Lesson Plans and Other Resources

 

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Art
Creative Writing
History
Language Arts
Literature
Reading Comprehension
Science
Social Studies



 

Art Lesson Plans and Resources

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Brave Monster Arts & Crafts (Grades: PreK-2 )Make monster hand puppets, as well as optional discussion about being brave and dealing with fear. For use with Brave Little Monster by Ken Baker

Color Pages (Grades: preK-3) for use with Hip, Hip Hooray for Annie McRae! illustrated by Julie Olson

  

Dot-to-Dot (Grades: K-3) for use with Hip, Hip Hooray for Annie McRae! illustrated by Julie Olson


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Creative Writing Lesson Plans and Resources

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Story Creation Magic: Character, Setting, and Plot (Grades: 1-6) for use with Brave Little Monster by Ken Baker



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History Lesson Plans and Resources

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American History Resources for DANIEL'S WALK (Enter "Daniel's Walk" in the title search) Instructional materials, including Accelerated Reader quizzes, exist for DANIEL'S WALK by Michael Spooner and the book is available in hard-cover, paperback, and reinforced library binding. Teachers of intermediate grades use it regularly to integrate with American history units, especially those on settling the American West, or the Oregon Trail, or related subjects. (for example, see )

 

Civil Rights Timeline (Grades: 7th and up) for use with Mississippi Trial, 1955 and Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe

--Additional resources for use with Mississippi Trial, 1955 and Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe:

-The Emmett Till Murder Scene

-Emmett Till Murder
-Mississippi Madness: The Story of Emmett Till
-An Essay about Emmett Till
-PBS documentary about Emmett Till
-Another terrific book about the Emmett Till case
-Civil Rights Resource



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Language Arts Lesson Plans and Resources

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Teacher's Resource Guide for ELLIOT AND THE GOBLIN WAR  (Grades: K-6)

 

Teacher's Resource Guide for ELLIOT AND THE PIXIE PLOT  (Grades: K-6)

 

The Swamp Beat - Rhythm in Verse Lesson Plan, students  learn about rhythm in verse  (Grades: K-6) for use with Kristyn Crow’s picture book, BEDTIME AT THE SWAMP

 

Large collection of curriculum resources on a variety of language arts topics, including adjectives, alphabet, anagrams, animals sounds, collective nouns, comparatives and superlatives, compound words, direct objects, fairy tales and fables, initials, parts of speech, prediction, proverbs, rhyming, sounds, synonyms, verbs, verbs (past tense), verbs (transitive and intransitive), vowels, wordplay, and writing triggers (Grades: K-6) for use with several children's pictures books by Rick Walton



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Literature Lesson Plans and Resources

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Dante's Divine Commedia Lesson Plans, Slide Lectures, Essays, Syllabus, and other Resources (Grades: High School) for use also with Dante's Daughter by Kimberley Heuston



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Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans and Resources

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Book quiz (Grades: K-5) for use with Hip, Hip Hooray for Annie McRae! illustrated by Julie Olson

Book quiz (Grades: K-5) for use with Herd of Cows, Flock of Sheep illustrated by Julie Olson  



Teacher's Resource Guide for ELLIOT AND THE GOBLIN WAR  (Grades: K-6)

 

Teacher's Resource Guide for ELLIOT AND THE PIXIE PLOT  (Grades: K-6)

 



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Science Lesson Plans and Resources

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Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses (Grades: preK-2). Teaches children the five senses using hands-on activities, as well as by reading Brave Little Monster by Ken Baker



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Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources

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Being Brave and Dealing with Fear (Grades: preK-2) for use with Brave Little Monster by Ken Baker

Civil Rights Timeline (Grades: 7th and up) for use with Mississippi Trial, 1955 and Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe

--Additional resources for use with Mississippi Trial, 1955 and Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe:

-The Emmett Till Murder Scene

-Emmett Till Murder
-Mississippi Madness: The Story of Emmett Till
-An Essay about Emmett Till
-PBS documentary about Emmett Till
-Another terrific book about the Emmett Till case
-Civil Rights Resource

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Lesson Plans and other educational resources that leverage children's literature from books created by members of Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators