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Book Swap
Students swap books. In this book lesson, students bring good condition books they have finished reading. They get together with a group of friends and swap their old books for "new" ones.
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School-Home Links/Book Links
In this book and memory learning exercise, students practice reading a book and recalling the story from memory. Students must write their answer in the blank. Parents or guardians must sign the learning exercise.
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School-Home Links? Book Links 91
In this setting worksheet, students select a book, note the title and author, read the book with a family member and then draw a picture of the story's setting. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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School-Home Links: Books 2
For this book knowledge worksheet, students use a book from school and learn with a family member how to read and examine the parts of a book. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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School-Home Links: Parts of a Book
In this book parts worksheet, students use the book they took home or one they own to find the title, author, title page, and table of contents. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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School-Home Links: Reading
In this favorite book instructional activity, students write the titles of five books they have read or someone has read to them. Students then tell their family which of the books is their favorite and why. Parents or guardians must...
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School-Home Links: Book Links 5
In this characters in stories worksheet, students read a book with their family and write the title and author on the worksheet. Student then answer several questions about the main character of the story. Parents or guardians must sign...
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Books Are Great!
In this language arts worksheet, students read a short factual passage about books and authors. Students answer 6 questions about books.
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What Firemen Read
Students work in groups of three to five to conduct interview on members of the community. Once groups are formed, they draw an occupation from a hat and find a professional to interview from that occupation in their community. They...
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Alphabet Books
Students explore alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness by making alphabet books. They identify initial consonant sounds and choose pictures of objects that begin with given letters of the alphabet. Students identify phonemes...
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Traveling Museum Book
Learners are introduced to Ndebele history and culture. In groups, they use the internet to research the tribe's art and culture in which they compile into a book. They present their information to the class along with a speech to...
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The Old South In Children's Books
Students discuss what is meant by the "Old South". In groups, they read stories about the Old South and discover this was not how the area actually was in that time period. They use a database to examine the covers of books and...
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Wisconsin ABC Books
Fourth graders research a topic of interest about Wisconsin in order to create an ABC book. Students use both print and non print resources as well as the digital camera to collect information for their books. Students share their...
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Upside-Down Books
Students read various examples of literature. In groups, they brainstorm a list of views that go against what was in one of the stories. They illustrate the opposite ideas and compile them into a class book. They use each other to...
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Class Book
Third graders review how they can save their work on a computer once they are finished. As a class, they complete various assignments based on a rubric they are given and save them to a disk. Using the assignments, they combine all of...
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Word Books
Young scholars explore art and writing. They create a word book consisting of new words that they come across in their reading or words they hear from people. Students create a cover for their word books.
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Find a Book
Student receives one book description card and in less than 2 minutes, they walk through the Media Center to find a book matching that description. After a matching book is found, each student evaluates the book.
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Learning Festival ~ Book Buddies Visit High School
Students work together to develop a festival for book lovers. High schoolers work with young children and practice their reading. Traveling between reading stations, they focus on different reading standards. They act as role-models...
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Non-Fiction Read-aloud
Students listen to the reading of a book about the area of science they are currently studying.
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A Coloring Book From My Friends
First graders create a coloring book based on pictures they pick out. They use Microsoft Paint to create their illustrations. They write sentences at the bottom of each picture.