Teachers@Random - Teaching guides from Random House. This site has a monthly calendar which will help you to choose books related to seasonal events. There are also author biographies and lists of award winning books.
Literature Learning Activities - Literature lesson plans
with Internet links. There are activities for Newbery and Caldecott winners in addition to popular children's books.
Learn North Carolina - Search for literature lesson plans or take a look at their Best of the Web for links to many literature sites.
Reading Fun - Many ideas for reading projects from Education World.
Books for Children and Young Adults - Links to literature and
reading promotion web sites. A part of the Resources for School Librarians web site.
Crayola Lesson Plans - If you wish to incorporate a craft activity into your reading or library research, this is a useful site.
Best Books for Students and Classroom Teaching Themes - Books on an elementary level which will go with classroom themes such as holidays, science, sports, and many others. This may also help you to find books for reading aloud. This is from Education World.
Sundae of the Week - Students create a picture of an ice cream sundae to describe their book. This plan is by Kellie Hayden.
Book Cover Creator - A site where students may create book covers for the books which they have read. There are also lesson plans and instructions for use.
Texas Librarian - "Connecting Books, Reading Strategies and Lesson Plans for PreK-5 Librarians". This site also has nice lists of titles for the months of the year.
Book Related Printables - Links to sites for printable activities for mainly early elementary level books. From the BookLoons web site.
Children's Book Breaks - Craft ideas, bookmarks,
and writing paper templates for early elementary children's books such as Arthur, Clifford, and others.
Reading Rockets - a project to promote reading by early elementary age students. It is a collaboration between PBS and just about every other group concerned with early literacy. There is a section for librarians which may be found on the menu choice For Other Professionals. There are also a large number of articles - some with teaching activities.
The Wolf in Children's Books - For grade 3. Students learn the definitions of protagonist and antagonist, and also research wolves in nonfiction books. From Learn NC.
Give Them a Big Hand - Puppets are great motivators for children who are learning to read. This is an article by Renea Arnold and Nell Colburn in School Library Journal, March, 2012.
AdLit - All about adolescent literacy. This site is for teachers and parents of students in grades 4 - 12. There are sections on classroom strategies, and videos so that you can see these strategies in action.
Books R4 Teens - Book summaries, teaching ideas, related media and texts, and
links to related web sites. This site is by the University of Texas at Austin.
Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book - This
excellent site takes you step by step through the creation of the book Zoom Upstream, written by
Tim Wynn-Jones and illustrated by Eric Beddows. The site visitor will learn how the author got his
ideas, how the illustrator drew the pictures, and how the publishing company prepared the
manuscript for publication. By the National Library of Canada.
Leaves of Gold - An introduction to medieval illustrated manuscripts. The
Learning Center has teaching ideas. This site is by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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