Use this Mentor Text Planning Guide to plan purposeful mentor text instruction.

This family-friendly tip sheet shares simple, low-stress ways to build reading and writing into everyday holiday routines.

Brought to you in partnership with NAMI and Macy’s, this suggested book list sparks meaningful...

Use this to track the number of times you read, coloring in a marshmallow for each time.

Have students create their own character to accompany the story. This could be a variation of the character in the story or a new addition.

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

Use this Concept Map before, during, or after reading to deepen students' understanding of a concept, make connections, and build comprehension.

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading.

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book.

This printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle aligns with I Can’t Find My Whatchamacallit!! by...

Funds of Knowledge refers to an asset-based approach to bringing each student’s background, culture, and lived experiences into classroom practices to enhance academic progress. Use this inventory to collect information about your students’ funds of knowledge. Then, use the planning worksheet to guide your unit planning and lesson development.

The Multi-Sensory Poetry Jam is an interactive and inclusive activity designed for students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.

The Poem Collage activity is a creative and collaborative classroom project suitable for students from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade.

Use this Venn diagram to compare and contrast two elements within a text/story.

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Use this fun and interactive BINGO activity as you visit a museum in-person, virtually, or through...

Use the Understand, Plan, Solve, and Evaluate (UPSE) model to support students in solving single and multi-step problems.

Use this guide to help you determine which Tier Two vocabulary words to teach for each of your texts.

Use this graphic organizer before, during, and after reading to make inferences and connections between the character(s), setting(s), and theme(s) in the book.

After reading Swoop and Soar: How Science Rescued Two Osprey Orphans and Found Them a New Family in...