What makes a character special? Their traits, of course. With help from The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg, students will enjoy completing character maps and learning about different character traits.

It's time for some storytelling fun. In this creative lesson, students become authors and put together their own mini storybooks.

Carefully find the adverbs in sentences that give more information about the verb! Use this lesson to teach your students how to pick out an adverb and understand what information it gives about the verb.

State your opinion but know your facts! Get your students jazzed about facts and opinions with this lesson that has them writing and sorting both types of statements.

Encourage your students to explore the color wheel with this hands-on activity that has the primary colors transform in front of their eyes.

It is important for students to stop and think as they read. This activity/lesson is a fun and quick way to see how students are thinking as they read.