SCORE Cyberguides - Lesson plans for books for all levels
from K - 12 by the California Schools Online Resources for Education
Thinkfinity - Searchable site with literature lesson plans.
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.
Books for Children and Young Adults - Links to literature and
reading promotion web sites. A part of the Resources for School Librarians web site.
Poetry Tool -This site will help you to find poems by subject, title, author,
or first line. There is a section for poetry for children which may be searched by category or by age. By the Poetry Foundation.
Nonfiction
Fiction vs Nonfiction - A grade 1 unit from the Idaho
State Department of Education.
Lighthouses - A unit for gds. 3-5 for
teaching the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
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.
Plans for Special Subjects
Library Week Activities - This site from Education World has
links to a number of literature lessons and web links which will be useful any week of the year.
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.
Miscellaneous
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.
E-Books Techtorial - How to find,
download, and use electronic books with your classes. From Education World.
A Travel Guide Through Children's
Literature - by Hope Blecher-Sass, Catherine Waddington and Merry Law. An annotated bibliography of
80 children's books with web site addresses for real places used as settings. Upstart, 2001.
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