Use this guide to explore the story of Bud, an orphan during the Great Depression, who embarks on a journey to find the musician he believes is his father. Bud, Not Buddy: An Instructional Guide for Literature features challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the text to help students analyze this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning book. This guide is packed with ways to practice close reading, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and practice text-based vocabulary, making it the perfect tool to teach students how to analyze story elements in various ways. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich and complex literature while supporting Common Core Learning Standards.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Follow along as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn embark on various, risky adventures. Readers will be eager to analyze this well-known story by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons provided in this instructional guide for literature.
Bud, Not Buddy: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Explore the story of Bud, an orphan during the Great Depression, who journeys to find a musician he believes is his father. Students will analyze and comprehend this story through the engaging, rigorous activities and lessons in this instructional guide.
The Dark Is Rising: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Use this guide to introduce students to this award-winning story and encourage them to analyze Will's journey to defeat the dark. This instructional guide for literature is the perfect tool to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this story.
Dragonwings: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Introduce students to this award-winning novel and encourage them to analyze the text by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons provided in this instructional guide for literature.
Hatchet: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Explore the story of a boy who is stranded in the wild after a plane crash. Students will learn how to analyze and comprehend this story through the activities and lessons included in this instructional guide for literature.
M.C. Higgins, the Great: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Full of life lessons about growing up, this well-known story will have students comparing and contrasting their own life experiences with those in the book by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons in this instructional guide for literature.
My Brother Sam Is Dead: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Use this instructional guide for literature to encourage students to make connections in history while analyzing rich, complex literature and becoming familiar with this well-known novel about a family torn apart by the American Revolutionary War.
Number the Stars: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Use the engaging lessons and activities in this guide to help students comprehend the story of a Danish community that helped Jews escape the Nazis.
Tuck Everlasting: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Follow the enchanting story of a girl who discovers an immortal family, struggling to keep a secret from the rest of the world. This instructional guide teaches children how to better analyze and comprehend this story and similar complex literature.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Connect students with past events by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons about a story based on tragic events that occurred in Birmingham as a result of racism.
Out of My Mind: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Grade: 4-8
Price: $9.99
Use this instructional guide to help students analyze the story of how Melody overcame her disability and build their comprehension and literacy skills. The lessons allow students to practice close reading, respond to text-dependent questions, and more.
Bright & Brainy: Kindergarten Practice
Grade: K
Price: $19.99
Inspire brainy learners with fun and engaging activities in reading, writing, and math. Using creative literary and informational texts as well as fun math problems, students will build the foundational skills they need to become well-rounded learners.