Category: Book Units

From Seed to Plant Book Unit
$1.50

20 page resource to use along side, From Seed to Plant

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The Egg Tree | Caldecott Book Unit
$3.00
An engaging resource offering guided reading questions and student journal pages in which students will be asked to give opinions, answer factual questions about the story, use critical thinking skills and be creative!

For the Teacher:

Suggested Pre-Reading, Review the Cover, After Reading, and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.

For the Students:

Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story

Worksheet to produce questions both while reading and after reading

5 art responses

BONUS: Crossword Puzzle

Level: 560L

I’ve included 2 sets of writing pages to accommodate deferring student levels. One set has dashed lines, the other includes solid lines.

About the story: The Egg Tree was written and illustrated (1951 Caldecott Medal) by Katherine Milhous. The book “The egg tree” tells the history of two children named Katy and Carl, they are going to their grandmothers farm in Red Hills, Pennsylvania, this is the first time the children have the opportunity to spend Easter with their relatives from this part of the country, so they get to meet four of their cousins, the next morning the children wake up early to participate on the Easter egg hunt. Katy seems to have some trouble finding the eggs in this new and unexplored environment, so she decides to explore inside the house, in the attic looking around Katy finds six beautifully painted eggs that she takes to her grandmother immediately, the grandmother express her joy by saying “Katy may not have found the most eggs, but she found the most beautiful eggs”. So then the grandmother decides to decorated a tree with the eggs using them as a kind of ornament, all the kids get inspired because of Katy’s discovery and the grandmother’s joy so they all decided to put special emphasis on their own decoration of the eggs and they decorated a large tree, and the next year one that was even larger.
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Get Up and Go! Book Unit
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26 page resource to use along side, Get Up and Go!

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Smoky Night | Caldecott Book Unit
$4.50
An engaging resource offering guided reading questions and student activities for Eve Bunting’s book, Smoky Night. (1995 Caldecott Medal award winning book illustrated by David Diaz!) During this unit, students will be asked to give opinions, answer factual questions about the story, use critical thinking skills and be creative!

For the Teacher:

Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Art work questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.

For the Students:

Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story

Worksheet to produce questions while reading

Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading

3 art responses

Vocabulary – Word Wall / Flash Cards with definitions provided (Suggested use: Have students match definitions and discuss during group)

Vocabulary Fill-in-the-blank worksheet

2 extended writing prompts with pages to produce student writing.

All writing pages include dashed and solid lines because this has been designed for 1st -3rd grades. You choose what is best for your students’ needs and abilities!

Lexile Measure: 360L
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The Mixed-up Chameleon | Book Unit by Eric Carle
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23 page book unit to use along side: The Mixed-Up Chameleon

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Black and White | Caldecott Book Unit
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An engaging resource offering guided reading questions and student activities that will help students get the most from David Macaulay’s book, Black and White (1991 Caldecott Medal winner).

For the Teacher:

Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.

For the Students:

Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story

Worksheet to produce questions while reading

Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading

2 Art responses

There are two copies each worksheet which requires students to write. One with dashed lines / One with single lines – Choose which works best based on individual student level (ability).

Reading Level: (2nd-3rd Grade)
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These Happy Golden Years Literature Unit | Laura Ingalls Wilder
$5.00

This engaging literature unit for the chapter book, “These Happy Golden Years” by Laura Ingalls Wilder offers a reading journal, vocabulary work, discussion questions, writing assignments and 13 reading comprehension quizzes (with keys). Designed to keep students thoughtfully engaged. 54 pages.

👈Book not included. Click to purchase the book
About the book: These Happy Golden Years written by Laura Ingalls Wilder is the eighth of nine books in her Little House series – although it originally ended it. It is based on her later adolescence near De Smet, South Dakota, featuring her short time as a teacher, beginning at age 15, and her courtship with Almanzo Wilder. It spans the time period from 1882 to 1885, when they marry. The novel was a Newbery Honor book in 1944

Interest level:
Grades 4 – 8 Reading level:
Grades 4 – 6

BUNDLE & SAVE: Little House of the Prairie Literature BUNDLE | Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Ralph S. Mouse Book Unit – Beverly Cleary
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This resource offers reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters.

About the book (Not included):
Ralph’s pesky cousins are wrecking his motorcycle, and his janitor friend, Matt, is in trouble because there seem to be mice in the hotel. All in all things are not going well at the Mountain View Inn. So Ralph persuades his young pal Ryan to take him to school. Ralph is an instant hit with Ryan’s classmates. But he doesn’t like being forced to run through a maze or the threat of an exterminator coming to the school. Worst of all, Ryan gets into a fight with a classmate, and Ralph’s precious motorcycle is broken. Is Ralph S. Mouse smart enough to steer this sad situation to a happy ending?

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The Lion and the Mouse | Teaching Aesop’s Fable 2 Ways
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Fun and engaging way to teach the Aesop’s fable, The Lion and the Mouse! This Language Arts resource will use both the Caldecott’s winning picture book by Jerry Pinkney and the actual fable itself to help students gain understanding of the central theme and develop and practice important skills which will require attention to detail (both with illustration and text evidence). Students will be asked to give character analysis, describe the setting, develop a story map, explain cause and effect, show textual evidence and give opinions.

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Section 1 (to be used with the Caldecott winning picture book) includes:

Guided Reading suggested questions

‘Write the story’ worksheet

‘Think about it’ worksheet

Character Analysis worksheets

Section 2 (to be used with the fable itself) includes:

Student copies of the fable

Character Analysis worksheet

‘Central Message’ worksheet

‘Textual Evidence’ worksheet

‘Story Map’ worksheet

‘Cause and Effect’ worksheet

‘Relating to your own life’ worksheet (self-narrative)

‘Which version did you enjoy most’ worksheet (opinion)

Each writing worksheet offers 2 copies (one with dashed lines and one with single lines). This will allow you to choose which works best for students.
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Caldecott Book Unit
$4.00
This engaging resource offers guided reading questions, student journal responses and other activities that will help students enjoy and appreciate the book and illustrations of The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, written and illustrated by Paul Goble (Caldecott winner 1979) . During this unit, students will be asked to give opinions, answer factual questions about the story, use critical thinking skills and be creative!

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For the Teacher:

Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.

For the Students:

Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story

Worksheets to produce questions both while reading and after reading

3 art responses

Poster of horse and worksheet (label the parts)

Teepee shape book – Suggested uses: Use to create a book report or summary of the story; Use to record and define unfamiliar vocabulary; use to create a poem inspired by the book.

About the story: The story focuses on a young Native American girl who has a deep affinity for wild horses. She cares for the horses that her tribe relies on for the nomadic hunting of buffalo. One day, the herd stampedes due to a thunderstorm, while the girl is among them. She climbs onto the back of one of the horses, and is carried far away from their usual grazing grounds. The next day, the girl awakes to see a beautiful spotted stallion who identifies himself as the leader of all the wild horses, and welcomes her to live with them. Meanwhile, the girl’s tribe searches for her. About one year later, two hunters spot the girl riding with the horses, but she is driven away with the rest of the herd. The hunters return to the tribe with this news, and riders are sent in pursuit. The stallion defends the girl, but she is caught when her horse stumbles. The girl returns home, but is sad to leave the horses. She falls ill with no sign of improvement. The girl asks if she can return, and her parents honor her wish to live among the wild horses again. Each year, she would return to her parents with the gift of a colt. Then one year, she does not return. When the hunters see the wild horses again, they see a mare riding alongside the stallion. They believe this horse to be the girl transformed, which brings the tribe great pride to know they have one of their own riding among them.
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Farmer Boy Literature Unit | Laura Ingalls Wilder
$5.00

This engaging literature unit for the chapter book, “Farmer Boy” by Laura Ingalls Wilder offers a reading journal, vocabulary work, discussion questions, writing assignments and 13 reading comprehension quizzes (with keys). Designed to keep students thoughtfully engaged. 83 pages.

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About the book: Farmer Boy written by Laura Ingalls Wilder was the second-published one in the Little House series. The novel is based on the childhood of Wilder’s husband, Almanzo Wilder, who grew up in the 1860s near the town of Malone, New York. It covers roughly one year of his life, beginning just before his ninth birthday and describes a full year of farming.

Interest level:
Grades 4 – 8 Reading level:
Grades 4 – 6

BUNDLE & SAVE: Little House of the Prairie Literature BUNDLE | Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Lemonade for Sale Book Unit
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21 page resource to use along side the book, Lemonade for Sale

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Muggie Maggie Book Unit – Beverly Cleary
$1.50

This resource offers reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters.

About the book (Not included):
A curse on cursive! Maggie doesn’t really mean it when she vows never to read and write those wiggly, squiggly, roller-coaster letters. After all, she uses the computer. But everybody seems to be taking her revolt very, very seriously.

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Freckle Juice Book Unit – Judy Blume
$1.25

This resource offers reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters.

About the book (Not included):
Nicky has freckles — they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Once, sitting behind him in class, Andrew counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty.

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Chrysanthemum Book Unit
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An engaging resource offering guided reading questions and student activities that will help students enjoy Kevin Henkes‘s book, Chrysanthemum. (Henkes is a Caldecott winning illustrator.)

For the Teacher:

Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.

For the Students:

Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story

Worksheet to produce questions while reading

Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading

2 Art responses

There are two copies each worksheet which requires students to write. One with dashed lines / One with single lines – Choose which works best based on individual student level (ability).

Reading Level: 570L Lexile (2nd Grade)
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Shiloh (1992) Book Unit
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This resource offers vocabulary work, reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters..

About the book (Not included):
Shiloh is a Newbery Medal-winning children’s novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published in 1991. The 65th book by Naylor, it is the first in a quartet about a young boy and the title character, an abused dog. Naylor decided to write Shiloh after an emotionally taxing experience in West Virginia where she encountered an abused dog.

Interest level:
Grades 4 – 7 Reading level:
Grades 4 – 7

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Dear Mr. Henshaw Book Unit – Beverly Cleary
$1.50

This resource offers reading comprehension and discussion questions about the story and characters.

About the book (Not included):
Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book
Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.

After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever.

From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.

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The Long Winter Literature Unit | Laura Ingalls Wilder
$4.75

This engaging literature unit for the chapter book, “The Long Winter” by Laura Ingalls Wilder offers a reading journal, vocabulary work, discussion questions, writing assignments and 11 reading comprehension quizzes (with keys). Designed to keep students thoughtfully engaged. 58 pages.

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About the book: The Long Winter is a historical fiction children’s novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1940, the sixth of nine books in her Little House series. It is set in southeastern Dakota Territory during the severe winter of 1880–1881, when she turned 14 years old. The novel was one runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1941 (Newberry Honor Book).

Interest Level:
Grades 4 – 8 Reading Level:
Grades 3 – 6

BUNDLE & SAVE: Little House of the Prairie Literature BUNDLE | Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Pumpkin Fiesta Book Unit
$1.50

This Pumpkin Fiesta book unit is a 26 page complete Language Arts resource, providing reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and spelling activities! Provides a week worth of activities.

About the Book: A foolish farmer tries to copy the actions of a winning pumpkin gardener to grow the biggest and best pumpkins, but he does not pay attention to all the love and care she gives her pumpkins.

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Otherwise known as Sheila the Great – Judy Blume
$4.50
This engaging and fun Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great book study is filled with reading, vocabulary and extended activities.

Includes:

Daily reading journal – Students will be asked to journal new or important words, characters in that day’s reading, a summary of what happened, to make a prediction of what will happen next and additional notes.

Vocabulary word wall (50 Words)

Vocabulary definitions worksheet

Crossword puzzle

2 Analogy worksheets

2 Different comprehension assessments (can use one or both)
– The first assessment is all multiple choice and covers basic story details. – The second assessment is more extensive and includes multiple choice, short and answer questions, an essay question, a character match and even a drawing component!

Answer keys

About the book
Is Sheila Tubman the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great? Or is she the secret Sheila, afraid of the dark, dogs, and swimming? Maybe this summer she’ll find out the truth.

“It’s hard to imagine any child (or parent) who wouldn’t enjoy this absolute lark of a book… in which the author makes her points without a single preachy word.” –Publishers Weekly
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Category: Book Units