This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about a famous person. Learners will research an important figure and then write down two true statements and one false statement.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Explore the meaning of Latin roots like "scribe" and "spect" with this matching activity! Build essential vocabulary skills with this simple one-page worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this creative reading and writing worksheet to have your child make their own two truths and one lie game to share with a friend.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Acquire an aptitude for abbreviation in this amazing worksheet!

Learners visit "Syn City" in this playful word-meaning worksheet.

Kids use grade-level words in sentences with this vocabulary worksheet.

Learn to write from the best in this worksheet on sentence variety and structure!

What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop! This figurative language worksheet gives your students a chance to create art to represent puns. Kids will have fun reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them!

Wow, who knew interjections could be so fun? Use interjections in this open-ended worksheet for fifth through eighth graders!

Learn to shorten titles, months, and more in this helpful worksheet!

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

This synonym exercise will help students learn to think of many alternatives for one word and select the best one.