Reading Activites and Projects

Reading Activities, Projects, and Favorite Books

Readong Is FUNdamental booklists
Children's Book Council booklists
If you like Harry Potter, ... good web sites

Book: Author: Lesson Plans or More Biographies:

Adam of the Road	Elizabeth Janet Gray	Cyberguide	Webquest	Questions
Amos Fortune study guides #1 and #2	Elizabeth Yates	Amos Fortune pp.2-52	Questions pp. 53-73	Questions pp. 74-108	Questions pp. 109-130
	Questions pp. 130-145	Info	Introduction
Ben and Me	Robert Lawson	Lesson Plan Lesson Plan	Lesson Plans	Scavenger Hunt	Web Quest
Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Paterson About the Author	Katherine Paterson	Reading activities Lessons	Study guide Questions	Vocabulary and lessons Lesson Plans
Catherine Called Birdy	Karen Cushman	Activities	Activities	Webquest	Questions
The Cay	Theodore Taylor Author page	Teacher Guide	Lesson Plan	Literature Unit	Activities
Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary	Teacher's Guide Questions	DMH Unit	Activities More Activities	Activities
The Door in the Wall	Marguerite De Angeli	Teacher Guides Activities	Activities	Webquest	Study Guide
Early Thunder	Jean Fritz	Jean Fritz	Jean Fritz
The Egypt Game	Zilpha Keatley Snyder	Study Guide	Teacher Guide	Activities	Resource guide
The Fighting Ground	Avi	biography of Avi	Avi's Web page	Activities	Activities
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	E.L. Konigsburg	Lesson plans	Lessons Scholastic	Webquest- Mixed Up Files 30 Years Later	Activities
The Giver	Lois Lowry	Lesson Plan	Another Lesson Plan Lessons	Random House	Activities Questions
The Golden Goblet	E. J. McGraw	Unit	Vocabulary	Extensions
The Great Brain	John D. Fitzgerald	J. D. Fitzgerald	Trivia Quiz
Harriet the Spy	Louise Fitzhugh	Teacher Guide	Literature Unit	Trivia
Holes	Louis Sachar	author another author	Lesson Plan Lessons Questions	Activities Overview	Lesson Plan Study Guide
Hoot	Carl Hiaason	Activities and Activities	Questions	Persuasive Writing	Lesson
How To Eat Fried Worms	Thomas Rockwell	Lessons and Activities	Lesson Plans Questions	Activity Guide Lesson plans
The Illyrian Adventure	Lloyd Alexander
The Invisible Man	H. G. Wells	vocabulary
Island of the Blue Dolphins	Scott O'Dell	Activities Internet Hunt	Lesson Plan	Questions	Study Guide Lesson Plan
Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George	author	Study Guide and more from Carolyn Burleson	Study Guide Activities	Study Guide Ideas
Julie's Wolf Pack	Jean Craighead George	author	Lesson Plan
Lyddie	Katherine Paterson	Lesson	Activities	Lesson	Activities
Mara, Daughter of the Nile	E. J. McGraw	Online quiz	Conversations project
My Brother Sam Is Dead	James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier		Questions	Lesson Plan
My Side of the Mountain	Jean Craighead George	Questions More Questions Word Wall	Activities Activities	Study Guide Discussion Guide	Internet Hunt
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry	Official site and Biography	Number the Stars Activities	Lesson plan Another lesson plan	study guide and discussion guide	Study Guide Lessons
Phantom Tollbooth	Norton Juster Norton Juster Norton Juster	Interactive version of this book where you get to be Milo	Great Phantom Tollbooth novel study from Canada	Activities Quiz More activities	Overview Questions Activities
The Printer's Apprentice	Stephen Krensky	Questions
Redwall	Brian Jacques	Fun stuff	Lesson Plan
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Mildred D. Taylor	Internet Hunt Activities	Study Guide Lesson plan	Sparks Notes	Questions
Sign of the Beaver	Elizabeth George Speare Author bio	Questions Activities	Webquest Webquest Another lesson	Reasons to avoid using this book	More reasons
The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull	John Bellairs	About the author	About the book + quiz
To Walk the Skypath	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	author
Trouble River	Betsy Byars Betsy Byars	Author Bio	Questions	Lessons	Literature Unit
Twenty-One Balloons	William Pene Du Bois	Webquest	Krakatoa web sites	Activities Activities	Book Review
The View from Saturday	E.L. Konigsburg	Lesson plan Activities Another lesson plan	Lesson plan Study guide and more	Activities	Questions
War Comes to Willy Freeman	James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier	Vocabulary	Article
The Westing Game	Ellen Raskin biography	Mysteries Activities Activities	Original manuscript	The Westing Heirs Thinkquest
Witch of Blackbird Pond	Elizabeth George Speare	Activities	Another Lesson Plan	Lesson	Guide
A Wrinkle in Time	Madeleine L'Engle	Author	Lesson Plans	Questions	Lesson Plan

Tall Tales sites:
Tall Tales - http://www.42explore.com/talltale.htm
Tall tales - how to write them - http://www.suzanne-williams.com/talltale.htm
More ideas - Writing Tall Tales - Still more ideas
Tall Tales - from Germantown, PA - http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ls/4/la/4r/talltale/ttintro.htm
Paul Bunyon - http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale.html
Tall Tales - http://www.kathimitchell.com/read2.htm#Tall%20Tales
Stamps Project of Tall Tales - http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/StudentProjects/TallTales/TitlePage.html

Book Suggestions
(from other places)

Nancy Keane's Children's Literature Site

New York Public Library " On-Lion" for Kids

Westminster Schools book suggestions from Atlanta

Summer Reading Lists for you from all over the country

Folklore, Myths, and Legends found on the Internet at U Calgary
Songs and Poetry for Children from Calgary
Children's Literature from Web English Teacher - listed by author
Classics for Young People from Calgary

Literature Learning Ladders

The Reading Corner - Mona Kerby
Reading Units by Gay Miller
Reading materials from a NH-based company - phonics and comprehension on DVDs and CDs -
http://www.readingvideos.com/

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