shapebook: Speedy Delivery Truck (elementary) [member-created with abctools] Poem about a speedy delivery truck ("Some trucks go vroom!") in a delivery truck-shaped shapebook. Easy reader for kids that love trucks.
Story Planner: Animal Story Use this story planner to help you write an animal story.
Survey: Favorite Book (upper elem) Use this form to record people's favorite books. Ten titles are suggested and blank spaces are also included. Good tallying practice.



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Book: Magic Tree House series (elementary) Reading the Magic Tree House series? Use this unit to enhance your reading! A book report form, writing prompt, and grammar review to go with one (or several) books, as well as math, alphabetical order, and punctuation practice to go with the series.
Testing Practice: Reading (Level 1) Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading skills. These are approximately skills tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 2) Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation, parts of speech, pronouns, alphabetization, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in second grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Reading (Level 2) Formatted like a standardized test, this 10 page document tests reading skills. These are approximately the skills tested in second grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 3) Formatted like a standardized test, this 13 page document tests language arts skills such as spelling, parts of speech, capitalization, alphabetizing, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in third grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Reading (Level 3) Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading skills. These are approximately skills tested in third grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Reading (Level 4) Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading comprehension, prefixes and suffixes, and more. these are approximately skills tested in fourth grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 4) Formatted like a standardized test, this 13 page document tests knowledge of spelling, parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in fourth grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Reading Comprehension (Level 5) Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading comprehension. This is approximately a skill tested in fifth grade, although state standards vary widely.
Testing Practice: Answer Sheets 3 different "fill in the bubble" type answer sheets to use in conjunction with the Testing Practice pages.
Testing Practice: Synonyms and Antonyms (level 1) Formatted like a standardized test, this 1 page document tests knowledge of synonyms and antonyms. This is approximately a skill tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.
ABC Order (page 5) - 2nd letter Four pages with sets of four; to the second letter.
Word Family Booklet: "at" words (version 1) Word family booklet for the word family "at" with pictures to color.
Word Family Booklet: "at" words (version 2) Word family booklet for the word family "at" with pictures to color.
Word Family Booklet: "et" words (version 1) Word family booklet for the word family "et" with pictures to color.
Word Family Booklet: "et" words (version 2) Word family booklet for the word family "et" with pictures to color.
Fiction: The Flower Girl (primary) "My Aunt Deb got married at a big church." Short reading comprehension.
Early Reader: Weather (b/w) "It is sunny!" Easy to read booklet, weather-related vocabulary with pictures to color
Early Reader: Winter (b/w) "I wear a snowsuit." This five-page easy reader booklet is a fun introduction to reading about winter for young readers.
Booklet: What Rhymes With Fall? (primary) Booklet, vocabulary and pictures for words that rhyme with "fall".
Booklet: Vocabulary - What Rhymes With Fall? version 2 (primary/elem) booklet, vocabulary in sentences, with pictures
Worksheets: Punctuation (elem/upper elem) These worksheets are formatted like assessment tests; good punctuation review and great testing practice.
Worksheets: Homophones (elem) These worksheets are formatted like assessment tests; good homophone review and great testing practice.
Worksheets: Capitalization (elem) These worksheets are formatted like assessment tests; good capitalization review and great testing practice.
Worksheet: Point of View (upper elementary) Read the short story, then use context clues to answer questions about the author's point of view. Six pages, with answers
Learning Center: Chain of Events Activity and writing exercise.
Learning Center: Recalling Major Events Students recount the major events in a book they have read using a storyboard.
Learning Center: Personal Connections Students writing about their personal connections to a book they have read.
Coloring Booklet: Thanksgiving (primary) 1 Words to learn and pictures to color
Coloring Pages: Brown Things (Booklet) Ten pages of things that are brown, from bears to muffins. A fun coloring booklet for young students learning their colors.
Coloring Pages: Orange Things (Booklet) Ten pages of things that are orange, from basketballs to oranges. A fun coloring booklet for young students learning their colors.
Coloring Pages: Black Things (Booklet) Eight pages of things that are black, from bats to shoes. A fun coloring booklet for young students learning their colors.
Coloring Pages: Purple Things (Booklet) Six pages of things that are purple, from bruises to plums. A fun coloring booklet for young students learning their colors.
Pumpkins & Directions (preschool) "Color the pumpkin orange". A great seasonal pre-school book for coloring and practice following directions (directions can be read aloud for pre-readers).
Nursery Rhymes: Mary Had a Little Lamb The text of the poem, a cloze exercise, a word search, and a picture to color.
Nursery Rhymes: Baa, Baa Black Sheep The text of the poem, a cloze exercise, a word search, and a picture to color.
Nursery Rhymes: Diddle, Diddle Dumpling The text of the poem, a cloze exercise, a word search, and a picture to color.
Worksheet: Alphabetical Order (elementary) Practice sheets and answers for grades 3-5.
Fact or Opinion 2 Skills and Practice
Fact or Opinion 1 four page practice with answer sheet
Fiction: Kate's Birthday (elementary) This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting story and great testing practice!
Comprehension: Reading for Details (upper elem) Read the story and answer the questions.
Biography: Gutenberg (upper elementary) This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting brief biography and great testing practice!
Herb's Horrible Journey (upper elementary) This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting realistic fiction story and great testing practice!
Comprehension: Cherokee Village (upper elementary) This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting factual comprehension and great testing practice!
Comprehension: Valentines (upper elementary) This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. Interesting Valentine's facts and great testing practice!
Comprehension: The Toucan (elementary) This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. Toucan facts and great testing practice!
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Old King Cole  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Old Mother Hubbard  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Baa, Baa, Black Sheep  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Hickory, Dickory, Dock  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Ladybug, Ladybug  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Little Jack Horner  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Mary, Mary  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Three Blind Mice  
Nursery Rhymes- Coloring- Twinkle, Twinkle  
Book: Hatchet (upper elem/middle) The Newbery-winning novel Hatchet (by Gary Paulsen) is a popular book, even among reluctant readers. Expand your reading with a chapter summary sheet, vocabulary expansion exercises, comprehension review, and MUCH more.
Book: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (elem/upper elem)) Betty MacDonald's "Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" is used to help students develop critical thinking skills while enjoying children's literature. This unit includes discussion questions, an activity page, and a test.
Book Report Form: General - reading & thinking This great two-page form combines comprehension, evaluation, and word skills, helping students know what to look for when reading. Suitable for upper elementary, middle school, and high school.
Book: Don't Call Me Beanhead (elementary) A "literacy log"-- 20 thoughtful writing prompts to go with this book from Susan Wojciechowski's popular "Beany" series.
Book Report: Reading Hopscotch This fun sheet helps students review the basic points of comprehension by means of a "hopscotch" board.
Learning Center: Halloween Three activities (event sequencing, a Venn diagram, and an art project) to reinforce reading and following directions.
Learning Center: Thanksgiving Three great holiday themed activities-- decorate the bulletin board with cornucopias, play a memory game with cards, and more!
Book: Golden Goose (elementary) Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Diane Paterson's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Goldilocks (elementary) A great accompaniment to the classic fairy tale, as retold by Lorida Bryan Cauley. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: Little Red Riding Hood (elementary) Enhances vocabulary and comprehension. A great accompaniment to Ben Mahan's retelling of the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Rumpelstiltskin (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic.
Book: Snow White (elementary) A great accompaniment to Paul Heins' translation of the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Book: The Ugly Duckling (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Hans Christian Andersen classic.
Book: The Three Wishes (elementary) A great accompaniment to the Grimm Brothers' classic, as retold by M. Jean Craig. Enhances vocabulary and comprehension.
Worksheets: Homophones (elem) Five pages review a varied selection of homophones.
Worksheets: Its or It's (elementary) 5 pages of worksheet practice and an answer sheet.
Worksheets: Predicting Outcomes (elem/upper elem) Read the short story, then use context clues to predict the outcome. Six stories; answers included.
Worksheet: Predicting Outcomes (elem) One page, two stories. Read the story and predict the outcome.
Worksheets: Sentence Fragments (middle school) What is a sentence fragment? Seven pages of exercises with answers.
Worksheets: Subject/ Verb Agreement (upper elem) Short explanation and five pages of practice on subject/verb agreement.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Goldilocks and the Three Bears (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the tale of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Hansel and Gretel (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Hansel and Gretel", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Little Red Riding Hood (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Little Red Riding Hood, to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Rumpelstiltskin (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Rumpelstiltskin", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - Snow White (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "Snow White", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from "The Elves and the Shoemaker", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Golden Goose (Elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the fairy tale of "The Golden Goose", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tales - The Three Wishes (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from the fairy tale "The Three Wishes", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Story Sequencing: Fairy Tale - The Ugly Duckling (elementary) Use these coloring pages, illustrating scenes from Hans Christian Andersen's classic "The Ugly Duckling", to practice story sequencing. Color, cut out, and arrange correctly.
Mini-Unit: Fantasy and Reality (elem/upper elem) Several activity suggestions, as well as practical worksheets, to help students understand the difference between fantasy, realistic fiction, and reality.
Unit: Fairy Tales - The Three Pigs PLUS (primary/elementary) Write and illustrate an alternate version (or a faithful rendition) of the Three Pigs. Following directions, practicing word sounds, reading comprehension, basic graph skills, and more are included in this engaging multitask unit.
Certificate: "Caught You Reading" Tickets Students will love to be "caught" reading when they receive these little award tickets.
Book: Diary of a Worm (primary) Enhances the Doreen Cronin book with vocabulary and comprehension exercises.
Book: A Running Brook of Horror (upper elem/middle) Studying snakes? Daniel Mannix's spine-chilling story is a great way to enhance a snake unit...especially in combination with this fantastic 15 page unit, featuring "cause and effect" practice, story sequencing, figurative language, vocabulary development, and more. Caution: This story may be hard to find.
Worksheet: Defining Genre (upper elem/middle) Think of books in specific genres (realistic fiction, biography, fairy tale, etc.) and complete the chart by stating which use imagination. This worksheet can be used as introduction or review.
First Sentence: Dante's Inferno (upper elem/middle school) You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence? With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
Signs: Reading Set of signs for reading ("Quiet Please! We Are Reading!") and genre (science fiction, etc). Print on cardstock or laminate for longer use. In a book shape.
Story Grammar Unit A seven page unit detailing the parts of story grammar.
Realistic Fiction vs. Fantasy  
Early Reader: "I like..." (playground - b/w) "I like to play on the swings." This easy reader booklet is a fun way to introduce the spelling of popular playground equipment.
Comprehensions: Test Taking 3 reading comps and a sample page.Great for test-taking skills.
Word Search: Friends (very easy) From "friend" to "share".
Fiction: I Love Soccer (primary) "I am on the best soccer team!" A realistic fiction reading comprehension.
Fiction: Mike and Meg (primary) "Mike and Meg are friends." A very easy reading comprehension about two friends who like going to the fair.
Fiction: On a Summer Day (primary) "We like to ride our bikes in the neighborhood." Short reading comprehension.
Early Reader: "I like..." (playground - b/w) "I like the climbing structure." This is a slightly more challenging version.
Coloring Page: Rainy Day  
Fiction: Let's Build a Castle (primary) A very easy short reading comprehension.
Booklet: Simple Machines (elementary) easy to read, vocabulary and pictures to color
Shapebook: Thanksgiving - Turkey "T is for turkey..." Trace and cut out. This turkey-shaped shapebook has five pages of short turkey-related prompts.
Coloring Booklet: Thanksgiving (primary) 2 Words to learn and pictures to color
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  • abcteach has an ever-widening selection of book units, specially designed to enhance student reading, with comprehension (story sequencing) and vocabulary building (word scrambles, crossword puzzles) exercises. Our fairy tale units are perfect for elementary grades.
  • abcteach has an ever-widening selection of book units, specially designed to enhance student reading, with comprehension (story sequencing) and vocabulary building (word scrambles, crossword puzzles) exercises.


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Sites For Teachers Check out these excellent education websites.
Link to Beverly Cleary lessons at WEB ENGLISH TEACHER Lots of lessons to reinforce many of Beverly Cleary's well-loved books are available at this link.
Link to Bookmarks from JAN BRETT Bookmarks to accompany many Jan Brett books can be found at this link.
Link to Context Clues at MANATEE Lots of information about context clues available at this link.
Link to Elizabeth George Speare lessons at WEB ENGLISH TEACHER Lessons to reinforce Elizabeth George Speare's well-loved books (Sign of the Beaver, Witch of Blackbird Pond, Bronze Bow) are available at this link.
Link to Gary Paulsen lessons at WEB ENGLISH TEACHER Lessons to reinforce Gary Paulsen's popular books (including HATCHET) are available at this link.
Link to Inference at MANATEE Lots of information about inference available at this link.
Link to J.K. Rowling lessons at WEB ENGLISH TEACHER Lessons to reinforce the popular Harry Potter books are available at this link.
Link to Judy Blume lessons at WEB ENGLISH TEACHER Lots of lessons to reinforce many of Judy Blume's well-loved books are available at this link.




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