Essential Literature Sites and Materials

Remember there are lesson plans in the folders in the Resource Room! Many teachers have added to them over the years. You are responsible for maintaining these folders -- be sure to add your contributions for other teachers to use.  For Discussion questions and links to other favorite books click here!

 

Kindergarten

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

The Mitten

Corduroy

Rainbow Fish

Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Westmeade Choices

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Caps for Sale

Goodnight Moon

Green Eggs and Ham

My Very First Mother Goose

The Wind Blew

 

 

1st Grade

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Chrysanthemum

George and Martha

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Leo the Late Bloomer

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Westmeade Choices

The Doorbell Rang

The Great Kapok Tree

Harry the Dirty Dog

Miss Nelson is Missing

Tale of Peter Rabbit

Where the Wild Things Are

2nd Grade

Amelia Bedelia

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Henry and Mudge, the First Book

The One in the Middle is a Green Kagaroo

Westmeade Choices

Amazing Grace

Ira Sleeps Over

Stella Luna

Tikki Tikki Tembo

3rd Grade

The Hundred Dresses

Muggie Maggie

Stone Fox
Westmeade Choices

Freckle Juice

How to Eat Fried Worms

The Rough-Face Girl

4th Grade

 

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Shiloh

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Westmeade Choices

Because of Winn Dixie

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

 

 

 

 

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day  Lesson Plans

 

Amazing Grace Discussion Write a Cinquin using AG Lesson Plan using Amazing Grace to celebrate multiculturalism and women!

Lesson plan using Amazing Grace is in our library Curriculum Guide to Reading Rainbow as is the Episode of Reading Rainbow!

 

Amelia Bedelia - Here's a Lesson Plan

 

Because of Winn Dixie - Official Movie Website - kids will love it - Fabulously detailed webquest

 

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

 

Caps for Sale Try this Webquest! Here is a page of teacher ideas!

 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - Try this Webquest! - Lesson Plans!

 

Chrysanthemum - Lesson Plans

 

Corduroy

 

Dear Mr. Henshaw - This site has links to interviews with Cleary as well as lesson plans California's Cyberguide has ideas

Use Dear Mr. Henshaw as a jumping off point to think about letter writing with this GREAT NTE site

The Doorbell Rang

 

Follow the Drinking Gourd - A great opportunity to incorporate a whole approach to an important time in American History! Try these sites! Underground Railroad Background Slave Narratives

 

Freckle Juice -

 

George and Martha

 

Goodnight Moon

 

The Great Kapok Tree

 

Green Eggs and Ham

 

Harry the Dirty Dog

 

Henry and Mudge, the First Book Try this Henry & Mudge Webquest . Here is a word study Here's another Lesson Plan.

 

How to Eat Fried Worms -

 

The Hundred Dresses - Try this contest Webquest

 

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Try the Webquest Fun Activities

 

Ira Sleeps Over - StoryMap Here is another Lesson Plan

 

Leo the Late Bloomer

 

Miss Nelson is Missing

 

The Mitten Cyberguide - Carol Hurst's plans

 

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - A lesson Plan (using a venn diagram) - Kindness just because - Another set of plans - Using a story map for this tale -

 

Muggie Maggie - Lesson Plan 1, Lesson Plan 2,Complete Plans for a variety of lessons! - Muggie Maggie Trvia Quiz

 

My Very First Mother Goose

 

The One in the Middle is a Green Kagaroo

 

Rainbow Fish

 

The Rough-Face Girl -

 

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes -Use Origami as an extension that leads to Math understandings

This site is rich in thoughtful things that we could do with our children Click on the site guide for the easiest way to navigate! It includes the directions for folding the crane. California's SCORE website contains a week of lessons.

 

Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree

 

Shiloh - Here is an Interview with Ms. Naylor Discussion Questions

 

Stella Luna WebQuest Lesson Plan(1) Lesson Plan2 Extension activities for you. If you rescue a bat

Take A Bat Quiz to see what you have learned!

Great Job -- now choose a Bat coloring page to print out and color!

 

Stone Fox - Online Vocabulary for Stone Fox (ThinkQuest activity) Lesson Plan - More Lesson Plans One more - Printable activities to teach synonyms, alpha order, compound words and more - Learning about money from Stone Fox -

 

Tale of Peter Rabbit

 

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing -- Lesson Plan Take a look at this 4th grade teacher's website for the book! Here is a webquest

See examples of student responses to literature here. Find word search and trivia here

 

Tikki Tikki Tembo - This is a great site using the book to teach lessons of cultural diversity! Great plan for writing pattern books

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 

Where the Wild Things Are

 

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

 

The Wind Blew

 

 

Other Books and activities

 

Sarah Plain and Tall - Lesson Plan 1 - Lesson Plan 2 - Sarah's Webquest 1 Webquest 2 - Webquest 3 - Vocabulary Activities